71 of the BEST Cauliflower Recipes

If you’ve got a head of cauliflower sitting in the fridge waiting to shine, we’re sharing 71 of the BEST Cauliflower Recipes the whole family will love!

Fresh Cauliflower is a versatile ingredient that is low carb, is packed with your daily value of vitamin C and folate, and is a great source of dietary fiber – a perfect substitute for brussels sprouts if you’re not a fan!

The best part about this humble veggie is one of those side dishes that can be prepared many different ways with tons of flavor, all while sticking to healthy eating! 

If there is not a cauliflower fan in your family, this collection of cauliflower recipes will hopefully change the minds of even the picky eaters.

The best thing about raw cauliflower is that it is the perfect ingredient to compliment any main dish – and we don’t just mean as a cauliflower salad!

Wow your loved ones with some nutty cauliflower rice, roast up some golden brown crispy cauliflower steaks, fool them with a delicious cauliflower pizza crust, or tickle their taste buds with creamy cauliflower soup! 

This happy vegetable is a great option to serve alongside any number of your favorite main dishes, as well!

Try pairing your cauliflower with one of our top main dishes:

Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas Recipe

Flavorful marinated honey lime chicken wrapped in tortillas and cheese and a creamy white sauce. These enchiladas are full of flavor

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Instant Pot Steak Fajitas Recipe

For a fun and delicious recipe, try our Instant Pot steak fajitas. This recipe you gives you perfectly seasoned tender pieces of steak!

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Slow Cooker Beef Carnitas Recipe

Slow Cooker Beef Carnitas recipe is the best beef carnitas recipe that you can make filled with flavors from an easy spice rub while cooking.

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Slow Cooker Swedish Meatballs Recipe

Slow Cooker Swedish Meatballs slow cooked to perfection, are a hearty and comforting dish. Pair with creamy mushroom gravy and potatoes.

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Salisbury Steak Recipe

Make your own delicious comfort food with this amazing Salisbury steak recipe. It’s an easy ground beef recipe you can make for a quick meal.

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However you choose to serve up this healthy vegetable and whether you consider yourself a cauliflower lover or not, we know you’ll become a cauliflower convert! 

Which of these will become your favorite cauliflower recipes?

Spanish Cauliflower Rice Recipe

An easy side dish that is chuck full of veggies but tastes amazing! This Spanish Cauliflower Rice is the perfect compliment to any main dish.

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Slow Cooker Cheesy Cauliflower

Cauliflower never gets enough credit. Did you know it’s considered a superfood? Who knew?! We love eating it raw with a little bit of ranch dressing. It’s also delicious cooked or steamed.

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Cauliflower Crust Pizza

My two favorite foods, lately, have been hamburgers and pizza. I can’t seem to get enough carbs which is NOT good for my “summer bod.”

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Oven Roasted Broccoli and Cauliflower

These oven roasted veggies are full of flavor!

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Cauliflower Fried Rice

This Cauliflower Fried Rice is a delicious and healthy alternative to your usual fried rice. It’s just as easy, and takes delicious.

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Buffalo Cauliflower Bites Recipe

We are always looking for fun ways to eat our vegetables, and we LOVE these Buffalo Cauliflower Bites!

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Cauliflower Chowder

Cauliflower Chowder from Six Sisters’ Stuff is the perfect soup for dinner tonight!

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Roasted Garlic Cauliflower Recipe

Quickly throw this Roasted Garlic Cauliflower together and then stick it in the oven while you work on the rest of your meal! It’s a great way to sneak some tasty veggies into your diet!

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Roasted Cauliflower Recipe

Cauliflower is an excellent blank canvas You can steam or blanch it to keep its essential flavors intact, but by roasting or sautéing it, you can bring out its sweetness Cauliflower will absorb the oil and seasoning, soaking up flavors much the way eggplant does

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30 Best Cauliflower Recipes – Love and Lemons

These easy cauliflower recipes include something for everyone! Learn how to make cauliflower rice, cauliflower pizza, soups, tacos, pastas, and more.

