Prepare a Healthy Cauliflower Recipe Everyone Will Love!
Looking for healthy side dish recipes? Hoping to find a way to love cauliflower? This lemon roasted cauliflower recipe is delicious, warm, and comforting. It is a perfect companion to roasted chicken or pan fried salmon.
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Benefits of Cauliflower
Cauliflower is packed with nutrients! High in fiber, vitamin C, vitamin K, B vitamins and folate. Cauliflower can prevent against cancer, offering loads of antioxidants and phytonutrients. It is also one of the best natural sources of choline, a nutrient essential for healthy liver function, brain development, cellular health, and a healthy nervous system and metabolism. Adding cauliflower to your regular menu rotation can also support weight loss. Finding unique and delicious cauliflower recipes will make adding this nutritious vegetable to your dinner plate easy!
Roasted cauliflower is delicious! Even if you think you do not like cauliflower…you must give this cauliflower recipe a try. It is not your grandmothers steamed, mushy vegetables!
Don’t Be Afraid of Olives
You may not like olives, but don’t omit them from this recipe. Castelvetrano olives are not like their salty black counterparts. These olives are firm, with a buttery flavor and a crisp bite. They are not cured in vinegar like many olives, therefore not bitter. Even if you are an olive hater, you may be converted once you try Castelvetrano olives!
New Favorite Dish
This lemon roasted cauliflower dish will become a new favorite dish, guaranteed! The roasted cauliflower offers a buttery flavor, with crisp roasted bites. The lemon offers a light, fresh flavor that is not sour. Even those who do not like cauliflower will love this dish!
Lemon Roasted Cauliflower
- 1 Head of Cauliflower
- 1 Lemon
- 12 Castelvetrano Olives
- 2 TBSP Olive Oil
- Salt and Pepper
- Preheat the oven to 425F.
- Line a baking sheet with foil.
- Wash cauliflower and remove any leaves.
- Chop cauliflower into florets, discarding any thick stalks.
- Cut the lemon in half lengthwise, then slice one half into thin slices. Remove any seeds.
- Juice the remaining half of lemon, mix with olive oil and set aside.
- Coarsely chop the olives.
- On the baking sheet, spread the cauliflower into a single layer and toss with olive oil and lemon juice mixture.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Spread the lemon slices and olives over the cauliflower and toss again.
- Roast in the oven for 12 to 14 minutes, stir halfway through baking.
Helpful Hints
A few tips to make this recipe pop. Use Castelvetrano Olives that still have their pits. Although the are a bit more difficult to chop, the flavor is better and they tend to hold their firmness better. Using freshly ground sea salt and black pepper, offering better flavor and texture. Give the dish another few grinds of each after roasting for added flavor!
Lemon roasted cauliflower is a delicious way to eat healthy and help everyone in your household love this nutrient packed veggie!