I’ve discovered that smoked paprika and Aleppo pepper taste really delicious together with a little saffron and a few other things. I make cauliflower a lot because it is healthy and low calorie. Another thing that is great about cauliflower is that it taste very neutral so you can jazz it up anyway you like. This was easy and delicious. I just mixed up my dressing for the vegetables in a big bowl with all the vegetables and then I roasted them. Mine got finished with pea sprouts, fresh basil, and roasted salted peanuts. I had a really big cauliflower and this made two meals and 4 side dishes for me. I do note if you only have a medium sized cauliflower that you will have too much seasoning for it and you might need to use slightly less of the dressing.

Ingredients for around 6 servings

1 large head cauliflower broke down into manageable florets

4 radish – cut into thick slices

1/2 large onion – slices

5 oz. seafood mushrooms

1 carrot – peeled if not organic – sliced

1 container pea sprouts (2 oz) – cut off bottoms with peas

1/4 cup basil – torn

1/2 cup roasted salted peanuts – lightly crushed

1 Tablespoon Aleppo pepper

1 Tablespoon smoked paprika

1 pinch saffron – crumbled

1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper

2 teaspoons sea salt

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic

1/4 teaspoon granulated onion

2 Tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

2 Tablespoons jalapeño brine (preferably from TheForkingTruth.com pickled jalapeño recipe or purchased from a farmer’s market.

Set your oven to 400 degrees F

In a large mixing bowl combine the Aleppo pepper, smoked paprika, saffron, white pepper, salt, black pepper, garlic, onion, oil, and brine. Now add the cauliflower, radish, onion, carrot, mushrooms. Mix well. Spread out on a baking sheet.

Roast on the middle rack in a preheated oven at 400 degrees F. Roast until you get brown crispy edges. (Mine took 35 minutes but timing can differ)

Take out and top with fresh basil, pea sprouts and crushed peanuts.

This is delicious as a bowl with or without meat and is also delicious ass a side dish.

Enjoy!