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Easy Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower

Boring veggie sides, move over! This Easy Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower turns your side dish into the star of your next meal. Roasted cauliflower is tossed with Parmesan cheese and a hint of lemon peel, resulting in a fresh and delicious dish even the kids will love.

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Baked Cauliflower With Cheese and Brown Crispy Edges

Baked cauliflower with cheese is a simple, delicious vegetable side dish with lots of crispy caramelized bits. Just 5 minute prep and 4 ingredients (plus salt and pepper).

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Easy Roasted Cauliflower Recipe – NatashasKitchen.com

Our go-to roasted cauliflower recipe. Learn how to bake or air fry cauliflower that’s perfectly seasoned, tender, and golden.

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Roasted Cauliflower Recipe | Primavera Kitchen

An easy, quick, and delicious Spicy Roasted Cauliflower recipe for you to try today! It’s also gluten-free, low-carb, and paleo-friendly.

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How to make Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower Recipe – Crazy for Crust

Learn how to roast cauliflower with parmesan! This is an easy side dish! Roasting vegetables makes them taste so good and adding parmesan to cauliflower takes it to another level.

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Parmesan-Roasted Cauliflower

Cheese loves cauliflower, and cauliflower loves cheese right back. It’s a beautiful, symbiotic relationship, and we all win.

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Roasted Garlic Cauliflower

This easy roasted cauliflower recipe appeals to everyone in the family with tender, garlicky florets crusted with golden brown Parmesan cheese.

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Chili Lime Roasted Cauliflower

A must make! Our spicy roasted cauliflower recipe combines perfectly roasted and browned cauliflower, ultra-flavorful spices, and fresh lime juice for an almost addictive cauliflower dish!

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Roasted Cauliflower

A whole roasted cauliflower flavored with savory butter sauce is a hearty vegetable side dish option for dinner.

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Roasted Cauliflower (Four Ways!)

Learn how to roast cauliflower, plus three delicious variations! You’ll find Italian, Mexican and Indian versions within this roasted cauliflower recipe.

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Air Fryer Cauliflower with Cilantro Yogurt Sauce

This easy Air Fryer Cauliflower is amazingly delicious drizzled with cilantro yogurt sauce. Enjoy as a low carb side dish or appetizer.

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Best Damn Air Fryer Cauliflower

Roasted cauliflower made in your air fryer using a savory and vibrant blend of easy spices. Ready to enjoy in 15 minutes!

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Whole Roasted Cauliflower | The Mediterranean Dish

Saffron & turmeric infuse this whole roasted cauliflower with color and flavor. It’s then then drizzled with olive oil, roasted to perfection & set atop a creamy sauce of lemony whipped feta.

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Moroccan Cauliflower with Tahini-Honey (5 Ingredients)

Moroccan Cauliflower with Tahini-Honey is a 5 ingredient side dish with fiery flavor and a sweet sesame finish. Serve with your protein of choice!

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Garlic Mushrooms Cauliflower Skillet Recipe – Mushrooms Cauliflower Recipe — Eatwell101

Garlic Butter Mushrooms Cauliflower Skillet – This mushroom and cauliflower recipe is super nourishing and easy to whip up. CLICK HERE to Get the Recipe

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Roasted Garlic Parmesan Cauliflower Recipe – Crunchy Creamy Sweet

Roasted Garlic Parmesan Cauliflower Recipe – crispy cauliflower bites with garlic Parmesan breading, baked in the oven instead of fried. So tasty!

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Cauliflower Curry Recipe (Curried Cauliflower) – Swasthi’s Recipes

Cauliflower curry is a simple, delicious, flavorful & easy to make side dish. Serve this with rice, roti, paratha or with any Indian breads.

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Roasted Cauliflower – Damn Delicious

Roasted Cauliflower – The BEST seasoned roasted cauliflower! Amazingly crisp-tender, golden-brown and the most perfect side dish to any meal!

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Mexican Roasted Cauliflower {paleo + vegan + whole30}

Mexican inspired roasted cauliflower is so flavorful and easy it might just become your new favorite veggie side dish!

