Roasted Cauliflower

"Please understand the reason why Chinese vegetables taste so good. It is simple.  The Chinese do not cook them, they just threaten them."  Jeff Smith

Here is a recipe that changed my mind about cauliflower.  My mind was that I did not like cauliflower.  Not even raw when dipped into a gallon of ranch dressing.  Just one of those things that has no explanation.

Then I found some recipes for roasted cauliflower that relied on just curry or curry plus a lot of cheese for the flavor.  Well, thought I, if it's cheesy flavor that's desired, why not use up some of those nutritional yeast flakes that are sitting in a jar in my fridge.  That nutritional yeast that has a bunch of things going for it like maintaining ideal intestinal ecology and optimum cholesterol levels.  That, and the bit about nutritional yeast improving blood production and liver health and function.  What's not to like!

Ingredients:
  cauliflower, large head
  2 T olive oil
  1 T curry powder
  2 T nutritional yeast flakes


Distructions:
  Preheat oven to 500 degrees.  Break or cut the cauliflower into medium to small florets and place into a large bowl.  Try to make the florets about the same size.  Toss the florets with the olive oil.  Once coated with oil, the cauliflower, not you, add the curry powder and nutritional yeast flakes and toss again. 

Spread the coated florets in a single layer in a roasting pan that's covered with parchment paper if you don't want to be scrubbing a pan all afternoon, cover with foil, and roast for about 15 minutes.  This steams the cauliflower and gets the cooking process going.
 
Remove the foil and roast another 10 minutes.  Turn the florets over (I used a spatula which worked beautifully) and roast an additional 10 to 15 minutes.  By turning the florets they'll get a nice crispy brown coating on both sides.  Crispy brown things are so delicious!

Serve immediately.  If you don't, the crispy brown will turn to uncrispy but will still be tasty.  I even enjoyed the cold cauliflower the next day as a sneaked-treat right out of the fridge.

True confession:  I had my husband taste this creation.  He lives by the motto: please don't tell me what's in it because then I might not like it.  He's made it clear over the years that he does not like anything that contains curry.  He loved the cauliflower.  And he's cute as a button!  A rather large button.  I just love sneaking nutritious food into his diet!

Loveya

The Mom