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This vegan, gluten-free, super easy Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Shawarma Spice and Herbed Vegan Yogurt is your go-to impressive, scrumptious vegetable side dish for weeknight dinners, holiday dinners, and parties.
Ingredients
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Whole Roasted Cauliflower:
- 1 large (1 ½ – 2 pounds) head cauliflower
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon shawarma seasoning (make it yourself here)
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- ¼ teaspoon salt (optional)
- 2 tablespoons slivered almonds
Herbed Vegan Yogurt:
- 8 ounces vegan cultured yogurt, plain, unsweetened (i.e., coconut, almond, oat)
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives (or 1 teaspoon dried chives)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley (or 1 teaspoon dried parsley)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint (or 1 teaspoon dried mint)
- Pinch salt (optional)
- Pinch black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Trim any leaves off the cauliflower head and the stem, using caution not to disrupt the head of cauliflower (you want to keep it whole). Place it on the center of the baking sheet. Pour water in the baking sheet to help keep cauliflower from drying out.
- In a small bowl, whisk together olive oil, shawarma seasoning, garlic, and salt.
- Brush the olive oil mixture evenly over the surface of the cauliflower.
- Place the baking sheet in the center of the oven, uncovered. Bake for 40 minutes, brushing any spice mixture from the pan back over the surface of the cauliflower half way through this period of time.
- Remove from the oven, brush any spice mixture from pan back over the surface, and sprinkle the slivered almonds over the top of the cauliflower. Return to the oven and bake for about 10 additional minutes, until the cauliflower is very tender when a knife is inserted and the almonds are golden. Remove from the oven.
- While cauliflower is baking, prepare the Herbed Vegan Yogurt by mixing together yogurt, garlic, chives, parsley, mint, salt (optional), and black pepper in a small serving dish.
- Serve cauliflower whole on the baking dish or a platter. Serve with the herbed vegan yogurt on the side, drizzling it over the cauliflower before eating it.
- Makes 6 servings.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Side Dish
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 127
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 76 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Carbohydrates: 6 g
- Fiber: 5 g
- Protein: 4 g