Herb Roasted Cauliflower

Cauliflower can be one of the vegetables that a lot of people have no clue what to do with. In fact, cauliflower is quite mild in flavor, which makes it a fantastic canvas for any flavor you would want it to taste like. It can also cover the texture rainbow from crunchy, to mushy and anything in between. So, let’s make humble cauliflower fabulous!

I am making a herb roasted version today, to go with Memorial day feast!

Ingredients:

1 head of cauliflower, cut into bite size pieces

1 tsp sea salt

1/2 tsp ground pepper

1 tsp chili powder – this is to give a warm flavor and color, it won’t taste spicy at all

1 tsp dried basil – I don’t want fresh basil to burn in the oven

2 long sprigs of fresh thyme

1 long sprig of fresh rosemary

3 large cloves of garlic, minced

1/4 cup olive oil

Method:

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F.

Spread cauliflower pieces in a large baking dish, I used a half sheet pan. Pick leaves off fresh thyme, throw on top of cauliflower. Pick leaves off fresh rosemary, roughly chop, throw on top of cauliflower, along with the rest of the ingredients. Mix well with a spatula, or clean hands (like me).

Stick in the oven for 35 minutes, if you like it a bit on the crunchy side, 40 minutes if you like it soft. Dish up and serve! Just because I am Asian, I had to throw in a little thinly sliced green onions as garnish :p