SIDE DISH ALERT!! This is a side dish. Just FYI. I like side dishes. I just hate making them.
Sorry if you’re still having issues with my blog. I know I am. I’m getting a new host. Obviously my old one sucked huge ass. Soon all will be well and I won’t have this crap to complain about. Guess I’ll have to find something else. Oh, men. Duh.
Wanna know about some songs I’m really diggin’? No? Good. Let’s do this.
Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait (this song will never get old. mostly because the video is at one of my favorite places on earth)
Anywho, I recently started reading a new book. It’s called Beautiful Disaster. My friend Pilar from California told me to read it MONTHS ago and I finally got around to buying to book. A real book. I don’t have no fancy Kindle or anything cool like that. I’m the old school way. With the easy to tear pages that I can fold when I stop for bathroom breaks or do one of the 50 things I feel like doing in a day.
You see, I’m not really good at reading. Probably because I have ADD. Or is it ADHD? In any case, I’m easily distracted…as you can probably tell from reading my blog. I just don’t like concentrating on one task. So while I read, I tend to think about the 10 other things I should or could be doing. Then I forget about what I read. Then I have to go back and read it 3 more times. So you can imagine how long it takes me to read a book. Or how studying went for me throughout college years.
My friend even mentioned to me the other day how slow of a reader I am. What a d*ck!
But thankfully this book is a love story so I’m DIGGIN it. I freaking love love stories. I’ve told you before that I’m a hopeless romantic, so this book fulfills my love needs since mine are lackluster.
- 1 head of cauliflower, stem and leaves removed, roughly chopped,
- 1 sweet potato, diced
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 4 tablespoons fat of choice, melted (i used bacon fat)
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- salt and pepper, to taste
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Add all ingredients to a 9×13 glass baking dish. Mix well.
- Place in oven to cook for 30-35 minutes until sweet potatoes are tender.
- Eat up! Oh you so spicy!
I made this for my paleo dad and definitely not paleo teenage brother and he LOVED it, even the cauliflower which he “doesn’t” eat. Great, easy recipe!
LOVE Mumford & Sons and Imagine Dragons. Are you a fan of Serena Ryder?
Back to food…SO excited to make this! I’m having a serious love affair with sweet potatoes lately. Also, avocado. Separate issue. :)
Glad you’re getting your site fixed! I always look forward to your posts!!
I also hate making sides, but made this today – spicy! I only used 1.5 tsp cayenne. I also baked this for about an hour. It is yummy
This is very good, I had to cook mine for over an hour.
I made this last night! Super yummy but REALLY spicy! I used 1.5 heads of cauli and 1.5t cayenne and left out the red pepper flakes and it was still right on the brink of too spicy. (And we are Texans that love spice and put really hot sauce on everything!) But the flavor was outstanding! Next time I will add a lot of garlic. Thanks for the recipe! This is definitely an alternative to my regular roasted cauli!
This was awesome! Always looking for non-boring paleo sides, since meat recipes are always easy to come by. Also leaves room open for tinkering with the spice blend.
So I made this for my grain eating (to be read: non paleo) friends…for Xmas Dinner. Left off the red pepper flakes and cut the cayenne in half. Ummm, not a drop was left! They wanted the recipe, but I want them to think I can cook…so…they didn’t get it.
It’ll now go into my rotation.
I made this for my non-Paleo family and had to pass out recipes when I got back home! HUGE HIT, thank you for that! Although my family is accepting of my food choices, it’s nice to show them that my food isn’t nearly as horrible and boring as it sounds when I describe all the things I can/can’t have. I also halved the cayenne, you’re too spicy for me! And I also added a pound of ground turkey which went over /fabulously/ and filled me up. And had to cook a little longer because of the sweet potatoes. GREAT recipe as always, lady.
Made this last night and my husband, who hates cauliflower, loved this! I also used bacon fat, a quarter of the cayenne, added garlic and chunks of red and yellow pepper. This is our new fav side dish! Thanks so much for sharing :-)
Great recipe! Loved that book. The sequel “tragic disaster” is coming out next year. All from Travis’s perspective. Can’t wait!
Super delicious! Although my hubby and I made it without the sweet potatoes and with half of the cayenne and it was stll oh-so-spicy! (And we’re from Arizona. We eat spicy all of the time!) Next time we will include the sweet potatoes and/or go with less cayenne. Thanks for the great recipe! Love your stuff!
Thank you :D
Delicious recipe, I’m currently eating left overs for breakfast right now. My mouth is on fire though. I might have to decrease the cayenne pepper next time. I added bacon and found the meal very satisfying. Thank so much for the recipe!
This side dish was INCREDIBLE. I was expecting it to be delicious, but THIS delicious? Thank you. Best side dish ever; until you top yourself. Likely.
Omnomnomnmmmyesssssss… This is wonderful. I didn’t put in any cayenne (because my british husband is the wimpiest of wimps) and yet with the paprika and s&p it was still delicious. Next time he’s gone though I’m breaking out the spicy shit. Bet on it.
This is kind of a silly question- but how do you get bacon fat? Or any other animal fat? Do you have cook it, then keep the left-over fat?? I’m new to this! HELP!!
so whenever i cook bacon, i pour the fat out into a jar and keep it in the fridge. but i buy duck fat at my specialty store
Loved it the first time and making it again tonight. Glad you posted a side dish because I have no idea what to ever make as a side, except the usual blasted potatoes. Making it to go along with the deer tenderloin that Dearheart harvested for us this year. Thanks for all you do!
This was a HIT. I didn’t make it spicy…I added 1/2 teaspoon of New Mexican chili powder instead of the cayenne. I made this on a cookie sheet hoping to get more of a “roast” and the veggies were still too crowded and ended up getting more of a “steam”…I cranked up the heat toward the end to get a little extra color. I think next time I might just roast it in two batches. We ate this with browned chicken apple sausage and then had leftovers for breakfast with a fried egg on top…MAN, was it good!
Love all the awesome benefits of this dish, I would leave out the fat, just to keep the dish a healthy and vegetarian:)
Wow! this is absolutely lush! Thank you for sharing and I can’t wait for the book. Is there lots of vegetarian options within it please? (“,) xxx
I’m planning on making this for dinner tonight and the bacon fat scares me a bit…I’m new at this whole cooking thing, what’s the best way to melt it back to liquid, just nooking it in the microwave? I saw you in an earlier post you save your bacon fat in a jar…how long is that good for?
just scoop out a spoonful of the bacon fat and put it in the pan, it will melt down!
OMG! this has to be the BEST cauliflower dish we have EVER eaten! We’re trying the paleo diet for my son as he has eczema and we’re hoping this will help. It won’t hurt my husband and I either. I’m already a celiac and lactose intolerant (badly) so I’m already halfway there anyways! Thanks for an AWESOME recipe! I’m making it again tonight so my Dad can try it!!
OMG…LOVED this recipe. I halved the cayenne and used 1/2 coconut oil and 1/2 butter for fat. I used Italian Seasoning for the oregano. Please make sure that your sweet potato cuts are uniform so that cauli and taters are done at the same time.
Thank you SO much for the recipe!!