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Curried Cauliflower With 4 Ingredients | Crispy And Healthy

This roasted curried cauliflower needs just 4 ingredients to make and is a delicious side dish! Crispy, crunchy, and delicious!

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The Best Roasted Cauliflower

The secret to perfect roasted cauliflower is the technique! It’s so easy & just a handful of ingredients for perfect caramelized cauliflower.

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Smoky Roasted Cauliflower

How to roast cauliflower with smoked paprika, olive oil, and salt. Easy, tasty recipe. Healthy, gluten free, dairy free, vegan, kosher, pareve.

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Cauliflower Fried Rice – Once Upon a Chef

(TESTED & PERFECTED RECIPE) This Chinese-style cauliflower fried rice is a healthy, low-carb dish that’s hearty enough to serve as a main course.

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Punjabi Cauliflower

Bored of roasted cauliflower? Shake things up and turn those florets into this vibrant cauliflower dish by acclaimed Houston-based chef, Anita Jaisinghani.

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Cheese Baked Cauliflower

This Cheese Baked Cauliflower will earn the a 5 star rating with your family, even the ones who claim they aren’t fans of cauliflower.

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Easy Cauliflower and Chickpea Masala

This super easy, ultra creamy, and heavily spiced Cauliflower and Chickpea Masala will be your new favorite weeknight dinner! So much flavor, so little effort.

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The BEST Oven-roasted Cauliflower Recipe

Easy to make roasted cauliflower made with simple and healthy ingredients.

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Cauliflower salad with dates and pistachios

The beauty of this kind of salad is that you needn’t feel overly tethered to these specific ingredients. This is merely a template for what I consider an excellent warm vegetable salad: a sturdy vegetable roasted until nearly scorched at the edges.

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Crispy Air Fryer Cauliflower Recipe | Little Sunny Kitchen

Super simple and delicious crispy Air Fryer cauliflower! Thanks to the Air Fryer, you can easily and quickly make tasty roasted cauliflower.

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Ground Beef and Cauliflower Rice Casserole – Low Carb + Keto!

Ground Beef and Cauliflower Rice Casserole is an easy and satisfying dinner idea! A low carb and Keto meal the whole family will love.

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Roasted Cauliflower

The BEST roasted cauliflower recipe!! It’s super easy to make, full of great nutrients, and totally customizable with your favorite seasonings.

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Braised Cauliflower

Braised Cauliflower is a wonderfully flavorful side dish, and a great simple addition to a weeknight dinner or holiday meal.

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Greek Roasted Cauliflower with Feta and Herbs – Bowl of Delicious

Greek Roasted Cauliflower w/ garlic + oregano, topped with feta cheese, fresh herbs, lemon juice, + olive oil – a loaded low carb greek side!

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Crazy Roasted Cauliflower Recipe – Perfectly Seasoned Cauliflower Florets

Crazy roasted cauliflower is the perfect side dish that you won’t be able to stop eating! The seasonings are perfect and addicting!

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buttery mashed cauliflower

Mashed Cauliflower may be low in carbs BUT they taste just as good as regular Mashed Potatoes. The secret lies in flavouring them with just the right ingredients to take them from bland to mouthwatering.

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Spicy Whole Roasted Cauliflower

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General Tso Cauliflower Recipe – The Wanderlust Kitchen

This baked General Tso Cauliflower recipe is easy, healthy, and delicious with hoisin sauce, brown sugar, soy sauce, ginger and garlic!

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Baked Breaded Cauliflower Recipe {with Sriracha Mayo Dipping Sauce} – Talking Meals

Baked Breaded Cauliflower Recipe with Sriracha Mayo dipping sauce. Baked, not fried and easy to make! Great as an appetizer, side, or main!

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Spanish Garlic Cauliflower | Irresistibly Good & Easy to Make

This Spanish Garlic Cauliflower is packed with flavors, easy to make and done in under 30 minutes. Vegan + Gluten Free recipe.

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Low Carb Mushroom & Spinach Cauliflower Rice

This low carb mushroom & spinach cauliflower rice is delicious and easy to make! Pair with chicken, fish or a side salad! This Thanksgiving I surprised myself by not indulging in too many carbs.

