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This sweet and spicy roasted cauliflower recipe is the perfect oven roasted side dish. Toss it on a sheet pan and it's ready in no time! It's vegan and gluten free, and it's great for adding to meal prep!
I just spent two hours scouringreviews forbaby bouncers on Amazon. My eyes ache.
Do you guys even know what kind of features thesethings come with nowadays? I don't know how I ever made it to adulthood without such luxuries.
Built-in sound systems, relaxing vibration patterns, an assortment of dangling toys to entertain the baby, hands-free bouncing – and none of them come in the color I want.
I have to get this right– it's a gift for my best friend's first baby. My best friend is pregnant. My best friend is having a baby. I still can't believe it.
I don't know the first thing about babies. I've never changed a diaper (Hello, Google? it's me, Jordan.)
I like lovewine. I say sh*t and damn and hell sometimes too much.I know she's waymore ready for baby Hthan I am. But it's still so hard for me to picture her as a mother.
I know that's just because I haven't ever seen her in thisrole before. I know she's going to be amazing.
It's hard to imagine. Because to me – playing house with our American Girl dolls seems like yesterday.
Getting in trouble for swimming in a floodedditch seems like yesterday. Terrorizing the neighborhood in her go-cart seems like yesterday.
Her moving to Oklahoma seems like yesterday. Church camp. Boyfriends. High school. College. Graduations. Yesterday. Giving my first wedding speech as her Matron of Honor – I knowthat was just yesterday. I swear it was.
But here we are. Coincidentally, today is her birthday. And the next day is my birthday.
It's been so long since we celebrated together, even though we were born one day apart. Now, she's a couple of weeks away from bringing a piece of her into the world. And soon, I'll get to meet meet the magical little person she's been busy creating.
How lucky am I?I get to watch my best friend change and grow and learn. And she'll teach me things I didn't realizeI needed to know.
She'sgoing first. She's paving this road. And she's sogot this. She's going to be so good at this. When Baby H comes into the world, she will be surrounded with love and gratitude. She will be supported. She will be encouraged. She will be raised by two of the best people I've ever known.
I was having a hard time deciding what recipe to share before we leave to go camping over theweekend. But then I started thinking of the soon-to-be new parents and how pressed-for-time they will be.
This recipe is a game-changer and a life-saver. (Too many hyphens in one sentence? Nah.)
This sweet and spicy cauliflower is one of those recipes you cankeep on hand, in the back of your mind.
When you see cauliflower on sale. When you have cauliflower that's on the verge of going bad. Or when you have a mixture of random vegetables in the fridge and you need a solution right now – this is the kind of recipe that saves your ass at hangry dinnertime.
We cooked this recipe on a heavy duty baking sheet lined with parchment – we order ours from Amazon! We've tried using aluminum foil before and it just doesn't seem to cook as well.
If you make this sweet and spicy cauliflower recipe, be sure to let me know! Leave me a comment or tag meon Instagram!
Sweet and Spicy Baked Cauliflower
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- Author: Jordan Cord
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
Keep it simple with this oven-roasted side dish. Cauliflower florets are tossed in an irresistible sweet and spicy marinade and baked until tender.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cups cauliflower florets
- 2 Tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 Tablespoon sriracha
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- ½ Tablespoon tamari or soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400º. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl (or a Ziplock bag) combine cauliflower and other ingredients – maple syrup, sriracha, olive oil, tamari, and pepper. Mix until the cauliflower is well coated.
- Pour the cauliflower onto the baking sheet and place in the oven. Be sure to give the cauliflower "room to breathe." If the baking sheet is over-crowded, the cauliflower will "steam" and it won't cook right. If you need to, divide it between 2 baking sheets.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until cauliflower is tender.
Notes
I recommend serving this over a bed of steaming quinoa or rice.
You can easily incorporate other vegetables with or instead of cauliflower.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Side
Nutrition
- Calories: 115
- Sugar: 6.3g
- Sodium: 349.4mg
- Fat: 7.1g
- Saturated Fat: 1.1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 12.3g
- Fiber: 2.2g
- Protein: 2.3g
- Cholesterol: 0g
