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Roasted Broccoli with Creamy Basil Dressing. Broccoli tossed in garlic, cayenne, and baked. Served with cheesy cashew basil sauce. Vegan Gluten-free soy-free Recipe
Here I am, back with a broccoli recipe. Some of you suggested roasting it, so we did.
Broccoli is tossed in cayenne (because its cold outside), garlic, salt and oil and roasted until crisp. Served with a creamy basil cashew dressing, or serve with lemon juice + nutritional yeast. Hubbs really loved the basil cream and roasted broccoli. He finished up the entire serving! He definitely loves his broccoli. I love this dressing! and I like it with the broccoli (minus all the exclamation like hubbs), but I’d rather serve it with a spicy crispy cauliflower 🙂 . Baby steps towards embracing the Broccoli.
More broccoli recipes from the blog
- Cheesy Broccoli Balls with Marinara
- Sweet and Sour Chickpeas and Broccoli GF
- Broccoli Pinto Bean Burgers
- Tofu Broccoli Bok Choy Stir fry, can be GF
- Baked Broccoli Fritters with Spiced yogurt sauce – Kadhi Pakora GF
Bake the broccoli to preference. Serve drizzled with generous dressing.
Roasted Broccoli with Creamy Basil Dressing
Ingredients
Cayenne Garlic Roasted Broccoli:
- 1 large head of broccoli
- 2 tsp oil
- 1/3-1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cayenne or to taste
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
Creamy Basil Dressing:
- 1/2 cup cashews, soaked for half an hour if needed
- 1/2 cup or more non dairy milk
- 2 tbsp fresh basil, or a small handful
- 1 tbsp or more nutritional yeast
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/3-1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F / 200ºc. Chop up the broccoli into small florets. Add to a bowl. Add the oil and spices and mix and toss well. Spread on a baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees F / 200ºc for 20 to 30 minutes (depending on the size of the florets). Turn the sheet around after 20 mins.
- Make the creamy dressing:: Blend the cashews with non dairy milk, basil and spices. taste and adjust salt, nutritional yeast and spice. Add more non dairy milk if needed. Add lemon juice or a pinch of sugar to adjust the taste if needed.
- Drizzle over roasted broccoli. Garnish with red pepper flakes and serve.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Really delicious. Incredibly simple, with ingredients that you’d have all the time in the kitchen. Just a really nice blend of spices and sauce. Thank you so much.
thank you Donna -so nice of you
Delicious! Our cayenne is particularly hot, so we’ll cut that in half next time, but the sauce was DELICIOUS! Perfect time of year to grab some broccoli and basil out of the garden and whip up some yumminess. It was quick and easy, too, which was a bonus. Thank you!
Just like other hot peppers – you never know until you try them! Excellent Marti, thank you
Hey Richa!
Could you please tell me a substitute to reduce the sugar content in this recipe?
the widget was picking up sweeetened non dairymilk, updated it to unsweetened
I’m going to try subbing in tofu for the soaked cashews as (unluckily for me) my partner gets headaches from cashews, even tho he loves them!
yes some silken tofu will work.
Fabulous recipe, Richa!! This sauce should be one of your “awesome sauces!” Loved it!
aweesome! yeah this one is so good!
I love the creative recipes on this sight, but I wish there wasn’t such an emphasis on oils. (Coconut oil and olive oil in the long run are as bad as dairy butter and damage our arteries, causing heart-disease).
I know this delicious recipe works just as well without the oil, it so much healthier without it, and is immediately lower in calories without it 🙂
I agree. I often skip trying recipes unless they mention the oil is optional. I was scrolling the comments to see if anyone had had success just leaving the oil out, so thank you for your comment.
The most delicious broccoli I ever ate! Husband and kids loved it as well and OMG the dressing!!!! To die for…!!! Thanks so much for this recipe.
Awesome!
This looks delicious! I was wondering how long the dressing will last for if I made a small jar? Plan on using it for lots of recipes during the week.
upto 4 days.
Hi Richa,
Would like to know what kind of non dairy milk did you use to make the cashew sauce
i usually use unsweetened almond milk
What brand of unsweetened almond milk do you use? Love, love, love all your recipes btw.
almond breeze