Howdy, chocolate truffles!
Yesterday, I tried to make healthy chocolate brownies.
Emphasis on the word tried. Luckily, dinner made up for it:
I am in love with this: Bread-Free Vegan Stuffing.
I make it at least twice a month, and I’ve even started cooking a double batch now (to yield four large servings instead of two). I bought a giant pan just for that recipe.
Along with the stuffing: whole-wheat toast and roast cauliflower with bbq sauce.
Lately I cannot keep my hands away from roasted cauliflower. It’s just so good, especially dipped in the barbecue sauce! Reminds me of chicken nuggets, which is weird because I never really liked those. I just liked the barbecue sauce.
Cauliflower Nuggets
(easiest recipe ever)
- raw cauliflower
- roasting pan
- optional: barbecue sauce
Whatcha do: Cut the cauliflower and spread out on the roasting pan. Turn the oven on to 400 degrees (no need to pre-heat) and stick the pan in there for 30-50 minutes. Then set the oven to “high broil” and broil 2-3 more minutes, depending on how crispy you like it. (I usually turn the oven completely off after this and leave the cauliflower inside for another 20 or so minutes.) Serve with your favorite bbq sauce or ranch dressing, for dipping.
Really good with Crazy-Good Ranch Dressing.
Sounds yummy, I wonder if I can get my kids to try it?
LOL if you give it a funny name, they probably will! My mom called cauliflower “mongo pongo.” I still have no idea why, but we loved it.
I love roasted cauliflower! Usually its sweets..I KNOW they dont make me feel good, but usually at the time I have a huge craving and would rather pay for it with a tummy ache later!
I LOVE cauliflour…I’ll have to try this! Yes I get like that with sugar…once I start I can’t stop! Which is why I try to limit it as much as possible.
Made the recipe exactly :). 50 minutes, broiled on high 3 min, left in oven for 15. Then dipped in some homemade BBQ sauce I threw together in the vitamix. Delicious!!
I really don’t know if I like cauliflower or not, but this post made me pick some up at the grocery. I’m gonna try it your way, anything in bbq sauce is my friend!
That’s how I always was with ketchup, as a kid. My mom says we should’ve bought stock in Heinz :).
Roasted cauli is so good! But I agree, roasted veggies allow you eat more, more easily than raw ones, but whether it’s raw or roasted or sauteed, fiber is….filling!
And cruciferous veggies like cauli, brock, kale, brus sprouts, etc. are even extra filling for me!
Things that taste good going down but I know I will feel bad later…hot mustard! Omg i love!!!!! it! But between the sodium and the heat, my tummy isnt always as thrilled as my taste buds were.
Have noticed you making your rounds more the past few days, btw 🙂
Definitely trying that fudge with almond butter (rather than peanut) soon! Sorry your brownies did not turn out right – annoying when that happens. 🙁
sheer genius here
PS: do you blog ahead of time and then schedule your posts? I think I remember you mentioning this once
Yup! I’m usually either out running or eating breakfast when they publish.
I ALWAYS O.D. on veggies but like you I love em!! Everyone at work always laughs at me because out of all of the things we have in our kitchen that we serve (espresso chip ice cream, french fries, grilled cheese sammies, you get my drift) I choose to take a big ole’ bowl and pile it high with mushrooms and cauliflower. Every day. No kidding. I get so many weird looks but hey, I like what I like 🙂
Hmmm, IDK about “eat”, but drink…that’s a different story 😉 Merlot can mess with me at times, but it’s just SO GOOD!
Loads of veggies will do the same for me sometime but I just can’t seem to *not* eat a hige bowl of them! A little discomfort’s worth the deliciousness if you ask me. And those vitamins of course!
Other than that, milk and soy milk give me tummy troubles. :/ I can only handle a certain type of milk and in small doses with cereal- never straight up.