roast

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Use it to roast vegetables, drizzle it over pizza, toss it with pasta or dip bread into it.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Dry roast the lentils in a pan over medium heat until they turn golden-yellow and smell nutty and toasty.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

A private chef will roast asparagus and sear rib-eyes for dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

They are then cleaned and roasted in the same pot and to ensure the roast is as even as possible, the beans must be constantly shaken as they heat.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

I pushed the roast beef around on my plate so Mama wouldn’t feel bad, but thinking about Bucky so hard made me lose my appetite.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon