pin to present: fancy pants cauliflower

Sometimes I go to the farmers market and buy a whole bunch of produce because it looks so good, and then come home and realize that duh, now I have to figure out what to do with all of it. Enter my Pinterest board... this time with my fresh head of cauliflower I decided to try out the fancy pants version of it: steaks! In particular, cauliflower steaks with romesco sauce.

I opted to roast mine in the oven (30ish minutes at 425) rather than grill, but that would make it an even better option for a hot summer day. Otherwise, this is summer evening perfection, with the fresh produce (adding in parsley from the farmers market and a tomato from Peter's garden), and the light and bright flavors of the romesco. Cauliflower makes for an excellent vehicle for sauces and toppings (just see all the recipes out there for cauliflower pizzas and so on), and I highly recommend this romesco sauce as one. It's surprisingly easy to make too - helped that I happened to have a jar of roasted red peppers in my pantry.

I like how cutting the cauliflower into these "steaks" keeps them nice and together for cooking, but you do end up with a lot of florets on the side. I roasted them all together, which actually ends up working out great - because there was plenty of sauce left over as well, so that makes for a happy lunch for me the next day!

My other favorite light & bright flavoring for cauliflower - also thanks to Pinterest - is to roast with lemon and garlic. How about you?