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Cajun Roasted Vegetable Bowl with Garlic Sauce. Mushrooms, Cauliflower, Sweet Potato, Peppers, Onions, tossed in cajun spice blend and roasted. Serve in a bowl with crunchy greens and creamy garlic dressing or make Wraps or Tacos. Vegan Glutenfree Soy-free Recipe. Can be nut-free. Jump to Recipe
Since I made this Sprouted Lentil Bowl with Cajun roasted sweet potatoes, i have been dreaming about using the spice blend over other veggies. Hence, this simple roasted veggies bowl. Slice up the veggies of choice, toss in Cajun blend, some nutritional yeast and bake. Serve these delicious veggies in bowls, wraps, tacos with the creamy garlic sauce. Its Easy, Hearty, Smoky, spicy and so Flavorful.
I make my own cajun blend as then it is easier to control the heat, flavor and salt. Store bought spice blends might already have salt so adjust accordingly. Add some sprouted lentils or chickpeas to the mix for a hearty meal. I love this meal without beans for dinner. Once you have the dressing, this is a quick sheet pan dinner.
This garlic sauce is adapted from my book’s white garlic sauce. To make this nut-free use my nut-free garlic sauce from Everyday Kitchen book (Yes, there are nut-free options for almost all sauces and recipes!), or use tahini garlic dressing. Use seasonal veggies of choice and other spice blends such as berbere, baharat(<– so good) and garam masala from the book! If you make this bowl, do let me know how it turned out.
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Tossed in spices and ready to bake.
Cajun Roasted Vegetable Bowl with Creamy Garlic Dressing
Ingredients
Roasted Veggies:
- 1/2 head of small cauliflower, , chopped into small florets
- 1 sweet potato, cubed small
- 4 to 6 oz mushrooms, , sliced
- 1 bell pepper, , sliced
- 1 cup of other chopped veggies like squash,, broccoli, carrots, or root vegetables
- 1 tbsp oil
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 2 tbsp Cajun spice blend, (homemade) , less or more to preference and amount of veggies, Make a double batch of the blend
- 1/2 tsp salt, (3/4 tsp if the cajun blend doesnt have salt)
Garlic sauce:
- 1/2 cup cashews, soaked for atleast and hour or do a quick soak by boiling for 5 minutes
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/3 tsp salt
- 3/4 tsp garlic powder or 6 cloves of roasted garlic
- 1/4 tsp each sage, thyme, oregano
- 1/4 tsp ground mustard
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 tsp vinegar
- 2 tsp nutritional yeast, optional, use a tsp of miso instead
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Chop the vegetables and add to a large bowl with a lid.
- Mix all the spices, cajun spice, nutritional yeast if using, and salt in a bowl and set aside.
- Drizzle the oil and lemon on the veggies. Close the lid and shake to coat well. Or rub in using hands.
- Sprinkle the spices all over, close the lid and shake shake to coat. Spread the vegetables on parchment lined sheet.
- Bake for 30 minutes. Move the veggies around after 20 mins and also remove the quick cooking veggies like peppers if they are roasted.
- Make the garlic sauce: Blend until smooth. Taste and adjust flavor, salt, herbs. Add some black pepper if you wish.
- Assemble your bowl, wraps or tacos with greens or lettuce, generous helping of the roasted vegetables, drizzle of the garlic sauce, some onion or tomato (optional).
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
The sauce!! Oh my goodness I could drink it, lol. I made this tonight for dinner with left over veggies in the fridge. I had some brown rice and beans left over as well, so put the veggies on that then the sauce. My husband just asked if we could have this for dinner all week. Tastes soooooo good and so easy to make.
Yay! So glad you enjoyed it.
Great flavors and very filling
thanks for visiting
wow! just tried finished this meal and it was de-lic-ious. it’ll probably become a regular meal in my house. thank you so much for this recipe.
great news. thanks for popping by
What can I substitute for cashews? My boyfriend has a nut allergy.
omitting them is totally fine for the sauce….or you can use almonds or pine nuts, walnuts, hazelnuts, soaked sunflower seeds, sunflower seeds and tahini **if he isn’t allerigic to any of those**
Delicious…I substituted rutabaga for the sweet potato and served the bowls over spinach, topped with hemp seeds. I really like the combination of the spicy roasted vegetables and the creamy garlic sauce, they balance each other out perfectly. Thanks for the recipe.
Beautiful dish, we loved it, substituted tahini for cashews to make nut free. Love your recipes.
awesome!