Roasted Cauliflower Salad
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Serves: 2 large or 3 medium dinner salads
 
Ingredients
For the roasted cauliflower:
  • 1 large or 2 small heads of cauliflower, about 2 or 3#
  • 1 head garlic, excess 'paper' peeled off and top ¼ to ½" of the cloves cut off with a sharp kitchen knife, 2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil rubbed/poured into the cloves
  • ⅓ to ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • a few grinds of black pepper
  • ½ tsp. salt
For the rest of the salad
  • about 8 oz. of washed salad greens
  • juice of ½ lemon
  • 2 or 3 scallions, chopped
  • olive oil, salt, pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 425.
  2. Break and/or cut the cauliflower into small florets.
  3. In a large bowl, mix the cauliflower with the extra-virgin olive oil, lemon juice, and salt. Sprinkle with a few grinds of black pepper and mix.
  4. Place the head of garlic, prepared as above, into a very small baking bowl or dish and place in the oven.
  5. Line a large baking tray with parchment paper.
  6. Put cauliflower florets on the baking sheet.
  7. Cover baking sheet with aluminum foil (it may take several large pieces) and place in oven.
  8. Cook for 10 minutes, then remove aluminum foil.
  9. Cook for 15 additional minutes.
  10. Cook for an additional ten minutes or so.
  11. Remove cauliflower when starting to brown, let cool.
  12. Squeeze cooked garlic cloves from the garlic head, mix back in with the cauliflower. (I don't wait for this, I use a kitchen glove and then wash the kitchen glove.)
  13. For the scallions, chop off the roots, finely chop most of the scallion, not including the leafy top of the stalk.
  14. Add cooled cauliflower and chopped scallions to the greens and mix. Add lemon juice plus additional salt and pepper as needed.
  15. Serve.
Recipe by Fit and Fed at http://fitandfed.net/2016/10/08/roasted-garlic-cauliflower-salad/