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23rd Dec 2018

This hack will get your veggies and potatoes perfectly roasted for Christmas dinner

We'd never have thought of this!

Olivia Hayes

This hack will get your veggies and potatoes perfectly roasted for Christmas dinner

You learn something new everyday.

And today, it’s how to properly roast vegetables.

In the age of the Internet, we’re sure many of you have Goggled ‘the perfect roast potato’ or ‘how to make a roast dinner’.

Sometimes you get it right, and other times you can get it really, really wrong.

According to Food52, the secret to perfect roasties is putting them at the very bottom of the oven.

And we’re not even talking about the bottom rack. Get rid of the racks altogether and simply place your dish on the oven floor.

Leave them in there for 20 minutes and you should have perfectly crisp roasties.

Now, if you’re like us then you’ve probably been putting them on the very top rack in order to get them crispy, but we’re liking the sound of this so much better.

So, if you’re hosting Christmas dinner, or just fancy helping out in the kitchen, why not try impress your family and friends with this handy little tip.

Let’s just hope it goes right and we don’t burn the house down…