My family’s staple is potatoes, and I sometimes get bored with roast potatoes, boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes, jacket potatoes and oven-fries. Here’s my variation:

1. Par boil root vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beetroot, parsnips).
2. Spread on a baking tray.
3. Add chopped shallots, herbs (fresh and dried) and a sprinkling of salt.
4. Drizzle generously with olive oil and bake in a preheated oven until cooked.

Because root vegetables grow underground, they absorb a great amount of nutrients from the soil. if you are bored with potatoes the classic ways or are grain-intolerant, try this.