Sides & Salads

Spice Roasted Cauliflower with Creamy Honey Herb Salad

  • Easy

  • 45 mins

This hearty salad or side dish is brimming with exciting flavor and texture. Tender spice charred cauliflower florets are tossed with crunchy honey roasted chickpeas and fresh herbs to rest on a bed of creamy honey yogurt.

Make double, you won’t regret it!

  • Skill Level

    Easy

  • Prep Time

    20 mins

  • Cooking Time

    25-30 mins

  • Servings

    4-6

Ingredients

Cauliflower Salad

  • 1 large cauliflower (900g), trimmed and cut into florets
  • 400g can chickpeas, rinsed, drained
  • 2 tsp ground cilantro
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 tsp sweet paprika
  • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 ½ tbsp Capilano Organic Raw Honey
  • 2 tbsp pine nuts
  • 2 cups cilantro leaves
  • 1 cup mint
  • 1 cup parsley
  • 1 tbsp black sesame seeds, toasted
  • Lime wedges, to serve

 

Honey Yogurt Dressing

  • 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
  • ¼ cup Extra virgin olive oil
  • ¼ cup Capilano Organic Raw Honey
  • 2 tbsp seeded mustard
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • Sea salt and black pepper, to taste
  1. Preheat oven to 200°C (fan-forced), line a baking tray with baking paper.
  2. In a small bowl combine olive oil, honey, cilantro, cumin and paprika and whisk to combine.
  3. Place cauliflower and chickpeas in a large bowl and add the olive oil spice mixture. Toss to combine, then transfer to a lined baking sheet and season with salt and pepper. Bake for 25-30 minutes until the cauliflower is starting to char, then remove and set aside to cool.
  4. While cauliflower cools, toast pine nuts in oven until golden (3-4 minutes).
  5. In a measuring jug combine all ingredients for honey yogurt dressing and whisk until blended. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  6. To serve, dollop honey yogurt dressing onto a large serving dish and arrange roasted cauliflower around dressing. Scatter with the herbs, pine nuts and black sesame seeds and serve with lime wedges.

Used in this recipe

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C (fan-forced), line a baking tray with baking paper.
  2. In a small bowl combine olive oil, honey, cilantro, cumin and paprika and whisk to combine.
  3. Place cauliflower and chickpeas in a large bowl and add the olive oil spice mixture. Toss to combine, then transfer to a lined baking sheet and season with salt and pepper. Bake for 25-30 minutes until the cauliflower is starting to char, then remove and set aside to cool.
  4. While cauliflower cools, toast pine nuts in oven until golden (3-4 minutes).
  5. In a measuring jug combine all ingredients for honey yogurt dressing and whisk until blended. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  6. To serve, dollop honey yogurt dressing onto a large serving dish and arrange roasted cauliflower around dressing. Scatter with the herbs, pine nuts and black sesame seeds and serve with lime wedges.
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