Vegan Quote

‘But surely the most crucial point of all is that if someone doesn’t want to eat meat, the chances are they don’t want their dinner
to look like it either. You wouldn’t dream of presenting your Jewish guests with fish carefully manufactured to look like a pork chop.
So why wave replica meat in front of someone who clearly doesn’t want to see it?’
Nigel Slater - author - Eating for England

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Roasted Cauliflower and Running Sauce

I have decided that it is impossible to get more than 2 or, if you're lucky, 3 slices of cauliflower out of one head of cauliflower. My recipe said "slice cauliflower into 1/2" thick slices." I got 3 and then lots of florets. Never mind. This was still yummy.

Roasted Cauliflower
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Slice your cauliflower into 1/2" slices and lots of leftover florets.
Toss the cauliflower in 2 tbsp olive oil.
Place on a baking sheet with parchment paper, a silpat mat, or lightly grease the mat for a crispier result.
Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and any other herb/spice that you like.
Bake 7 minutes, take out, flip the cauliflower, and bake another 10 minutes.
At this point I turned off the oven and left the cauliflower in there while we went for a run. It was nice and golden when we returned. Corey says that this is his favourite way to eat cauliflower now.

Running Sauce
I'm sure this could have a more technical name but if I am going to have yoga curry then I might as well have running sauce.
1/3 cup white wine
1 small onion diced fairly fine
1/2 tsp Italian herb mix
2/3 cup vegan mayo (many people swear by Vegannaise but I prefer Spectrum Egg-less Canola Mayonnaise Type Spread - sounds yummy eh? At Save-On-Foods and less expensive than the other)
1/2 tsp cayenne
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 chopped tomato

In a small saucepan, heat the wine, onion and Italian herb over medium-high heat until half the liquid has evaporated. Blend the mayo, onion/wine/herb mix, cayenne and turmeric together. You can put it into the food processor to make it smooth or just mix it in a bowl. Stir in the chopped tomato. Let it cool in the fridge. To have a tighter sauce, take out the seeds of the tomato and let almost all the wine evaporate. I liked it runnier to pour over the cauliflower. It made a good dip too for other veggies.

1 comment:

  1. I love the names, sounds yummy though! :)

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