Roasted Cauliflower with Maple Tahini, Toasted Pine Nuts, & Dates

Hello beautiful side dish. What you up to tonight?

Who doesn't want a creamy ass cauliflower dish with a touch of sweet in there? Don't answer that, I already know the answer is literally no one. Everyone wants it. I started introducing cruciferous veggies back into my diet post small intestine resection and it's been going well. The goal is to make them easily digestible and roasting them does the trick. Also have started to add nuts in here and there so everything is lookin up, folks! Plus, toasted pine nuts basically melt in your mouth so there's that deliciousness happening.

I have also been playing with tahini lately because I've had a jar of it forever and never use it. I threw together what I intended to be a dressing (and it is) but wanted to use it in a side dish and came up with this lil number! It's such an easy dish and you can make it vegan by swapping out mayo for vegan mayo. I love roasted cauliflower and I have like ten other ways I roast it but how many cauliflower recipes are too many, ya know? Got to write you guys up the spicy sweet cauliflower because it's everything, but I digress. Keep the left over tahini dressing from this recipe and put it on everything from sweet potatoes to salads, fish, or roasted veggies, go nuts! It's so good and your meals for the rest of the week will thank you.

Ingredients

1 Head Cauliflower
3 Pitted Dates, chopped
1/4 Cup Toasted Pine Nuts
1 Tbsp Avocado Oil
2 Tbsp Lemon Juice
1/4 Cup Loosely Packed Parsley, Chopped
Salt and Pepper to taste

Maple Tahini Dressing

1/4 Cup Tahini
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 1/2 Tbsp Mayo
3 Tbsp Lemon Juice
1 Tbsp Maple Syrup (sub honey for SCD)
2 Tbsp Water or as much as you want to reach desired consistency
Dash of Salt and Pepper to taste

Recipe

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Chop the head of cauliflower into small florets. Toss in a bowl with avocado oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Place on a baking sheet and cook for 20 minutes. Flip them with a spoon or spatula and bake for 20 more minutes.

While cauliflower cooks, place dates in warm water and soak for 5-10 min. Pat dates dry with a paper towel and chop into small pieces. Set aside.

Place pine nuts in a non stick pan and toast on the stove top on low for 5-10 min until they start to brown. Take them off heat and set aside.

Take out cauliflower and mix in a bowl with chopped dates, pine nuts, and chopped parsley.

To make dressing, add all ingredients into a bowl and mix until creamy.

Combine dressing with cauliflower mixture and place in serving dish. Top with more chopped parsley and you are done!