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Sheet-pan roasted vegetables

Name: Sheet-pan roasted vegetables
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 28 min
Total time: 43 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 head broccoli, florets; 3 mature carrots, thick coins; 1 large red bell peppers, chunks; 1 red onions, wedges; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 1/2, juiced lemon

The side that goes with everything: broccoli, carrot, pepper and onion roasted hot until the edges char. One tray, 25 minutes, any vegetables you have.

Time: 43 min (15 prep + 28 cook)
Servings: 6
Per serving: 109 kcal
Protein: 3 g

Both directions are legitimate — the score measures fullness per calorie, not virtue. Every version is the same dish, rebalanced.

Ingredients

1 head broccoli, florets350 g
3 mature carrots, thick coins250 g
1 large red bell peppers, chunks200 g
1 red onions, wedges150 g
2 tbsp olive oil30 g
1 tsp garlic powder3 g
1 tsp salt5 g
1/2 tsp black pepper1 g
1/2, juiced lemon20 g

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Steps

Heat the oven to 220°C. Cut the harder vegetables smaller than the softer ones so they finish together — that's the whole art of mixed roasting.
Toss everything with oil and seasonings and spread in ONE layer. Two crowded trays beat one piled tray; piled vegetables steam.
Roast 25–28 minutes, stirring once, until edges are dark.
Lemon over the hot tray, and taste for salt.

Why this score

solidly filling

Low energy density — a lot of food for the calories.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

10% of kcal

85% water

36 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

How scores work

Computed on the finished dish, not an average of the parts: 656 kcal goes into the pot, 1009 g of ingredients comes out as ~900 g of food → 73 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water, and energy density is the score's biggest lever — so we show the math. Full formula here.

Per

Calories: 73
Protein: (10%); 2 g
Fat: (43%); 4 g
Carbohydrates: (48%); 9 g
of which sugar: 4 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sodium: 253 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Computed from the ingredients' USDA data — nothing typed by hand. Every number is traceable, every score recomputable.

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Photo: AI-generated. Nutrition and score are computed from the ingredients with the published formula — this recipe hasn't been kitchen-tested by us yet.