I don’t know about you, but I use to have a heck of a time getting my kids and husband to eat their veggies! I usually didn’t have any issues with carrots, potatoes, green beans, peas and other similar vegetables but when it came to broccoli and cauliflower my girls always turned their noses up to them and refused to eat them. So I set out to find a way to enjoy these two amazing vegetables and found a method to prepare them so that the whole family would enjoy them and better yet are now asking me to make them!
What method am I talking about? I am talking about roasting them. Let me tell you: When you roast these two vegetables, it brings out a nutty flavor in them and they mellow out quite a bit. I can remember when I was a kid and we went to grandmas house and everything smelled so wonderful UNTIL… the broccoli went on to cook! Oh my goodness, when it was steaming it had such a bad odor to it that my thoughts were always, why would anyone want to eat this?
Well as I grew up, I recognized the nutritional value of these two vegetables and eventually fit them into my diet, but it was always a chore, to say the least. It wasn’t until recently that my family and I became excited to eat these vegetables.
Oh and did I mention, when you roast these vegetables, that bad smelling order I was talking about at grandma’s house is gone! Give it a try, I am sure that you will taste a noticeable difference too! These two recipes are absolutely wonderful!
Roasting Broccoli
Roasted Broccoli
Prep Time: 10 minutes- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 4-6 servings 1x
- Category: side dish
- Method: roasting
- Cuisine: american
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Roasted broccoli makes the perfect side dish to any meal!
Ingredients
- 1 very large head of broccoli (about 1½ pounds)
- 2–4 cloves of garlic thinly sliced (depending on how big your cloves are)
- 2 tbsp grass fed butter melted
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½–3/4 tsp unrefined sea salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Clean and break off the heads of the broccoli into bite size pieces and place into a large ziplock bag.
- Peel and sliced the garlic very thinly. Place into bag.
- Pour olive oil and melted butter over the broccoli and sprinkle the salt and pepper over the broccoli.
- Zip the bag closed and shake until well coated.
- Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 30 minutes or until desired crispiness.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
Roasting Cauliflower
Organic Roasted Cauliflower Poppers Recipe
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 4-6 servings 1x
- Category: side dish
- Method: roasting
- Cuisine: american
Description
Roasted cauliflower poppers makes the perfect side dish to any meal!
Ingredients
- 1 very large head of cauliflower
- 2 tbsp melted grass fed butter or ghee – You can buy it here
- 2 tbsp olive oil or melted coconut oil
- 1 tsp unrefined sea salt – You can buy it here
- 3/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp paprika
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees
- Cut up cauliflower into small pieces and wash and dry them.
- Place cauliflower into a large zip lock bag, and pour the melted butter and coconut oil/olive oil, salt, pepper, and paprika inside. Shake the bag until cauliflower is well coated.
- Place cauliflower pieces onto a baking sheet.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes, turning several times so that the cauliflower browns evenly. Don’t be afraid of them getting too brown, that is what makes them good!
- Serve with my homemade ketchup, See Recipe
- Remove from oven and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
I eat a lot of broccoli and I’m defiantly going to give this a try.
We just tried the roasted broccoli last night. All I have to say is O…M…Holy!!!! Never knew broccoli could taste like that (and I love broccoli)! Hubby and kids loved it too! Thank you thank you!!!
Fabulous. This quashed my craving for fried things that are bad for me (and make my tummy angry!) I added a small bit of cayenne pepper as well and it gave it an awesome kick! Nom nom nom.
Nothing gets better than ROASTED butternut squash and roasted brussels sprouts covered in delicious oil and garlic! 🙂
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Roasting veggies is so good! Thanks for all these ideas!
LOVE my roasted veggies….everyone always eats a healthy serving of them!
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Love the roasted cauliflower! Making it for the second time this week. So yummy!
Glad you are enjoying it. It is on our menu this week as well!