cauliflower Archives | Wholefully https://wholefully.com/tag/cauliflower/ Fresh Family Meals - Made for Everyday Life Mon, 11 Dec 2023 18:09:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wholefully.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/favicon-150x150.png cauliflower Archives | Wholefully https://wholefully.com/tag/cauliflower/ 32 32 Thanksgiving Dinner for Two (One Sheet Pan!) https://wholefully.com/sheet-pan-paleo-thanksgiving-dinner/ https://wholefully.com/sheet-pan-paleo-thanksgiving-dinner/#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2023 19:47:10 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=37310 Don’t let the size of this Sheet Pan Thanksgiving Dinner for Two fool you. It has all the flavors and dishes you love at Thanksgiving.
Hands holding a plate of Thanksgiving food - turkey, Brussels sprouts, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, and cauliflower rice pilaf
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is often associated with grand family feasts, but celebrating with just two people can be equally heartwarming. A Thanksgiving dinner for two might not have the hustle and bustle, but it's a fantastic opportunity to enjoy a cozy, stress-free holiday. For your duo dinner, you can still indulge in the classics. Roast a small turkey breast, seasoned to perfection. Serve your turkey with some candied sweet potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts, cauliflower rice pilaf—all made on a single sheet pan! While that's roasting away, you can mix up a small batch of cranberry sauce and some simple turkey gravy. Bada bing, bada boom—Thanksgiving dinner for two and the smallest sink of dishes that Turkey Day has ever seen! Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/sheet-pan-paleo-thanksgiving-dinner/feed/ 4 Sheet Pan Chicken Legs and Vegetables https://wholefully.com/sheet-pan-chicken-legs-and-vegetables/ https://wholefully.com/sheet-pan-chicken-legs-and-vegetables/#respond Tue, 04 Apr 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=73659 These chicken legs are marinated and roasted with vegetables for a quick and easy weeknight dinner that has tons of flavor.
Overhead of a sheet pan dinner of sticky chicken drumsticks and sesame roasted broccoli and cauliflower.
While we love a baked chicken leg recipe, there is something that is even better—a recipe that allows us to cook our chicken legs and a side dish on the same baking sheet! Sheet pan dinners like this one are perfect for busy weeknights because they come together in a snap, dirty minimal dishes, and are still full of flavor. Let's make some sheet pan chicken and veggies! Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/sheet-pan-chicken-legs-and-vegetables/feed/ 0 Sesame Roasted Broccoli and Cauliflower https://wholefully.com/roasted-broccoli-cauliflower/ https://wholefully.com/roasted-broccoli-cauliflower/#respond Mon, 13 Feb 2023 07:00:52 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=71766 Roasting broccoli and cauliflower intensifies their flavor and brings out their sweetness. You might never go back to steaming your broccoli again. A metal spatula scoops up roasted broccoli and cauliflower from a parchment paper lined sheet pan. Roasting veggies is one of my favorite ways to add a nourishing side dish to any dinner. Roasting veggies brings out the sweetness and turns them into addictive yummy bites of deliciousness that even the pickiest of eaters enjoy! We love this classic combo of cruciferous veggies—broccoli and cauliflower roasted together are packed full of great, hearty flavor and work as a side dish to almost any main. We season our broccoli and cauliflower with sesame oil and garlic to add a punch of delicious flavor. Let's get roasted! Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/roasted-broccoli-cauliflower/feed/ 0 Shrimp and Cauliflower Grits https://wholefully.com/paleo-shrimp-and-grits-recipe/ https://wholefully.com/paleo-shrimp-and-grits-recipe/#respond Thu, 21 May 2020 10:00:51 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=51356 If you haven’t spent a lot of time eating Southern comfort foods, Shrimp and Grits might be a new concept to you—but you need to have this classic dish in your life! Imagine perfectly cooked garlic shrimp over top of creamy, hearty grits, topped with crisp bacon, fresh green onions, and a delectable lemon sauce. It’s easy, it’s fast (we’re talking dinner on the table in less than 20 minutes), and it can easily be made gluten-free, paleo, and Whole30-friendly thanks to our recipe for Cauliflower Grits! A spoon rests in a bowl of grits with shrimp and seasonings. Traditional grits are made with cornmeal (AKA: polenta), and produce a thick, creamy hot cereal that is perfect for eating with butter and brown sugar for an oatmeal substitute. Or, you can load it up with butter, cheese, and other add-ins to make it the perfect base for a savory meal. But what if you are allergic or intolerant to corn? No worries! Our recipe for Cauliflower Grits is so close to the real thing, you’ll never miss corn again. It’s creamy, thick, and the perfect vessel for shrimp. Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/paleo-shrimp-and-grits-recipe/feed/ 0 Loaded Roasted Cauliflower Recipe https://wholefully.com/loaded-roasted-cauliflower-recipe/ https://wholefully.com/loaded-roasted-cauliflower-recipe/#comments Thu, 02 Jan 2020 11:00:44 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=49597 Roasted cauliflower is one of my favorite veggie side dishes in the entire world. If you’ve never roasted cauliflower before, you >strong>have to try it! We roast at a high oven temperature to caramelize the sugars of the veggie, making the florets sweeter, richer, and all-around totally delectable. On its own, roasted cauliflower is something special, but when you make it “loaded” style with ranch dressing, crispy bacon, sharp cheddar cheese, and fresh green onions? WOW! You have a perfect side dish for everyone in the family. A gold fork holds a bite of loaded roasted cauliflower in front of a dark background.

How do you make loaded roasted cauliflower?

The process for making this loaded cauliflower is similar to making any other roasted cauliflower recipe, with one major difference—the toppings! Here’s how you get these glorious florets:
  1. Fry up some bacon and reserve the grease.
  2. Drizzle the bacon grease, along with garlic powder and black pepper, onto cauliflower florets. Toss to coat.
  3. Roast in a 425°F oven for about 20 minutes, or until the cauliflower is tender and golden brown.
  4. Top with sharp cheddar cheese and bake for another minute or two to melt the cheese.
  5. Drizzle ranch dressing on top, and then sprinkle on the cooked bacon and sliced green onions. Enjoy!
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This vegetarian curry is an EXPLOSION of awesome flavor. And the best part? It comes together in less than 20 minutes. Serve it up with some hot-off-the-presses naan, and you’ve got yourself an amazing healthy dinner that the whole family with love. If you've never made curry before, it's nothing to be afraid of. The best way to get the curry flavor you're used to from your favorite South Asian restaurant is to use curry paste. Yes, they sell curry powder at most grocery stores, but the flavor of typical curry spices tends to fade very quickly after grinding—so powder form isn't the best way to get robust flavor. Spoon full of white rice and chickpea and cauliflower curry on a spoon that is resting on the edge of a white bowl of curry. White bowl full of chickpea and cauliflower curry and white rice, with a torn piece of naan tucked into the rice. Curry paste is the wet version of curry powder, and you can probably find it at your regular supermarket in the international foods aisle. Because it is wet, it keeps the flavor of the spices nice and robust, and having a bottle of curry paste in the fridge makes it a BREEZE to make a weeknight curry like this one. For this recipe, you're looking to pick up red curry paste—Mae Ploy brand is one that a lot of folks like, but I can't find it at my supermarket, so I usually just use Thai Kitchen. If you're a little more advanced, you can also make your own curry paste at home—here's a great how-to from The Wanderlust Kitchen. Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/chickpea-cauliflower-curry/feed/ 86 Steak Fajita Bowls with Cilantro-Lime Cauliflower Rice https://wholefully.com/steak-fajita-bowls-cauliflower-rice/ https://wholefully.com/steak-fajita-bowls-cauliflower-rice/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2019 11:00:00 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=37879 There are few meals in life that I love more than a spicy, hearty, colorful fajita bowl. Bowls like this manage to walk the line between totally healthy (this is like 95% vegetables!) and still somehow totally stick-to-your-ribs satisfying. This is the meal I'd serve to someone who isn't too sure about healthy eating—this meal can make even the most skeptical person change their tune. A typical fajita or burrito bowl has a base of seasoned rice to act as a vehicle for all the glorious toppings. If you eat grains, rice (especially sprouted rice) would be a great option. But here, I use cauliflower rice, which has the fluffy, starchy texture