Confetti Cauliflower

Confetti Cauliflower

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 16 mins
  • Servings: 4-6

    • About This Recipe

    “Nice way to serve cauliflower, adds taste and colour to any plate. (substitute sharp cheddar if you wish)”

    Ingredients

  • vegetable oil cooking spray
  • 1mediumcauliflower, break into florets
  • 1 -2teaspoonwater( or just the water left on the cauliflower from washing)
  • 3 -4green onions, chopped
  • 1/2 cupsweet red pepper, chopped
  • 1/2 cupsweet green pepper, chopped
  • 1/2 cupyellow sweet pepper, chopped
  • cayenne pepper
  • salt
  • 2 -3tablespoonsblack olives, chopped
  • 1/2 cupparmesan cheese, shredded

    • Directions

  • spray a microwave safe casserole with veggie oil.
  • Place cauliflower florets in casserole.
  • Add water if needed.
  • Chop all the peppers and green onion and sprinkle over the cauliflower.
  • Sprinkle salt and cayenne over to taste.
  • Mix a little to distribute everything evenly.
  • Cover and microwave on high for about 4 minutes or until the cauliflower is tender crisp.
  • (depends on how much cauliflower is used).
  • If you do not have a turntable in the micro, you might want to stir once, halfway through.
  • Remove from oven and sprinkle olives and cheese over top.
  • Cover and microwave for 10 to 20 seconds or just until the cheese barely melts.
  • Remove from oven and let stand covered for 5 minutes before serving.
  • I cook this in the serving dish, it does not have a lid, so I cover it with plastic wrap, with just one tiny steam vent, cut in the centre.
  • Don’t want to loose too much cooking steam.

    • Reviews

  • “This looked lovely and I very much enjoyed it however, it did not get great reviews from the company I had at Christmas.I would have given it a 5 star rating but the rest only felt it was worth 3 stars.”

  • “This is excellent! I made it on the stove today in my AMC cookware. It was a real delight! I had an uncle come home for lunch and he said to tell you that he loved it! I omitted the olives and cheese. I did add 2 potatoes and I fried the caulifower pieces in hot oil, drained it and then added the pieces to the capsicums. I also added jeera for seasoning. Besides that, I added a few chopped tomato pieces for additional colour. But this istruly excellent dish, colourful and can brighten up anyone’s day!! My dad, mom and brother have said a special ‘THANK YOU” to you for sharing this:)”

  • “Delicious! We used kalamata olives.”

  • “This was great!I’m against micro-cooking, so I did it in a covered dish (w/ a little water) in the oven at the same time that I was cooking meatloaf.If took about 1/2 hour, stirring half way between.My family loved it, but perhaps because I added 1/2 cup cheddar too.It was perfect.Thanks. BTW, mine wasn’t raw or soggy…”

  • “I love cauliflower but not RAW – I thought this would taste like it was steamed – after cooking the time recommended it was still raw -I kept on increasing the time and then the peppers got soggy.Not a keeper for us but for raw veggie lovers this might be the one!Thanks submitter.”

  • “fantastic and fast and so easy.love the microwave.I don’t know about the reviewer who thought it was ‘bland’.Goodness this has so many flavors and punch to it.Made it just as the recipe called for – no ingredients were left out.Truly a keeper.”

  • “Whata great way to serve cauliflower!It was really good and I love the part that it’s made in the microwave.Thanks for this one Derf;it’s a keeper.Rita”

  • “It was an ok recipe, but my guests all said it was dry, even after I followed the recipe to the T…I also got the comment that it needed more flavor, it was too bland. maybe my company were just fussy! But I wasn’t fond on it either. Thanks for the recipe though! :)”

  • “Very good. Colorful, delicious and easy to prepare. I am always on the lookout for different ways to make vegetables as I am diabetic and vegetables are a big part of my daily diet. I don’t like olives and they are also higher in fat so I left them out but I did everything else the same. The guests we had for dinner were quite impressed. Will make this recipe over and over.”

  • “This recipe was absolutely delightful.Not only did it look good it tasted terrific! The only thing we omitted was the black olives (we didn’t have any!) Wonderful job Derf, and thanks for posting.”

  • “I made this for myself and my fiance, not only did it look really appealing it also tasted great.Low in fat too!Have made it several times now and is always a hit.”

  • “This is a very attractive dish.The dusting of cayenne pepper adds a nice zip to the dish without to much heat.When this was ready for the cheese, I had another dish in the oven with about 10 minutes remaining so I put it in the oven.This is a keeper.”

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