Roasted Cauliflower
Ingredients:
1 head of organic cauliflower, torn from stalk and cut into bite sized pieces.
1-2 Tbsp EVOO, avocado oil, coconut oil or ghee
optional, 3 cloves garlic sliced.
How to Make:
Preheat oven to 375.’ Place chopped cauliflower onto a parchment lined bake sheet. Drizzle heat stable oil and garlic pieces onto, stir to evenly coat cauliflower.
Cook for 15 minutes. Remove and stir flowerless for even browning. Then return to oven.
Cook for another 15-20 minutes until a golden and crispy around the edges.
Health Benefits:
Cauliflower are a Cruciferous Vegetable belonging to the cabbage family (genus Brassica). They are low in calories and high in fiber, loaded with vitamins minerals and much more. Though the most nutrition comes when eaten raw, cooking allows for more digestibility and palpability.,
Cruciferous Veggies also includes:
Arugula (also called rocket), Bok choy, Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Chard, Collard and mustard greens, Daikon radish, Horseradish, Kale, Kohlrabi, Radish, Rapini (broccoli rabi), Rutabaga, Turnip. Wasabi, and Watercress.
These wondrous cruciferous vegetables contain:
Soluble and insoluble fiber
Vitamin C
Vitamin B9 (folate)
Potassium
Selenium
Phytochemicals
They are also rich sources of compounds known as glucosinolates, which have been beneficial for “regulatory functions in inflammation, stress response, phase I metabolism, and antioxidant activities, as well as direct antimicrobial properties.” To say they may help to fight cancer is an understatement as correlative studies show cruciferous vegetables may lower rates of a variety of cancers, including breast cancer, pancreatic, bladder, lung, prostate and colon cancer.
That’s not all, cauliflower is so versatile. Eat it raw, cook it, roasted it (like I suggest there), bake it into a pizza crust or mash it up as a substitute for mashed potatoes. You can even “rice” cauliflower as a substitute for regular rice (saving yourself 40g of carbs per cup) in the process). Even better that most grocery stores sell pre-riced packages for families to same time on prep-work, making it a more attractive alternative.
note: A cup of riced cauliflower has 25 calories and 5g of carbohydrate. White rice has 200 calories and 45g of carbohydrate per cup.