Sauced-Up Roasted Cauliflower (Vegan)

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Sauced-Up Roasted Cauliflower is a delicious and filling main or a side, featuring oven-roasted cauliflower smothered in creamy dairy-free sauce and topped with smoked almonds and dates. Roasting cauliflower is an easy way to enhance its flavour — roasting it brings out the natural sugars and creates slightly crunchy, nutty nuggets of cauliflower goodness. If you’ve never tried roasting before, you’ll be surprised at how such a simple treatment results in such a radical transformation. This is extra good with our Sweet & Spicy Caramelized Pearl Onions, which you can cook while you’re roasting the cauliflower.

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The Ingredients

Sauced-Up Roasted Cauliflower is made with just a few ingredients: cauliflower (of course!), a bit of olive oil for roasting it, smoked almonds, dates, and a creamy dairy-free sauce made with the Mother Mix or its components: almond flour, tapioca starch, nutritional yeast, and salt.

Making Sauced-Up Roasted Cauliflower

Start by chopping your cauliflower into roughly even pieces. We usually cut them into about 1-inch sized bites. The cauliflower will shrink when it’s roasted.

Put the cauliflower on a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil.

Pop the cauliflower in the oven and while its roasting chop the almonds and dates, and set aside. Check on your cauliflower after about 15 minutes and give it a stir.

The sauce only takes a few minutes, so you can start making it when the cauliflower is almost done. For this recipe, we’re using the Mother Mix on its own to make a simple cream sauce that’s a perfect backdrop to the roasted cauliflower, smoked almonds, and dates. To make it, either toss the Mother Mix in the blender with the water, or measure out the individual ingredients. Blend it for one minute on high, transfer to a saucepan and heat for a few minutes until it’s thick and stretchy. When it’s done, just set it aside until your cauliflower is ready.

You’ll know your cauliflower is ready when the edges are starting to get brown and crispy and the cauliflower is golden brown.

Once the cauliflower is roasted, stir it into the sauce.

That’s it!

Serve topped with the smoked almonds and dates, and optionally some Sweet & Spicy Caramelized Pearl Onions.

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Sauced-Up Roasted Cauliflower (Vegan)

Sauced-Up Roasted Cauliflower is a delicious and filling main or a side, featuring oven-roasted cauliflower smothered in creamy dairy-free sauce and topped with smoked almonds and dates. Roasting cauliflower is an easy way to enhance its flavour — roasting it brings out the natural sugars and creates slightly crunchy, nutty nuggets of cauliflower goodness. If you've never tried this before, you'll be surprised at how such a simple treatment results in such a radical transformation.

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Course: dinner, dinner, lunch, side, lunch

Cuisine: North American

Keyword: easy caulifower recipe, eat a whole head of cauliflower, mother mix, quick cauliflower recipe, roasted cauliflower

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 sides

Calories: 208kcal

Author: sylvia

Ingredients

• 4 cups cauliflower, chopped into 1 inch pieces
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon dates, roughly chopped
• 2 tablespoons smoked almonds, roughly chopped
• 2/3 rds cup Mother Mix + 1 cup water {See instructions for link to mix recipe.}

Optionally, if you haven't made the Mother Mix

• 1/2 cup almond flour
• 1 cup water
• 2 tablespoons tapioca flour
• 1 tablespoon, plus 1 teaspoon nutritional yeast
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Optionally, 1 cup of Sweet and Spicy Caramelized Onions {See instructions for link to recipe}

Instructions

• If using, make the Sweet and Spicy Caramelized Onions. {The recipe makes 2 cups and you only need 1 for the cauliflower, but see the onion recipe for lots of great uses for the remaining cup.}
• Make the cauliflower: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Chop cauliflower into approx 1 inch cubes. Place on baking sheet and drizzle with oilive oil. Roast for about 25-30 minutes, until the edges are brown, and smaller pieces are looking crispy.
• Prepare the sauce using the pre-made Mother Mix and water (or the individual ingredients). Blend for one minute, and then transfer to a small saucepan. Heat to medium and stir until sauce is thickened and stretchy, 5 to 6 minutes. Turn heat off and set aside until cauliflower is ready.
• Combine the roasted cauliflower, sauce, dates, almonds, and onions if using. 

Notes

Storage and Reheating

We think this is best when the cauliflower is hot out of the oven, but if you have leftovers, you can reheat in the microwave or oven. If you have leftover sauce, you can reheat in a small saucepan. 

Time Saving Tips

This recipe doesn’t require a lot of prep time, but to make preparation even quicker, you could use packaged chopped cauliflower. We don’t recommend using frozen cauliflower. 

About the Mother Mix 

The Mother Mix gives you a jumpstart on a number of recipes on this site. It’s vegan and gluten-free and made from all natural ingredients.  You can find the recipe for this awesome pantry staple here. 

 

Nutrition

Calories: 208kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 325mg | Potassium: 416mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin C: 48mg | Calcium: 59mg | Iron: 1mg

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