Roasted Cauliflower! Kid rated 10

We all want to get more veggies into our family’s diet, right?  Well, a few years back, I tried cooking cauliflower for dinner.  I steamed it as you would any vegetable and it tasted OK to John and I, but my kids HATED it!  There was a lot of gagging going on at the dinner table that night.  So I took a break from cauliflower and went back to the old familiars like broccoli and green beans, but I really wanted to get some new veggies into our diet so I was determined to find other ways to cook them.  I had heard for a friend about roasting cauliflower, so I went on-line, found a recipe and gave it a try!  The response I got that night at dinner was way different than the one before.  The kids were like, “this can’t be cauliflower, it tastes too good, what is it really?”  I told them it was cauliflower but that I cooked it a different way.  From that night on they were hooked!

Roasting cauliflower intensifies its flavor, rendering a caramelized, crispy product.  Tender, aromatic, and slightly sweet, oven-roasted cauliflower is a wonderful veggie accompaniment to any meal. 

Pre-heat your oven to 450ºF.  Cut up your cauliflower in to even size pieces.Rinse and pat dry the cauliflower and put it on a rimmed baking sheet.  Season with a bit of olive oil & a few pinches of salt and toss to mix well.  Spread the cauliflower in a single layer.Bake, stirring occasionally, until cauliflower is browned and tender when pierced with a fork, about 15 minutes.  

This is what your cauliflower should look like when its finished!Pair it up with any entree or pasta.  We paired it below with a buffalo burger.  Have you tried roasted cauliflower yet?  If not, what are you waiting for?