Because as the chill in your bones starts to fade, so does your stiffness. The same thing happens to hard winter vegetables when they're enveloped in the heat of the oven.
The sheet-pan method below works just as well on cold weather roots, florets and dark leafy greens as it does with spring's sprightly asparagus and string beans and summer's juicy tomatoes and peppers.
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