Butternut Squash and Leeks Baked in Parchment

Butternut Squash and Leeks Baked in Parchment
Courtesy of Buttered Veg
Andrea Hayley-Sankaran
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Roasted vegetables in parchment paper pockets is an elegant, yet simple cooking method that intensifies the inherent tastiness of the vegetables inside.

Imagine, warm, dry oven heat surrounds your vegetables, releasing moisture and steam that bastes the veggies. Their juices surround the chopped morsels and mingle with olive oil and butter to caramelize golden brown. How would that taste?

Andrea Hayley-Sankaran
Andrea Hayley-Sankaran
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Andrea Hayley-Sankaran is the founder of Buttered Veg, the vegetarian food blog for conscious eaters. Andrea is a vegetarian chef (now a home cook) informed by over two decades of practice and experimentation with the ancient sciences of Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine. Andrea's study of traditional wisdom deepened her understanding of how to create incredibly flavorful vegetarian food that makes you feel good, inside and out. butteredveg.com
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