roasted veggie sheet pan nachos
Easy weeknight meals got even hotter with this sheet pan nacho tray, that's nutritious and delicious, and 100% ALL veggies!
Servings 4
Ingredients
roasted veggies
- 8 slices kabocha squash or buttercup squash, sliced about ¼-inch thick and halved (16 halves total)
- 8 slices sweet potato, sliced ¼-inch thick
- 3 C broccoli florets, trimmed (about 1 head of broccoli)
- 3 C cauliflower florets, trimmed (about ½ a large cauliflower)
- ½ a small purple cabbage, whole leaves pulled off and cut into large 2 ½ to 3-inch pieces
- 4 tablespoon vegetable oil, divided or cooking oil spray
- sea salt, to taste
- ground black pepper, to taste
pico de gallo
- 3 vine tomatoes, diced
- ½ a jalapeño, diced and seeds removed (add more pepper for extra heat)
- ¼ finely chopped red onion
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 lime, juiced
- ¼ teaspoon chipotle chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ C packed fresh cilantro
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
toppings
- 1 batch nacho cheese
- ½ C sliced black olives
- ½ C canned black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 avocado, diced
- ¼ C pickled jalapeños
- ¼ C packed fresh cilantro
- 1 C vegan sour cream
- ½ C salsa verde (such as La Costena)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Spray the baking sheet with vegetable cooking spray.
- Arrange kabocha squash, sweet potato, broccoli and cauliflower in groups on a large baking sheet so it’s easier to remove the vegetables that cook quicker. You’re going to roast the purple cabbage separately after these vegetables are done (see note).
- Spray the tops of the vegetables with cooking spray and sprinkle with salt and pepper. If using vegetable oil, drizzle 2 tablespoons of oil on the vegetables and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Use your hands to get the vegetables coated evenly.
- Bake for 13 to 15 minutes and then flip to roast the other side, another 6 to 8 minutes. In the meantime, prepare the pico de gallo.
- To make the pico de gallo, pulse chop the ingredients in a food processor until fine and minced, or chop all the ingredients by hand and combine in a bowl and set aside.
- Remove any vegetables that are baked through and golden brown especially the sweet potato. You may need to roast the kabocha squash, broccoli and cauliflower for 2 to 3 more minutes. Place the cooked vegetables aside on a cooling rack and use the same baking sheet to roast the purple cabbage.
- Place the purple cabbage leaves on the same baking sheet in one layer. Spray with cooking spray, or drizzle remaining 2 tablespoons of oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast for 18 to 20 minutes, flipping halfway. In the meantime, make the nacho cheese or you can have it already prepared in advance.
- Serve your veggie nachos on the sheet pan. Top with nacho cheese and hot for food cashew sour cream or a pre-made product of your choice. Add olives, black beans, avocado, pickled jalapeños and cilantro. Serve with the pico de gallo and salsa verde, if desired.
Notes
If you have a large enough oven and an additional baking sheet, you can roast the cabbage at the same time as the sweet potato, squash, broccoli and cauliflower. If you're roasting both sheets using the middle and lower oven racks, make sure to rotate them during cooking, as the heat on the lower rack is hotter.
