Cauliflower Steak

My mother and I are on a vegetarian kick right now, and we are loving it! It surprised us both that we aren’t missing meat, the only thing we do miss is being able to eat more at restaurants. It seems like our only options are Caesar Salad hold the chicken or pasta with sauce of some sort. And as much as I love those two options, they aren’t the healthiest. The other day a friend took us to this restaurant that’s all vegetarian. WooHoo! I had a cauliflower steak and it was delicious. (Disclaimer: I love cauliflower, I think one month, my roommate thought I lived on just Bird’s Eye steamfresh Garlic Cauliflower) AMAZING actually. It was so good, the next night, mom and I came home and tried to make it. Our results are pretty darn good if we do say so ourselves.

Ingredients:

1 head of cauliflower

1 Jar of marinara type sauce (heavy veggies kind)

1 package of tofu crumbles

Olive Oil

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 400 f degrees. Peel leaves off of the cauliflower, but leave the stem intact. On a cutting board, slice cauliflower into large one inch sections. (it should look like the inside of  a brain) You should be able to get about two to three good sections and then have left over pieces. They all taste the same anyways so do not agonize over perfection.

2) Pour about a tablespoon of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Place cauliflower steaks in skillet and brown about 5 minutes per side. (You may have to do it in two batches)

3) Place cauliflower gently on cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes at 400 degrees. Then turn oven down to 350 degrees, and bake an additional 15 minutes.

4) After turning the oven to 350 degrees, place a small pot over medium heat on the stove. Pour in tofu crumbles and as much marinara sauce as you like. Personally I like my a little saucy, lol. Heat through.

 

5) Once cauliflower is done, remove from oven and place it on plates. Then pour the sauce over the cauliflower. And enjoy!

Cauliflower Pancakes

      
      I finally did it! I accomplished one thing off my weekly wonderings recipes list! Yay for being proactive. So let me just say these things were SO yummy. Mom and I made them for lunch and we fought over the last one (we ended up splitting it). They were quite easy to make and definitely worth the try. 
 

Ingredients:

1 head cauliflower
2 large eggs
½ cup cheddar cheese
½ cup panko (from in the ethnic section of the grocery store)
½ tsp. cayenne pepper (more of less to taste)
½ salt
1 tbsp. olive oil

Directions:

1. Cut cauliflower into florets (chop off the stem) and boil it in water for about ten minutes.
   
2. Mash the cauliflower. Mix in a bowl with the rest of the ingredients except the olive oil.
   
3. Heat the oil over a skillet on medium. Make patties out of the cauliflower mixture, flatten and place in heated skillet.
   
4. Cook about 3 minutes per side until golden brown.
   
5. Serve and enjoy !
   

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Have you ever made Cauliflower Pancakes? What's your fall list of recipes? Do you have a list? Am I just a crazy list maker?