Buffalo Style Cauliflower

I always said that if I had kids I’d talk to them like adults.  No baby voices and ‘ouchies’ and ‘booboos.’  I’m going to say, “you have a cut.”  At least, that’s what I think I would do.

If how I talk to my cat is any indication of how I would talk to human children then I’m full of shit right now.  I can count on one hand the number of people that have actually heard my special cat voice but I can assure you, when no one is looking, I’m not talking to my cat like an adult.

So along with that line of thinking is a thought process about hiding vegetables when serving kids.  I don’t think I would do that.  I would teach my kids to love vegetables for vegetables’ sake, not for ketchup’s sake or ranch dressing’s sake.  But, as with the way I talk to my cat, you never really know until you are there, begging your baby to eat something nutritious.

Do kids eat hot sauce?  If kids eat hot sauce this recipe is the perfect one to use disguise a vegetable.  Sure, I like cauliflower for cauliflower’s sake and I certainly had to fend the Omnivore off with my Norman Bates knife as I was preparing this dish, but this buffalo chicken nugget style side dish was really darn good.

So serve it to your kid or your spouse if you’re trying to sneak veggies in.  Or use it as a substitute for chicken nuggets, which is how the recipe was couched when I read it.  Or, if you’re like me, make it because you love cauliflower and bar food and are open to merging the two.  I feel like this preparation could work with a variety of veggies so if you try it out, come back and report!

Buffalo Style Cauliflower (adapted from PETA via The Curvy Carrot)