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Air Fryer Roasted Cauliflower Recipe

An Air Fryer Roasted Cauliflower recipe that comes together in just 15 minutes with a handful of pantry ingredients. Perfect with any meal.

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Zesty lemon roasted cauliflower | My Weekend Kitchen

Cauliflower florets brushed with a simple lemon dressing and roasted, this zesty lemon roasted cauliflower make a healthy and delicious appetiser. The recipe is easy & mostly hands-off.

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Quick Roasted Cauliflower

Quick Roasted Cauliflower is only 6 ingredients and takes 30 minutes to make. Perfect as a side dish, salad topper, or finger food.

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Cauliflower ragù recipe

The whole cauliflower, including core and leaves, is blitzed to make a rich and herby tomato-based sauce for pasta

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Slow Cooker Pepper Jack Cauliflower

This slow cooker cauliflower is rich and creamy and oh-so-cheesy. The ultimate low carb keto comfort food dish! I am really loving my slow cooker lately.

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Sheet Pan Spicy Chicken & Cauliflower Noodle Bowls

This sheet pan chicken and cauliflower is a perfect pairing with our Momofuku Spicy Soy Noodles—but it’s also equally good all on its own.

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Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos | Hidden Valley® Ranch

We combined Buffalo sauce heat with Hidden Valley® Ranch cool to create one shell of a taste sensation. This cauliflower taco delivers a spicy blast of flavor in every bite, topped with a creamy drizzle of HVR deliciousness.

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ChopChop Suey Suey

Chop Suey with chicken, quail eggs, and tender-crisp vegetables is nutritious as it is delicious! This stir-fry is easy to make for busy weeknights and delicious on its own or with steamed rice.

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Best Baked Cauliflower Buffalo Wings Story – Two Healthy Kitchens

Absolutely the very BEST Baked Buffalo Cauliflower Wings, piled sky-high with extra flavors. And they take just 5 minutes of prep work (with no messy batter)!

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Creamy Roasted Cauliflower Soup

This cauliflower soup recipe is the BEST! Roasted cauliflower makes it taste amazing, and a little butter (instead of cream) makes it luxuriously creamy.

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Creamy Cauliflower Soup With Rosemary Olive Oil Recipe

This soup turns a short list of vegan ingredients into a sublimely silky soup Infusing olive oil with fresh rosemary is a trick you’ll want to keep up your sleeve

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Mashed Cauliflower Recipe

Learn how to make mashed cauliflower super smooth & creamy! You need only 4 ingredients for the BEST mashed cauliflower recipe.

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Chewy 3-Ingredient Cauliflower Noodles (low carb) | Paleo Grubs

Paleo Friendly Noodles That Are Perfect for Making Tons of Paleo Pasta Dishes.

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How to Make Cauliflower Rice – Love and Lemons

Learn how to make light & fluffy cauliflower rice! This easy recipe takes just 10 minutes to make and is a healthy, low-carb alternative to regular rice.

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Try This Tasty Broccoli-Cauliflower Casserole Side Dish

Cheese-lovers, this one’s for you.

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Roasted Cauliflower and Lentil Tacos with Creamy Chipotle Sauce

You’re going to love this vegetarian lentil tacos recipe. Roasted cauliflower, seasoned lentils and creamy chipotle sauce combine to make a delicious taco!

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A Vegetarian Delight – Gobhi Chana Tikka Masala

Gobhi Chana Tikka Masala is a tasty vegetarian alternative to a popular non-vegetarian Indian dish. Here’s how to cook it.

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Add Cauliflower Gratin to Your Thanksgiving Menu

This creamy cauliflower is about to become your favorite new side dish.

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Curried Cauliflower Soup – Love and Lemons

This comforting curried cauliflower soup is quick & easy to make. It has a kick from cayenne and brightness from a bit of lemon. Vegan & Gluten Free.

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Creamy Roasted Cauliflower Soup | Ambitious Kitchen

Creamy roasted cauliflower soup packed with flavor from a head of roasted garlic & cheddar cheese. No cream or flour needed!

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