Oven Roasted Vegetable Fajitas
Oven Roasted Vegetable Fajita Tacos. Fresh vegetables tossed with Mexican spices then roasted in the oven. A quick and healthy 30 minute vegetarian (can be made vegan too!) dinner. Let the oven do all of the work for you!
We have air conditioning!
I cannot tell you how happy I am to have air conditioning in our little house. Last summer we melted away on hot days. Melted! We would sit on the couch chugging water, and taking turns spraying each other with water to cool off. Before going to bed we would take cold showers, then have all our windows open all night with a ton of fans blowing air.
It gets pretty cool in the canyon once the sun starts to set, so it’s only really bad from 1pm – 7pm. Which are the hours we are home. And the hours we eat dinner. Which means on hot days we would only eat cold salads or cold sandwiches. No way I would risk turning on the stove or oven to heat up the house any more.
Just last week it was almost 100 degrees, a dangerously hot temperature for pre air conditioning days. But with our ice cold AC, I was able to make these sizzling hot oven roasted vegetable fajitas without breaking a sweat. It’s a summer miracle! We can have hot meals and not die of heat stroke!
I love these oven roasted vegetable fajitas. I’ve talked before about how my mom is vegan and my sister is vegetarian, so it can be tricky to make a dinner that the whole family can get excited about. These veggie fajitas are one of the recipes that works for everyone. The vegetables and toppings have so much flavor, you don’t even miss the meat. And my mom just leaves off the cheese and sour cream, and they’re vegan.
I used to make these by sautéing all of the vegetables in a pan. There were so many vegetables I would have to cook them in batches, so it would take for-ev-er. And I would get hot standing over the stove for so long. I had an epiphany one day that I could just throw all of the vegetables on a sheet pan and let the oven do all of the work for me. It is easier, faster, and the vegetables tasted even better. Plus, it gave me time to hang out with everyone rather than cooking away in the kitchen. Win win!
I make these oven roasted vegetables fajitas most often with the vegetables I listed in the recipe. But feel free to switch up the veggies you use with what’s in your fridge. I’ve made these with broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, even carrots thrown in before. Just make sure all of the vegetables are cut to an equal size so they’ll roast at the same speed.
I’ll heat up some vegetarian refried beans, make a box of Mexican rice, and put out some chips. Then everyone grabs a plate and assembles their fajita taco with the toppings they like. Such an easy peasy dinner.
Leftovers make a great lunch the next day over a big bed of lettuce.
Oven Roasted Vegetable Fajitas
Ingredients
Roasted Vegetables
- 1 medium red bell pepper, ribs and seeds removed, sliced 1/2" thick
- 1 medium yellow bell pepper, ribs and seeds removed, sliced 1/2" thick
- 1 large red onion, sliced 1/2" thick
- 2 medium zucchini, sliced in to 1/2" thick wedges
- 1 ear of corn, kernels sliced from cob
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon pepper
Fajita Toppings
- 12 taco sized tortillas
- 1 avocado, sliced
- shredded cheese
- pico de gallo, or favorite store bought salsa
- sour cream
- wedges of lime
Instructions
Roasted Vegetables
- Preheat oven to 500 degrees, with the rack in the upper third. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, toss the sliced vegetables with olive oil. Then add cumin, salt and pepper, toss to combine.
- Spread the vegetables in an even layer on the baking sheet. Roast for about 20 minutes, or until the vegetables are soft and starting to char on the edges.
Fajita's
- Assemble the tacos with the roasted vegetables and desired toppings. And leftover roasted vegetables will keep in an airtight container for 1 week.
Notes
More Taco Recipes
Tropical Coconut Shrimp Tacos with Mango Papaya Salsa
Chicken Tacos with Cilantro Lime Ranch Dressing
Pico de Gallo Salsa (<- my first ever recipe post!)
