Simple Roasted Cauliflower with garlic, lemon and parsley – a simple vegan side dish that is full of flavor! Vegan and gluten free! 
Comfort is often found in the kitchen. With the turn of a dial, warmth and comfort can permeate our homes and hearts. I’m often surprised how dark and dreary days can be made a little brighter by simply turning the oven on and roasting something.
During the busy workweek we don’t always have the luxury or time to put a roast in the oven and let it cook for hours on end. But there are other things we can roast that can be made in a fraction of the time, at a fraction of the cost, which have the same healing, comforting effect.
Like this delicious, simple roasted cauliflower!
Simple Roasted Cauliflower with garlic, lemon and parsley!
Roasted Cauliflower with garlic, lemon, parsley and coriander seeds – a simple vegan side dish that is full of flavor! Vegan and gluten free! The caraways seeds are optional but add amazing and unique flavor!
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 2-4 1x
- Category: Side dish
- Method: roasted
- Cuisine: Pacific Northwest
Ingredients
- 1 large head cauliflower, cut into florets
- 8 cloves garlic, rough chopped
- 1 tablespoon coriander seeds, whole if possible ( or use ground)
- 1 teaspoon caraway seeds ( or sub 2 teaspoons cumin seeds, or 2 teaspoons ground cumin)
- ¾ tsp kosher salt
- zest of one lemon
- ½ -1 cup fresh chopped Italian parsley
- 3 T olive oil, or enough to coat
- pinch chili flakes
Instructions
- Pre heat 450 F Oven.
- Trim leaves off the cauliflower, and cut into small florets.
- Place in a bowl and toss with the garlic, coriander seeds, caraway seeds, salt, pepper, chili flakes, lemon zest and olive oil. Toss to coat well.
- Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet and roast in oven for 20-25 minutes, or until fork tender and lightly edges are lightly crisp and browned, tossing halfway through.
- Place in a serving dish and toss with the fresh chopped Italian parsley right before serving.
- Sprinkle with chili flakes if you like. Enjoy!
Notes
You can also cut the cauliflower into ¾ inch thick “steaks”, keeping the stem in tact, preparing the same way, spreading out on a sheet pan to bake.
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Sunny Miller says
October 29, 2012 at 4:45 pmI made this for lunch and it was very yummy, thank you!! I substituted pine nuts for coriander seeds but still loved it!
Sylvia Fountaine says
October 29, 2012 at 6:14 pmYou are welcome! I am so glad it turned out!
Richa says
October 30, 2012 at 2:40 ami love the gorgeous pictures and the coriander garlic flavors in this!
Sylvia Fountaine says
November 6, 2012 at 1:10 amThanks!!
Anonymous says
November 2, 2012 at 5:24 ami wish i had two califlower heads i would have made it twice good
Ashley Lauren says
November 3, 2012 at 1:46 pmI love a good roasted cauliflower and this recipe looks divine!
Sylvia Fountaine says
November 13, 2012 at 9:15 pmThanks Ashley!
Rachael {Simply Fresh Cooking} says
November 3, 2012 at 4:35 pmOh boy, this looks yummy, too!! I adore cauliflower!
Sylvia Fountaine says
November 6, 2012 at 1:10 amI love it too. 🙂
agnès says
November 9, 2012 at 7:38 amBeautiful !
Anonymous says
February 19, 2013 at 8:36 pm6 servings? Either mine was a small cauliflower, or it was simply so good that I had to stop myself from eating it all at once! When I cut it as directed, I ended up with only a few actual slices as shown in the picture, a lot of medium florets, and some crumbles which got super-brown, crisp and with the toasted/caramelized pieces of garlic made a wonderful ‘topping’ sprinkled over the larger pieces. This is a real winner, thank you!
Sylvia Fountaine says
February 19, 2013 at 9:44 pmThanks and I will adjust the serving size down to 2-4. Brian and I eat this easily between the two of us, but I wasn’t sure others would would as much! Glad you liked it.
Sonja says
October 27, 2013 at 2:50 amThis was delicious. Great flavors and so easy to make. In the words of my 5 year old daughter: “I just love this.” Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Tamala Van Dierendonck says
March 27, 2017 at 6:13 pmMost delicious cauliflower ever! I squeezed lemon juice and sprinkled some Parmesan cheese on it at the end.
Kate says
January 27, 2018 at 1:53 pmDelicious and my sister is obsessed with the stuff – only thing is I used a *lot* more olive oil than is mentioned in this recipe – and when sis tried to adhere to only a 3tbsp of oil, she ended up with burned garlic.
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