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This juicy and flavorful Whole Roasted Cauliflower recipe served with my Cornbread Stuffing, Mac and Cheese, Sweet Potato Pie will be a huge hit.
It’s a day before Thanksgiving but this cauliflower roast is a great last-minute addition to your holiday menu that will be remembered by your guests for years to come like my Lentil Loaf.
How To Make Whole Roasted Cauliflower?
- Preheat oven 425 degrees F
- Spray casserole dish and set aside
- Trim and discard tough stems and cauliflower leaves,
- In a medium bowl, mix vegan mayonnaise and dry seasonings to form a paste.
- Place cauliflower in a bowl, smother mayonnaise paste all over the cauliflower head, base and in between the florets as much as possible..
- Transfer cauliflower to the casserole dish.
- Add potato and carrot chunks to the bowl and toss with the remaining mayo mixture in the base of the bowl.
- Add seasoned potato and carrots to the casserole dish and place them around the cauliflower.
- Cover the casserole dish with parchment paper and foil and bake for 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, prepare the Vegan Gravy and set aside. After 1 hour, remove the cover and reduce oven temperature to 400 degrees and bake for about 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender and golden Brown.
- Before serving, smother cauliflower and vegetables with the gravy, garnish with fresh rosemary sprigs and serve.
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Categories
- Categories: Gluten-Free, Vegan
- Course: Main Course
- Cuisine: American
- Seasons: Christmas, Thanksgiving
Nutrition
(Per portion)- Energy: 110 kcal / 460 kJ
- Fat: 8 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Carbs: 8 g
Cook Time
- Preparation: 20 min
- Cooking: 1 h 30 min
- Ready in: 1 h 50 min
- For: 6
Ingredients
- 1 medium whole cauliflower head, leaves and hard stem removed
- 1/2 cup vegan mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast flakes
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1 teaspoon salt
Additional Ingredients
- 1 batch Vegan Gravy
- Fresh sprigs of rosemary, for garnishing
- 2 medium potatoes, scrubbed and chopped
- 2 medium carrots, washed and chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven 425 degrees F. Spray casserole dish and set aside
- Trim and discard tough stems and cauliflower leaves, In a medium bowl, mix vegan mayonnaise and dry seasonings to form a paste.
- Place cauliflower in a bowl, smother mayonnaise paste all over the cauliflower head, base and in between the florets as much as possible..Transfer cauliflower to the casserole dish.
- Add potato and carrot chunks to the bowl and toss with the remaining mayo mixture in the base of the bowl. Add seasoned potato and carrots to the casserole dish and place them around the cauliflower.
- Cover the casserole dish with parchment paper and foil and bake for 1 hour. Meanwhile, prepare the Vegan Gravy and set aside. After 1 hour, remove the cover and reduce oven temperature to 400 degrees and bake for about 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender and golden Brown.
- Before serving, smother cauliflower and vegetables with the gravy, garnish with fresh rosemary sprigs and serve.
This was awesome! I used my homemade coconut yogurt instead of the mayo and we didn’t bother with the gravy, it was awesome without it. This recipe is a keeper!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Lisa, I’m so happy you enjoyed it. I love how you adjusted it to make it your own.
OMG, this is great! Even my omnivore son loved it. Definitely a keeper!!
What could be used in place of the mayo? Yogurt or maple syrup?
It’s easy to make: soaked cashews, water, lime juice, and a pinch of salt.
The best tasting cauliflower ever!..
Aww thank you Hazel for your kind worlds.
This was amazing! I didn’t have the mayo, but I did have vegan sour cream so I used that instead. Turned out great. Non-vegan family members loved it too.
I’m happy you enjoyed it Charity, thank you for your feedback.
This recipe was delicious! Next time will wash the cauliflower and allow to dry out well before putting in the recipe…but loved it! We used the gravy on the side – and plan to use that recipe for mashed and baked potatoes – has a terrific flavor! Thank you for the healthy, delicious – main meal!
You are welcome Mindy, that’s a great idea to dry the cauliflower out. I’m happy you enjoyed it.
Today I made this at lunchtime to eat for dinner. I just wanted to taste it and ended up eating almost half by myself! And I still haven’t even made the vegan gravy yet! The way things are going I should probably make the gravy for something else because this isn’t going to last!
Hahaha Rhonda, you are cracking me up! On a serious note, I really appreciate your feedback and you taking the time to let me know you enjoyed my recipe. I hope you make the gravy.
Wow, Michelle as you know my family is not vegan. But, we love vegetables and I am always try to find new ways to cook them. Following your steps, with just a few ingredient adjustments I prepared this dish. Let me tell you, that the family ate as if they were starving! It was absolutely delicious! My daughters who doesn’t usually like cauliflower, I thought that she would eat the entire thing. Good thing I made two! My husband, finished most of the second one off! A definite hit in our house!!! Thank you!
Adrienne thank you for your feedback, I’m so happy your family enjoyed it especially your daughters. I appreciate you sharing your experience.
Another hit!!
My non-vegan 7 yr old son smelled this in the oven and thought it was chicken. He was disappointed to find it was cauliflower, but I convinced him to taste it anyway. I went upstairs and came back down 15 min later to find half the cauliflower missing :)
Flavorful and delicious! You never cease to amaze. Thank you Michelle!
Wow this is such an inspiring comment, I’m so happy your son gave it a try and loved it. Thank you very much for your feedback. I really appreciate it.
This was a great recipe and the gravy was so delicious. But I too double the vegan mayonnaise paste, to make enough to go the veggies.
Thank you Camille, I’m going to go ahead and increase the mayo in the ingredient list so other readers might benefit. Thank you for sharing your adjustments.
This recipe is incredibly amazing! It was all I could do to stop myself from eating the whole pan. This just as tasty without the gravy as it is with it. I did make a couple changes. First, to “smother” the cauliflower with the mayo mix, I had to quadruple that part of the recipe, but I had none left over for the other veggies. So I threw in some halved Brussels sprouts, olive oil, and the other seasonings with the potatoes and carrots and moved on. I did make some changes to the gravy recipe too, but I’ll leave those on the recipe itself. In a word: YUMMY!
Wow Debi, thank you for your feedback. I’m so happy you enjoyed it.
I love all your recipes and I can’t wait to try this one. It sounds so flavorful.