24 Comments on “Oven Roasted Vegetable Fajitas”
Hooray for A/C!!!! Our house in WA didn’t have any A/C because you supposedly only needed it for like one week out of the year in the summer .. one week is more like 3 to 4 and those weeks were killer so I feel your pain. . HORRAY for A/C! and I love these fajitas!!!
What a fabulous recipe with so much flexibility.. and tacos! Who doesn’t love tacos!? These look soooo mouthwatering. Oh and congrats on the AC!! That is most exciting! No wonder you can crank up that oven to 500F to roast veggies! Yes Please! And how amazing is it that you’ve been blogging for almost two years!?! I loved seeing your first post! Way to go my dear!
Oh man, I can’t imagine not having AC in that kind of heat! So glad you have it now! These fajitas look delicious and healthy!
Ooh, yum — these look fabulous! I’ve been trying to incorporate more veggie-heavy dishes into my diet, and these would really fit the bill. And yay for AC! I don’t think I could survive in Maryland without it . . . our humidity here is absolutely out of control. Blergh.
These roasted vegetable fajitas look delicious. What a fab idea. We aren’t vegetarians but we eat meat free meals at least a couple of times a week. This is going on our menu! Great post. Sammie http://www.feastingisfun.com
How easy and delicious! Totally need to make these fajitas – they are so perfect for myself and my vegetarian fam.
I could NEVER tire of Mexican food. Ever. Ever ever. I’m loving these, and what a great idea to use a sheet pan. And thank goodness for A/C – I still remember two years of college where I lived in dorms without A/C. Oof!!
Yay for air conditioning! So glad you finally have it, especially now that it’s summer. These veggie fajitas look so tasty and perfect for a light dinner. I need to try them out in the oven soon, such a great idea!
Congrats on the AC, Nat! In California must get so hot and humid, right?! These fajitas are amazing, friend. I love them because it is loaded with delicious roasted vegetable. Great recipe!
Agh I don’t know how you survived without air conditioning last summer!! So glad you have some this summer.
And I love a good vegetarian meal. These look really good Natalie! Pinned!
Yay for air conditioning so you can roast those beautiful veggies! These fajitas look delicious, Natalie, and they’re making me hungry! Time to go make dinner. :)
These fajitas look amazing! I love how bright and colorful they are! And yay for air conditioning! I’m pretty sure I would die without it lol
I am really not a fan of vegetables raw, but I just love fajitas and I love to load them up with peppers and spices! This is such a great healthy meal — we will definitely be using this one when the weather cools down and I dare turn my oven on again!
This looks SO GOOD! I have been on a major taco kick lately so this is perfect!
Yay, so glad you have A/C now! We didn’t have A/C at our first house when my husband and I just got married and it was pretty tough some nights. These fajitas look incredible! Love all the gorgeous colorful veggies! Such a great idea to oven-roast them . Makes it so much easier :)
These looks wonderful! This will be a perfect recipe to use up my extra CSA veggies. Oh, and kudos to you for living without AC. There are so many people in our apartment complex that don’t use their air at all – even when it’s in the 90s and high humidity! I would die! So, yay for having air conditioning!! :)
Those fajitas look so yummy, Natalie! And I love that it’s oven roasted – sounds easy!! :)
I am totally sold! These seriously look amazing – who knew anyone could make veggie fajitas look so yummy?! Congrats on the AC! I can’t imagine how miserable that was before in the summer. I was cracking up about the “taking turns spraying each other in the face with water” haha!
I totally feel for you with having no AC!! We still don’t have ours fixed yet, but thankfully it hasn’t been that hot here (yet) So yeah, I really have NO excuse not to make these fajitas. This looks like such an easier way to make ’em rather than babysitting them on the stovetop!
Hooray for having air conditioning this summer, Natalie! I could not live without it! It gets so hot and humid here, it’s just so gross! These fajitas look amazing! I love that you filled them with roasted veggies. What a great way to use up all of the fresh produce I keep buying this summer!