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Easy roasted cauliflower with Parmesan cheese is one of the best cauliflower recipes. Cauliflower is cheesy, buttery with simple ingredients. This recipe takes only 10 mins active time.
Cauliflower
Cauliflower has become a mainstream vegetable in the past few years.
There are many cauliflower recipes, from roasted cauliflowers, cauliflower rice, mashed cauliflower to cauliflower steaks.
Health Benefits Of Cauliflower
Cauliflower is packed full of nutrients and offers many health benefits:
- It fights and prevents cancers, for examples: bladder, breast, colon, prostate and ovarian cancer.
- It is loaded with folate which help prevent birth defects.
- It is high in vitamin C, cholesterol free, fat free and low in sodium.
To check out the complete nutrition facts, please check out USDA website.
Cauliflower Recipes
One of the best cauliflower recipes is roasted cauliflower recipe topped with shredded Parmesan cheese.
It can be roasted whole but I personally love it sliced.
This easy oven roasted cauliflower is adapted from Bon Appetit magazine.
This recipe is so easy to make and takes only 10 minutes prep time.
How To Roast Cauliflower
Roasting cauliflower is so easy.
First, remove any dirt or debris by rinsing it with water.
Then, pat the head dry with paper toweling and slice the head into thin cauliflower steaks.
Add butter, salt and ground black pepper before roasting in the oven with Parmesan cheese.
Frequently Asked Questions
For this recipe, you can slice it into thin pieces to form a nice tree shape.
Cut the stem and just slice the head part of it.
If you want something easier and quicker, you can cut the cauliflower into florets, just like this Garlic Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower.
This recipe is only 136 calories per serving. It’s very heatlhy!
What To Serve With Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower
Cauliflower is best served as a side dish. For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend serving it alongside any of the following main dishes.
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Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower
Ingredients
- 8 oz. (230g) cauliflower florets, sliced horizontally
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 dashes ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon chopped parsley leaves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F (207°C).
- Toss the sliced cauliflower with the butter and olive oil. Season with salt and black pepper. Transfer the cauliflower to a baking sheet, in single layer, roast until almost tender about 20-30 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle the grated Parmesan and chopped parsley leaves on top of the cauliflower, roast again until the cheese melts and slightly crusty, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Tried this tonight and it was delicious!!
Awesome!
Simple Delicious recipe… I didn’t have the cheese but boy it was so good without it!
Awesome!
Love your recipes, simple, budget wise,fast and full of flavor!
Thanks Jocelyn.
Love cauliflower.
What kind of Parmesan cheese? Freshly grated from the fridge, or the dry kind from the shelf you shake on pizza?
You should NEVER use the dry kind!
So glad google sent me to this recipe. I sadly discovered I was out of cheese after I put it in the oven. Even without the cheese it was amazing.
Hi Lauren, great. Please try again with cheese, it’s amazing!
I used LOTS of SHAVED Parm Cheese !!!
AND A Giant Chopped Onion & Lots of Garlic !
Was The BEST Recipe !! LOVED it !!! ☺♥
Wow, that’s awesome, Carol. Thank you for your comment.