You have seen me rave about the same marinated chickpea and potatoes dish a couple of times now, and I do truly love the dish, but I do struggle with the carb on carb element of the potatoes and chickpeas all in one dish, so for this week’s Fiesta Friday party held by The Novice Gardener I thought I would try out an alternative….
Introducing marinated and roasted cauliflower and chickpeas…oh yes!!! Big yum!!! It worked a treat, the cauliflower became infused with the flavours and I caught it just when it was sufficiently cooked and roasted and before it got mushy, whilst being soft enough to soak up some of the sauce as we ate it. Click back to the original recipe for the breakdown and just add chunks of cauliflower in place of the potatoes, or as well as if you fancy!
NOTE: If you follow the original recipe and cover the tray with foil and put it in the oven at 190C, after about 30 mins check on the cauliflower and make sure it’s cooking. Once it starts to soften, remove the foil and let it all get browned and slightly chargrilled with crunchy edges. Just watch it so that the cauliflower doesn’t get too soft and overcooked. Don’t cut the cauliflower chunks too small otherwise it will cook too fast for the chickpeas and garlic to roast nicely.
You’ll see from the photos how the marinade started to seep into the cauliflower by the change in colour, I kept giving it all a good shake as it marinaded to ensure the flavours spread all over the florets..
The odd bit of chargrilled cauliflower just added to the flavour..
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This looks delish! I’m trying to eat a more veggie diet and your blog is great for fun new things to try. 🙂
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Hi, that’s great, I hope you enjoy some of my recipes 🙂
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We both posted about chickpeas today! LOOKS GREAT! xxx
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Great minds think alike :)) xx
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Always xxx
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Wow how great! Yum!
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Thank you, it’s really good!!! X
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Today is chickpeas day yes …yummy 🙂
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Yay!!!
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Gorgeousness! Where is the recipe Elaine? What is the marinade? I love charbroiled cauliflowers….you have combined two great flavors n textures together.
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Hi Sonal, it’s here https://foodbod.wordpress.com/2013/12/18/lebanese-inspired-marinated-and-roasted-chickpeas-and-potatoes-warning-its-soooooo-tasty-youll-want-to-eat-it-all-in-knew-go/
Just replace the potatoes with cauliflower 🙂
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Thanks Elaine 🙂
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Elaine, which month did I ask you for the guest post? I forgot to put a note for me…
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March 🙂 is that still okay? I plan to send your a recipe this week x ps I’ve added some extra note to this cauliflower and chickpea recipe
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Elaine, March is good! Don’t send me the post now. Please send it to me in the first week of March.
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Okay x
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Oh man. I am SO craving anything with chickpeas right now! Just have to make it through class and I can go home and cook (at 10 pm, my neighbors are going to LOVE me). Only 6 more hours…
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I hope you had a fab meal xx
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Oh yes is right!!! You KNOW I’m going to love this- if only I had MORE cauliflower leftover- perhaps I’ll go get some if they’re still a good price!
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Fab! I hope you like it :))
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Love those close up photos chica – they’ve got me drooling! 🙂
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Thank you, amazing what you can do with an iPhone and good light!! X
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You have very creative vegetarian recipes, Elaine. With recipes like this, who needs meat, huh? :-)Thank you for sharing this with us at Fiesta Friday!
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Absolutely!!! no meat required!!! Thank you Angie, i take that as a huge compliment xx
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love the charred cauli – looks delish.
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Hi, thank you 🙂 and thank you for finding my blog :))
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Wow, Elaine, that looks great! Love the charred bits on the cauli 🙂
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Thank you 🙂 isn’t it funny, I was worried people would think I’d burnt it but other people have liked the chargrilled element too 🙂
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Yeah, I’m all for those smoky chargrilled flavours. I particularly like purple sprouting broccoli when it starts to blacken a bit, so good!
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Cool! that sounds interesting 🙂
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This really does look oh-so-yummy Elaine. Love the look of that charred cauliflower. Will definitely give this a try…I think my girls would like it as well.
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Cool, that’s fab, thank you, Lidia :))
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The marinade looks great Elaine! As it is I am now a fan of Harissa so will definitely try this combination sometime!:)
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Great, thank you x
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I haven’t really tried something with chickpeas in months. I think I might have to try this. 😉 Looks delicious!! ❤
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Thank you, let me know how it goes xx
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Sure, I will. 😉
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I’m going to be making this tomorrow! Can’t wait!
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Oh wow! I hope you like it x
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I would allow an hour to really cook it well, the magic happens when the foil comes off x
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Excellent, thanks 🙂 Am off to the kitchen to start on the marinade!
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Cool, good luck x
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This looks amazing delish.
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Thank you ☺
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