Neither fried nor raw: how to cook vegetables properly to make them healthy

Vegetables are an essential part of everyone's diet. According to experts, it is best to eat them raw or baked. Thus, they will be most useful. You should not fry vegetables if you want them to retain their vitamins.

Cook Natalia shared a recipe and tips on how to bake vegetables to make them healthy on Instagram.

Ingredients:

• potatoes - 2-3 pcs.
• carrots - 2 pcs.
• mushrooms - 200 g
• Brussels sprouts - 200 g
• onion - 1 pc.

For the marinade:

• olive oil - 3 tbsp.
• garlic - 3-4 cloves.
• soy sauce - 2 tbsp.
• balsamic sauce - 1 tbsp.
• salt - to taste
• mixture of peppers - 1/4 tsp.
• smoked paprika and Italian herbs - 1 tsp.

Method of preparation:

1. Peel vegetables and cut them into small pieces.

2. For the marinade, mix all the ingredients, add to the vegetables, stir and leave to stand for 20-30 minutes.

3. Put the vegetables in a baking dish, smooth out and bake until tender at 190-200C for 30-35 minutes, stirring occasionally during the process. In the last 5 minutes of cooking, you can turn on the grill to brown the vegetables a little.

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