of rice but with the added nutrition, fiber, and flavor of cauliflower. Cauliflower rice (or cauli-rice as some folks call it) is a great option for those of us who struggle to digest grains or otherwise choose not to eat grains. Cilantro-Lime Cauliflower Rice in a white bowl Cauliflower rice has been a thing now for quite some time, and when I first made it, I have to be honest, I thought it was so not appetizing. What crazy person said this was anything like rice? It was mushy and soggy and tasted like CAULLIFLOWERRRRRR! And I typically love the taste of cauliflower, but I don't want my rice to taste like it! I was determined to keep working at mastering cauliflower rice though, and I'm happy to say that I can now cook a pan of cauliflower rice like a boss!  Here are a few tips to making good cauliflower rice each time:
  • Use frozen riced cauliflower if you can. Most major supermarkets now carry frozen riced cauliflower in their frozen veggies section. Not only is it easier than chopping up a head of cauliflower in your food processor and more affordable than fresh, but I also find that it results in a much fluffier, rice-like end result. I've been able to make good cauliflower rice from fresh, but it takes a little more effort—from frozen, I get perfect results every time.
  • Steam, don't boil or sauté. Whenever you go to cook your cauliflower rice, add just a touch (a couple of tablespoons per bag of frozen riced cauliflower) of water and steam your rice—don't boil it (too mushy!) or sauté it (not fluffy!). By the time the cauliflower is cooked through, all the water should have evaporated and/or been absorbed. You want your end cauliflower to be tender, but not over-cooked.
  • Flavor your rice. Sulfur-heavy cauliflower can be a bit overpowering when left to its own devices, so make sure you season your cauliflower rice liberally. Strong flavors like garlic do a great job of helping to mask some of the cauliflower-iness.
Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/steak-fajita-bowls-cauliflower-rice/feed/ 4 Roasted Corn and Cauliflower Chowder https://wholefully.com/roasted-corn-cauliflower-chowder/ https://wholefully.com/roasted-corn-cauliflower-chowder/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2018 10:00:29 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=33946 We're in that weird no man's land between summer and fall. When it still feels like summer here in the Midwest (read: sticky and sweltering), but the calendar says we should be breaking out our scarves and cozying up to the fireplace. It's confusing. Especially when you go to make your weekly dinner menu! I can still grab all kinds of wonderful, flavorful local summertime produce at my nearby Meijer store, but it just feels like we should be enjoying soups and stews, doesn't it? Well, this Roasted Corn and Cauliflower Chowder is a perfect in-betweener recipe. It's a hearty, cozy soup that'll usher us into fall, but it uses fresh, local corn that I picked up at my local Meijer store. Overhead shot of soup ingredients-- corn, potatoes, cauliflower, bacon, coconut milkClose-up of a bowl full of Roasted Corn and Cauliflower Chowder, with a spoon dipping into the soup The Meijer produce section is one of my happy places. Not only do they have an exhaustive selection of all kinds of varieties of fruits and veggies (it's seriously impressive), but the awesome folks at Meijer also pride themselves on buying from Midwestern producers first. Which means that I can hop into my local Meijer store and pick up farmstand quality produce from my local farmers. In fact, Meijer partners with over 250 local growers in the Midwest to stock their produce section! When you pick up produce at Meijer, there is a good chance it was grown nearby. In fact, the corn used in this recipe was grown by Mouzin Brothers Farms—a third generation Indiana farm just a hop, skip, and a jump down the road from me! You can taste the difference when you buy locally-grown produce. And I love that I can support small Indiana farmers just by picking up my normal groceries at my regular supermarket. It's a win-win! Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/roasted-corn-cauliflower-chowder/feed/ 4 Creamy Cauliflower Soup https://wholefully.com/creamy-cauliflower-soup-5/ https://wholefully.com/creamy-cauliflower-soup-5/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2017 12:43:45 +0000 https://backtoherroots.com/2010/11/08/my-first-run-in-vibram-five-fingers-wedding-cauliflower-soup/
The recipe was originally published in November 2010. It was retested with reader feedback, rephotographed, rewritten, and republished for your enjoyment in September 2017.
