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Cauliflower is a little eye-rolly these days. The hype is nearly as bad as it has been for kale. Over the last few years, food blogs have used it for everything from \u201calfredo\u201d sauce to fried rice. Now, Trader Joe’s sells riced cauliflower in both its frozen and produce sections. But let\u2019s not blame the victim here. Cauliflower is<\/em> downright delicious, especially when it\u2019s roasted, just don\u2019t try to pretend its egg salad.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been bumping into veggie sandwiches everywhere lately. Good ones. Kenji Lopez-Alt posted a few pics on Instagram last week. On his\u00a0TBTL podcast<\/a>,\u00a0Luke Burbank was talking about a roasted cauliflower sandwich from Oregon Deli Company.\u00a0\u00a0Luke\u2019s been following Mark Bittman\u2019s Vegan Before 6 (VB6)<\/a> eating plan and I was intrigued by the idea of using cauliflower as the main ingredient in a sandwich, but all he said it had on it was goat cheese. \u00a0I thought, white cauliflower and white goat cheese mashed together between two slices of bread? There\u2019s gotta be more to it. And there is.<\/a><\/p>\n What everyone seems to love about cauliflower is it\u2019s like a blank slate, but that\u2019s only true if you steam it. When you roast it, cauliflower actually has its own flavor. So if you\u2019re going to sandwich-ize it, what goes with?<\/p>\n Mint-walnut pesto and a good slather of goat cheese. And a little arugula.<\/p>\n Though you’re going to run the cauliflower through a food processor, in this case, I wouldn’t start with the pre-packaged riced cauliflower, it’ll brown too much and while it might taste good, it’ll be pretty ugly to look at with the mint-walnut pesto.<\/p>\n Check in next week for the next installment in my sandwich series. I’ve a got a couple more not sad desk lunch sandwiches up my sleeve.<\/p>\n\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t