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Honey Sriracha Cauliflower Salad with Pickled Onions and Avocado Yogurt Dressing

By Chris Cockren

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Honey Sriracha Cauliflower Salad with Pickled Onions + Avocado Yogurt Dressing | sharedappetite.comSalad doesn’t have to be boring.  Kick it up a notch with this Honey Sriracha Cauliflower Salad with Pickled Onions and Avocado Yogurt Dressing. 

Sometimes I feel like cauliflower doesn’t get the love it needs.  Everyone is always like roasted broccoli this and broccoli cheddar soup that.  Poor albino broccoli… always picked last for the kickball team.  Always the first hit me target in gym class when playing dodgeball.  And always sitting alone in the cafeteria.

But everyone loves an underdog story.  Where out of the ashes, out of a life full of desperation and despair, victory prevails.  And that, my friends, is what happens when you take the humble cauliflower and transform it into the center-stage star of this Honey Sriracha Cauliflower Salad with Pickled Onions and Avocado Yogurt Dressing.

Honey Sriracha Cauliflower Salad with Pickled Onions + Avocado Yogurt Dressing | sharedappetite.comSo let’s talk this cauliflower.  First things first.  Roast the heck out of it.  Let the oven do all the work, concentrating all its natural sugars and transforming it into vegetable crack.  And then… boom.  Hit is with the honey sriracha glaze.  You might as well pack your bags for rehab now.  You’ll be instantly addicted.

And normally you need to worry about your dressing intake.  That’s where they getcha with calories… the darn dressing.  But not this one.  This Avocado Greek Yogurt Dressing is totally guilt-free.  Yup.  Slather it on like suntan lotion at the Jersey shore honey butter on biscuits.

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Honey Sriracha Cauliflower Salad with Pickled Onions and Avocado Yogurt Dressing


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  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 Servings 1x
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Ingredients

  • 2 heads cauliflower, cut into florets
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon sriracha (or more if you want it spicier)
  • 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
  • Kosher salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • Mixed lettuce greens
  • Pickled Onions
  • Sliced almonds
  • Avocado Greek Yogurt Dressing (recipe below)

for the Avocado Greek Yogurt Dressing

  • 1 avocado, mashed
  • 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • Kosher salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 450°F. Place cauliflower florets on an aluminum foil lined baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil. Season generously with Kosher salt and toss to coat. Roast for 15 to 20 minutes, until fork tender and bits of cauliflower is caramelized.
  2. Meanwhile, combine honey, sriracha, and apple cider vinegar in a small bowl. Season with Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Placed roasted cauliflower in medium bowl, drizzle in honey sriracha glaze, and toss to coat.
  3. Divide lettuce among four bowls. Top with honey sriracha cauliflower and pickled onions. Sprinkle with sliced almonds and serve with Avocado Greek Yogurt Dressing.

for the Avocado Greek Yogurt Dressing

  1. Combine avocado, Greek yogurt, juice from half of the lime, and garlic in a food processor. Drizzle in extra virgin olive oil and continue to blend until well combined and smooth. Season with Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper. Can be made a few hours ahead of time. Refrigerate with plastic wrap pressed directly onto dressing to prevent any air from getting in (which would turn the avocado brown).
  2. Since it is a thick dressing, to “drizzle” onto salad, place dressing in a small ziploc bag and cut one corner of bag to create a makeshift pastry bag.

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Honey Sriracha Cauliflower Salad with Pickled Onions + Avocado Yogurt Dressing | sharedappetite.com

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  1. Chrissy

    April 7, 2015 at 1:06 pm

    I just roasted some albino broc last night. Perfect timing!

  2. Jess

    April 8, 2015 at 5:15 am

    This looks divine, Chris! I really like the spicy Sriracha flavour and that cooling avocado dressing!

  3. Consuelo | Honey & Figs

    April 8, 2015 at 6:38 pm

    Poor cauliflower indeed! It sure doesn’t get all the love it deserves! 🙁 Although I gotta say I’d choose it over broccoli ANY TIME. Especially when sriracha and avo are involved 😉 What a killer salad! x

  4. Ashley

    April 8, 2015 at 7:31 pm

    haha well I have been on a cauliflower kick like no other these last few weeks (and broccoli too but we’ll forget about broccoli for today!)

    This salad looks awesomeeee. With those pickled onions… yum!

  5. Helen

    April 9, 2015 at 5:50 pm

    You should start a ‘bowl food’ restaurant, Chris, or write a cookbook. You have so many delicious ideas for these kinds of meals!
    I just love all the ingredients in this – including the cauli. It’s so beautifully healthy as well!

  6. Melanie

    April 11, 2015 at 5:03 pm

    Wow. A cauliflower salad, I’ve never tried but it sounds amazing! That dressing looks outta this world!

    Have a great weekend Chris!

  7. Cate | Chez CateyLou

    April 14, 2015 at 10:02 am

    Albino broccoli – I love that! This is one awesome looking salad! I think I could even convince TheBetterHalf that this meatless entree is actually a main course – he’s a sucker for anything with Sriracha!

  8. Kelly

    April 15, 2015 at 2:48 pm

    Haha I adore both of them equally but lately it’s been all about the ablino broccoli 😉 This salad looks crazy delicious! Wish I had this for lunch right now!

  9. Levan

    April 15, 2015 at 5:12 pm

    This cauliflower salad looks marvellous! Actually it looks EPIC! So glad I stumbled upon this. I’m gonna be pinning this and following you from now on. Five stars! For making the perfect healthy lunch. 🙂

  10. Levan

    April 15, 2015 at 5:14 pm

    P.S? And cheers for being a fellow Male food blogger too, haha! We are a rare breed.

    ★★★★★

  11. Howie Fox

    April 16, 2015 at 5:49 pm

    Honey sriracha? What a brilliant idea!! I love these kinds of combinations. I have to try that dressing out, will probably report back asap. Also baked cauliflower is great, but honey sriracha definitely intrigues me more 😉

  12. Sandra

    April 23, 2015 at 9:37 am

    Wow I’m just surfing through your website and I missed so much, especially this salad. Chris, you post at an alarming rate! I can’t keep up!!! Maybe once that little girl gets here, she will slow you down enough so I don’t miss your posts 🙂

    • Chris

      May 5, 2015 at 2:10 pm

      Hahaha I know… and you are so right… the little girl will DEF be slowing me down!

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