With fresh and smoky grilled lemon juice, this grilled lemon pepper cauliflower is a simple side dish finished with pine nuts and chopped parsley.
Despite my commitment to eating by the seasons, I always make an exception with cauliflower. Its peak is technically autumn to winter, but it tastes so good no matter the date on the calendar.
And it’s made an appearance in my fruit and veggie farm box for the last few weeks. That’s definitely not the case with delicate spring and summer produce like berries, tomatoes and corn, which have a much shorter seasonal window.
I give cauliflower credit for its consistency as an affordable, readily available vegetable that’s pretty much a blank canvas. And please consider that a compliment!
With a subtle nutty flavor to start, cauliflower can take on a number of cuisines and cooking methods. Plus it’s an excellent source of fiber, vitamin C and lots of other nutrition.
There are 5 ways that I like to cook cauliflower:
It’s all in the prep when it comes to grilling cauliflower. You can choose to do a quick marinade like I do with this grilled lemon pepper cauliflower.
Or you can just stick to olive oil. The point of the marinade is to add flavor, and it won’t do anything to tenderize it, which you don’t need.
It’s important to slice your cauliflower and attempt to keep those slices intact as much as possible. I realize this is easier said than done considering you can’t control the shape of the stem and florets.
Just try to avoid pieces that are so small that they will fall through the grates.
This is what you need for this grilled cauliflower recipe:
I know not everyone has access to an outdoor grill. A great option, especially for cooking vegetables, is a stovetop grill pan. They go right on top of 1 or 2 burners depending on the size of your pan. How To Use a Grill Pan
You can treat this grilled cauliflower like a side dish and pair it with whatever grilled main you are making from chicken to burgers to pizza.
If you want to think of these as grilled cauliflower steaks, I recommend pairing them with a salad.
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With fresh and smoky grilled lemon juice, this grilled lemon pepper cauliflower is a simple side dish finished with pine nuts and chopped parsley.
Looks very good