Easy vegetable side dishes are my favorite! This Roasted Cauliflower is a wonderful fall recipe, it’s filling, tasty, anti-inflammatory and goes with just about any main dish.
Cauliflower is high in fiber, Vitamin C, folate and contains many phtyochemicals common in plants that are members of the cabbage family. Cauliflower is also high in sulforaphane, a nutrient known to have anti-cancer benefits. All this and almost no carbs! So indulge with absolutely no guilt!
This recipe could not be more simple, simply place cauliflower and shallots on a parchment covered cookie sheet, drizzle with melted ghee, butter or coconut oil, sprinkle with sea salt and pepper and roast till browned.
While the vegetables are roasting, prepare gremolata: a combination of parsley, garlic and lemon zest.
When the veggies are done, toss with gremolata and you have a gorgeous, nutritious, vegetable side dish! (Butter dish , wooden serving tongs and plate from Anthropologie.)
The Recipe: Roasted Cauliflower with Gremolata
You will need: unbleached parchment paper, a rimmed cookie sheet, sea salt (microplane for zesting citrus. Affiliate links.
- 10 cups cauliflower florets cut into 1" pieces
- 4 Tablespoons melted ghee butter, olive oil or coconut oil
- 4 shallots peeled and thinly sliced
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 Tablespoons chopped parsley
- 1 small clove garlic minced
- zest of one lemon
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Preheat oven to 450 and place rack in upper third of oven.
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Cut cauliflower into florets and slice shallots.
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Place on parchment paper, drizzle with melted ghee, butter or oil, toss.
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Generously sprinkle with sea salt and pepper. Toss.
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Place in oven and roast for 30 minutes (or until golden), turning with spatula every ten minutes.
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While cauliflower is roasting make gremolata.
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Combine, chopped parsley, minced garlic and lemon zest, toss and set aside.
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When cauliflower is done, use spatula to place in a bowl or platter (there will be some liquid on pan, don't transfer liquid.
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Spinkle cauliflower with gremolata and toss. Serve
Next week we will be making this roasted cauliflower into a rich creamy soup for another casual Friday menu!
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post tags: gluten free, grain free, vegetarian, vegan option, dairy free option
Ok, so I had no idea what gremolata was but I think now I need it! I like the roasting with coconut oil, too, to get even more nutrients and fatty acids.
OMG…Kim…funny to see you here! I just made this too, but instead of a sprinkle of green, I used a little cauliflower with a bed of Fleet Farming greens! So tasty!
This looks so good. I need to pick up some cauliflower. Thanks for another wonderful recipe.
This sounds so delicious! This would make a lovely addition to holiday meals. YUM!
Looks fabulous. Your friends and family are so lucky to have such an amazing cook nearby!
Roasted is about the only way I enjoy cauliflower other than in a soup 😉 This looks really tasty!
The soup will be posted next week:)
Gremolata sounds so fancy! I had never heard of it before, but the combination sounds delicious!
This looks so good!!! The ingredient are so allergy/healing diet friendly too. I love the parsely-lemon-garlic gremolata… makes me happy.
Beautiful!!! I haven’t had any cauliflower this season yet! Need to get on that! It’s a favorite around here!
Thank you. I love cauliflower recipes. 🙂
I love simple recipes like these. They often taste the best!