Bourbon Roasted Delicata Comfort Bowls – stuffed with greens and so much flavor, you will crave these all year long. Pairs well with blankeys and Netflix marathons.
One whole week of whiskey – congratulations everyone, we made it through!
I really feel like I saved the best for last with these bowls. Serious comfort bowls, but it is all good stuff, you know? I have been eating these for lunch all week.
The exact same bowl, every day. It’s that kind of lunch that I will sometimes eat early because I have been thinking about it since breakfast. I love those kind of lunches. These bowls are brightly colored and vibrantly flavored – comfort food that satisfies but does not leave you needing a nap.
Not that there’s anything wrong with naps.
Bourbon Roasted Delicata Comfort Bowls
YIELD: enough for several Comfort Bowl lunches (serves four)
dairy, egg, soy and gluten free, vegan
INGREDIENTS:
2 delicata squash, scrubbed clean
3 tablespoons bourbon
3 tablespoons maple syrup
1 pound Brussels sprouts, washed
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons olive oil
sea salt and pepper
3 leaves raw kale, stems removed (for one bowl)
1 recipe Hummus Cauliflower Mash (recipe follows)
INSTRUCTIONS:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Slice the delicata in half lengthwise, use a spoon to scoop away innards. Discard innards. Slice each into half rounds, lay in single layer on baking sheet. In small bowl, combine bourbon and maple syrup, brush onto squash rounds.
Slice Brussels sprouts in half, toss into garlic – olive oil mixture. Arrange in a single layer on baking sheet.
Bake both Brussels sprouts and delicata for 35-40 minutes, turning after 20 minutes, until caramelly brown.
Assemble bowl: line bowl with kale leaves. Add cauliflower mash, roasted delicata and Brussels sprouts. ENJOY.
Hummus Cauliflower Mash
dairy, egg, soy and gluten free, vegan
INGREDIENTS:
1 large head cauliflower, greens removed
2 cloves garlic
1/2 cup hummus
3 tablespoons butter (Earth Balance soy free)
1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
sea salt and black pepper
INSTRUCTIONS:
Chop / break cauliflower into small pieces, steam with garlic cloves until soft, 20-25 minutes (I used a bamboo stacked steamer). Combine cauliflower and garlic with hummus, butter, nutritional yeast, salt and pepper. Purée in batches in high speed blender or food processor. Serve warm.
Happy Friday, and CHEERS!
printable recipes:
- 2 delicata squash, scrubbed clean
- 3 tablespoons bourbon
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 pound Brussels sprouts, washed
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- sea salt and pepper
- 3 leaves raw kale, stems removed (for one bowl)
- 1 recipe Hummus Cauliflower Mash (recipe follows)
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Slice the delicata in half lengthwise, use a spoon to scoop away innards. Discard innards. Slice each into half rounds, lay in single layer on baking sheet. In small bowl, combine bourbon and maple syrup, brush onto squash rounds.
- Slice Brussels sprouts in half, toss into garlic - olive oil mixture. Arrange in a single layer on baking sheet.
- Bake both Brussels sprouts and delicata for 35-40 minutes, turning after 20 minutes, until caramelly brown.
- Assemble bowl: line bowl with kale leaves. Add cauliflower mash, roasted delicata and Brussels sprouts. ENJOY.
- 1 large head cauliflower, greens removed
- 2 cloves garlic
- ½ cup hummus
- 3 tablespoons butter (Earth Balance soy free)
- 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
- sea salt and black pepper
- Chop / break cauliflower into small pieces, steam with garlic cloves until soft, 20-25 minutes (I used a bamboo stacked steamer).
- Combine cauliflower and garlic with hummus, butter, nutritional yeast, salt and pepper.
- Purée in batches in high speed blender or food processor. Serve warm.
pam (Sidewalk Shoes) says
I could eat that every day too!!! I would love if you would link up with Tipsy Tuesday at Grey is the New Black!
Kristina Sloggett says
a good daily lunch for sure! I keep meaning to come visit and link up!
Arman @ thebigmansworld says
Actually screaming comfort right now. I wish I was part of your brain. You’re creativity…I have no words.
Kristina Sloggett says
ha! thank you!! it is fun in my brain, for sure!
Marye says
Yum! What a great flavor combination!
Kristina Sloggett says
thank you Marye!
Kirsten says
Kristina,
I love meals that have me dreaming about them on a daily basis.
[I’m currently infatuated with oatmeal and looking forward to my next bowl. I know. Strange.]
This looks very colorful and I bet the flavor is divine. And nap-inducing 😉 .
Thanks!
Kristina Sloggett says
oh, I know about looking forward to the next day’s oatmeal. I recently experimented with different cooking techniques, so we were always looking forward to the next day’s results! 🙂
Christie says
This would be the best lunch – healthy but sparks of indulgence.
Kristina Sloggett says
it IS a good lunch, Christie, and yes, healthy and indulgent can coexist! 🙂
kristy @ the wicked noodle says
Bourbon and maple syrup is such an awesome flavor combination. I love how you’ve used it here!
Kristina Sloggett says
don’t you just LOVE that combination? I don’t use them together nearly enough.
Blessing says
I love cauliflower and this special dish you’ve prepared with it is just awesome.
Very attractive, delicious and healthy.
Kristina Sloggett says
thank you!
Kaylin @ Enticing Healthy Eating says
I love cooking with alcohol (especially bourbon! I made a whiskey bourbon apple pie this year for Thanksgiving!) but never thought of roasting squash with bourbon. Genius!
Kristina says
wow, that pie sounds fantastic! I don;t know if I’ll ever roast squash without bourbon again… 🙂
Ann S says
The picture looks great, but am I missing something? The last instruction for the comfort bowl says, “Add potatoes, roasted delicata and Brussels sprouts. ENJOY.” Where are the potatoes in the recipe? Are they just mashed potatoes? Or is that the hummus cauliflower mash in the picture? Thanks.
Kristina Sloggett says
thanks Ann – yes, the ‘potato’ is the mash – I have updated the recipe to make more sense. (I make these bowls often, and sometimes with potatoes rather than cauliflower – wrote the recipe originally that way). thank you for catching that, cheers!
Cat @ Breakfast to Bed says
Lady, that’s some SERIOUS bourbon.
we need to drink together.
Kristina says
OKAY!!