Cauliflower is usually an accompaniment to your classic roast, but it can hold it’s own as the hero ingredient of your dinner!
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While cauliflower is usually seen as a side to a meal or the vegetable addition to a meat-majority dish. From a cauliflower cheese, making cauliflower rice and adding to bulk up a salad, this vegetable is actually very versatile and can be used in a myriad of cuisines.
Better yet, cauliflower is part of the family of cruciferous vegetables, making it high in fibre, a good source of antioxidants and a great low-carb alternative to traditional grains.
In this collection, we’ve found our best recipes that hero the underrated cauliflower. Let’s take a look:
Our best cauliflower recipes
Cauliflower pasta
The kids not fans of cauli? Work it into a macaroni cheese-style bake with a crispy topping and they’ll be asking for seconds, guaranteed!
Cauliflower tabouli
This gluten-free vegetarian dish is fast, fresh and flavourful! Served with rye bread and corn on the cob for a well-rounded, delicious dinner.
Curried cauliflower and chickpea soup
Like a warm hug in a bowl. The spiced roasted chickpeas and cauliflower florets are used in the recipe and as toppers for added texture to savour.
Air fryed roast cauliflower
Air frying your cauliflower gives it fab flavour, and topped with creamy tahini sauce and pomegranates, it’s a stunner to serve up as your meat-free main.
Cauliflower in coconut sauce
This vegetarian dish will please even the fussiest of eaters. Pair with rice and coriander for a warming and cosy dinner.
Butter chicken and almond cauliflower rice
A classic family curry with a twist! Almond cauliflower rice makes the perfect low-carb alternative for when you’re too full up on bread.
Baked cauliflower cheese with crispy breadcrumbs
This baked cauliflower cheese recipe ticks all the boxes and takes just 10 minutes to assemble in a single oven dish. Perfect for fussy eaters or as a healthy roast potato alternative.
Cauliflower and parmesan fritters with roasted tomatoes
Hashbrowns move over, this is the new favourite fritter in town! With added parmesan and a delicious crunch, cauliflower fritters are the way to go.
Baked cauliflower with dukkah, haloumi and honey
Revamp cauliflower cheese to bring a taste of North Africa to your table! With roasted sumac and fennel, this recipe is sure to give a nice spice and zing.
Cauliflower and manchego fritters with romesco relish
Spanish manchego cheese and a spicy Spanish sauce will make your cauliflower sing!
Roasted cauliflower salad with eggplant smash
You’ve never tasted roasted cauliflower in a salad as mouthwatering as this, thanks to Middle Eastern flair.
Caveman steak with charred cauliflower and tomato rice
Cook over coals for the perfect char on your steak and cauliflower florets. Add in tomato rice, and you’ve got your family an absolute feast!
Moroccan-spiced carrot and cauliflower soup with dukkah bread dippers
Spice up your soup with harissa and add a bit of North African flavour to your dinner! This cauliflower and carrot soup is perfect for a cold, rainy day.
Winter cauliflower and walnut salad
For a winter-warmer that’s still got a bit of summer in it, this salad has walnuts and deliciously fried cauliflower.
Cauliflower mac and no cheese
It can be so hard to find a dairy-free alternative that actually tastes like the real thing – but this cauliflower mac and no cheese is here to save the day!
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