Let's talk about cauliflower soup. I know. I know. When someone says "cauliflower soup," it probably sounds like something an evil lunch lady would serve to poor elementary school kids as a torture device. I would have thought this, too. But my world was changed in 2008 when I was fortunate enough to be a bridesmaid for my sister-in-law (my husband's brother's wife, got that?). After a fantastic, but exhausting, day of the ceremony, schmoozing, and photography, we landed at the reception to a nice warm bowl of beige at the head table. I had heard mention of this cauliflower soup throughout the weekend, but thought for sure it must be sheer folly. For no bride would serve cauliflower soup at her wedding! Especially not one as elegant as Kim. BUT SHE DID. And I'm glad she did. (I, on the other hand, was supremely classy and served barbecue on trash can lids at my wedding—true story.) Creamy Cauliflower Soup - Ingredients Creamy Cauliflower Soup The soup was creamy and cozy and smooth AND elegant. So comforting on a throat that was sore from talking and mingling so much. I immediately grabbed the Bride and told her how amazing it was. The soup was a thing of glory. So special, that after a few too many tequila shots, on the ride back to our beds on the aptly named "party bus," my thoughts immediately went to how good a food the soup would be for a hangover. Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/creamy-cauliflower-soup-5/feed/ 12 Cauliflower Sloppy Joes https://wholefully.com/cauliflower-sloppy-joes-5/ https://wholefully.com/cauliflower-sloppy-joes-5/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2016 10:44:11 +0000 http://backtoherroots.com/?p=27468 Sometimes I get emails. Emails from folks that say stuff like, "OMG, your life is so wonderful and great and pretty and amazing, how can I make my life be that good?" And then I cringe. Because, while my life is really wonderful and great and pretty and amazing, it breaks my heart that folks get the impression that my life is any more or less wonderful or great or pretty or amazing than their own. It isn't. I too have faucets that drip and nails that break and dirty floors and a toddler who tantrums and dusty ceiling fans and an overflowing inbox and poison ivy. Oh my gosh, horrible poison ivy. Right between my toes. It's the worrrrsssttt. And as grateful as I am for all the good (oh so much good) in my life, sometimes, I feel like it's okay to throw up the white flag, admit defeat, and cry a little over the not-so-good things. Cauliflower Sloppy Joes It doesn't make you ungrateful. It doesn't make you unsympathetic. It doesn't make you any less compassionate. The problems of the world, no matter how horrific, do not negate your very real feelings about your very real problems, no matter how insignificant they are in the grand scheme of things. Emotions are always valid. Period. The truth is, sometimes the little things in life can add up to feel like really big things. And it's okay to wallow in the weight of that for a bit. Adulting is hard. I've been doing a bit of my own wallowing lately. We've had a series of minor, but annoying, home repairs. And my schedule is jam-packed with tight deadlines. And there is a teething toddler in the mix. And did I mention the poison ivy? None of it is big. All of it is fixable. But it has still gotten me in a little bit of an end-of-summer funk. It might sound really strange, but when I find myself feeling not-the-good-kind of funky, I start to pull myself out of the darkness by cleaning up my diet. Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/cauliflower-sloppy-joes-5/feed/ 13