"roasted vegetables" are a scam, it's always mushrooms and various squashes, which is great if your idea of a good time is eating damp dungeon restraints

summer squash is the REAL summertime sadness

zucchini is just a cucumber with malicious intent

I do mean "roasted vegetables" as listed on a menu, if you roast your own broccoli or potatoes or carrots at home, you are seeing the face of God

you ever roast some fucken Brussels sprouts with garlic and olive oil? that is the real fruit of the spirit. that is the revelation of divine love

but summer squash? a pimple on the pure and beautiful face of creation

you know what else is good? take some carrots. drizzle them with olive oil. toss with salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes. roast until tender and caramelized. drizzle with honey and sprinkle with lemon zest. add some goat cheese. know bliss.

quarter some red potatoes. toss with olive oil, salt, pepper, rosemary, thyme. roast until the outsides are crisp and brown. shovel them into your waiting maw, then scrape up the little crunchy bits from the pan. the kingdom of heaven is within you.

*also check them with a fork to make sure they're tender before taking them out, unless you like raw potatoes, in which case I don't understand you but support your choices

also you can pan-roast basically anything with garlic and have it come out all right. (pan-roasting is like sautéing or pan-frying but you photograph it against a backdrop of barn wood.)

anyway there is a huge difference between roasted vegetables and "roasted vegetables", the first is honest and true and gladsome, the second is what a café or bistro is lying to you about