Hello everyone! After over-indulging yesterday in portobello burgers and an oh-so-delicious custard milkshake from ShakeShack, I decided to regain that 80-20 balance with a focus on some delicious veggies that I could roastIna Garden's recipe for roasted cauliflower with pine nuts has remained our family staple for several years. I have amended the recipe to be slightly more health-conscious and vegan. Enjoy!
Ingredients*:makes 2 large bowls of roasted cauliflower
Time: 30 min
2 heads of organic cauliflower
1/2 cup of whole pine nuts
2 organic lemons
2 tbsp. salt
2 tbsp. pepper
1/2 good olive oil or coconut oil
Note*: (I'm serious. These are all the ingredients:)
1. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees Convection Roast.
2. Take your 2 heads of organic cauliflower, and get the leafy bits off the bottom of the base with a sharp knife. Then, just start pulling the bunches of cauliflower apart, in small pieces, the size is shown above in the finished product. For each head of cauliflower, place the pieces in a separate large bowl, so you should have 2 bowls with pieces of cauliflower in them.
3 In each bowl, place 1 tbsp. of salt, 1 tbsp. of pepper, and about 1/4 cup of the olive oil. Toss the cauliflower, making sure enough of the seasoning is evenly coated.
4. Place the 2 bowls of seasoned cauliflower into 2 separate cookie pans. Using cookie pans is important; it distributes the heat evenly onto the cauliflower, and overall, roasts veggies more quickly and easily for people on the go, like you, who don't have time to roast for two hours!
5. Now, to each pan, add about 1/4 cup of pine nuts. Also add to each, a 1/2 of a lemon's juice. With your hands, mix the cauliflower up with pine nuts. Bring your trays to the oven, preferably with both on the top rack in the oven.
7. Now, 10 MINUTES into cook time, you MUST TAKE THE CAULIFLOWER OUT OF THE OVEN. Then,take out the smaller pieces which are cooked or dark brown, black out into a separate bowl on the counter, and turn over the rest of the cauliflower on their back sides to make sure they cook evenly. Place your trays back in the oven.
8. When 20 minutes are up, take your cauliflower out of the oven. On the tray, spitz 1/2 of a lemon on top of the cauliflower.
9. Voila! You now have easy, gorgeous roasted cauliflower with pine nuts!
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