Breaded and Roasted Cauliflower

When I'm feeling lazy or don't have much time I just spread out cut-up cauliflower on a baking pan, do a quick spray of canola oil and sprinkle of salt, and roast them for 30-40 minutes (until just starting to brown on the edges) at 400 degrees.

But last night I felt slightly more ambitious.

After preheating the oven at 400 degrees, I mixed up:

1/2 cup very warm water
2 tablespoons flaxmeal

I then tossed the cut up cauliflower pieces with this mixture. If you don't have flaxmeal, you could use a couple egg-whites or 1 egg instead.

Then I sprayed the pan briefly with canola oil, and coated each wet cauliflower piece in bread crumbs. (I added a little salt to the breadcrumbs before doing this.)

Cooked them for 40 minutes. It was the only item on the dinner plate that my kids finished.

Plus there was enough left over for me to enjoy with lunch today. Yum.

Eggie Pie

This is like quiche but there's no cheese and a lot of vegetables.

Crust:
1 cup whole wheat flour
pinch of salt
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup ice water

Mix together, form into a ball, then push into a pie pan.

Filling:
1 small onion, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
1 broccoli crown, chopped
Halfa bunch of another vegetable such as cauliflower or asparagus, chopped

Saute the vegetables in olive oil and put into the pie shell.

Then mix:
5 eggs
1/2 cup milk (I've used soymilk as well as regular cow milk.)
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
salt and pepper

Pour the egg mixture over the vegetables in the pie shell.

Bake for 40 minutes at 400 degrees.