Quick, easy, cheap and beautiful: Roasted Cauliflower!!

Looking for an easy, cheap, and spectacular side dish: Roasted Cauliflower!!! 

No joke, this was the first time I made this, and it turned out fantastic!

Ingredients:

1      head of cauliflower

2tbs olive oil

That's it!!

Time: 45 min total

Serves: 2 as dinner, 6 for a side only

Directions:

1) Wash the head of cauliflower and remove excess steam so that the head will sit up on the baking sheet.

2) Place the head on the backing sheet and lightly coat the top with the olive oil.

3) Place in the oven at 425 degrees!  It's really this easy! Note: do not adjust the temperature for altitude.  

4) Place roasted head on a pretty plate and serve hot!  That's all there is to it!

Cost:

cauliflower     $1

olive oil          $.030           

Total               $1.30

Served as a side: 21 cents!

Shown here served with grilled Tri-Tip and oven roasted potatoes!

Channa Masala

With no gluten, MSG, and is GMO free-- Although the whole GMO thing is a bone you don't want me on, as ALL OUR FOOD IS AND HAS BEEN "GMO" since the time civilization arose.

This is going to be a different kind of post because it's kit-based. 

Gourmatra is a good way to introduce yourself to Indain cooking, but is kind of expensive.  The kit here is usually 5.69, although I got it for 2.35.  Kits are great to introduce yourself to something new, but treat them like a crutch you want to be away from as soon as you can :)

Other ingredients:
1 onion
2 small lemons
2 cans of 16 oz Garbonzos beans.
For those who are not familiar with Pulp Fiction, Garbanzos beans are the same thing as Chick Peas...
The box mix
extra rice OR other carb.  I picked tortilla.  Naan will have to be another day.

Traditionally you slice your onions (as pictured on the right) for Indian food, but this is region dependent.  The left is a picture of "chopped" onions.

Pretty much everything but the chick peas goes in the pan along with 3 tbs or more of vegetable oil and you turn the sauce over until "the oil beings to separate." At this point you add the chick peas.  Once the chick peas are warm, you are done!  The directions on the back of the box are somewhat optional but are definitely sufficient!

Time: 30 min to serve

Serves: 3-4 people

Cost: about $3 a person... So not great, but definitely a different experience!

Warning-- The kit says it serves 4 but has enough rice for 1 maybe 2 people...  Definitely be prepared for that! Also, medium heat is pretty hot.  You may want to have milk on hand, or ice cream for desert!