Coconut Cauliflower Bites with Creamy Honey Mustard Yogurt Sauce

These Coconut Cauliflower Bites with Creamy Honey Mustard Yogurt Sauce are a delicious veg snack when you are craving something crunchy and salty. These would be perfect to serve during your next movie night or as an afternoon snack for the family.

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Since we’ve started working from home, I’ve gotten into the somewhat bad habit of craving an afternoon snack right around 4 PM every day. For the first few weeks, I indulged myself with a bowl of cereal or buttered toast but as the weeks have gone on, I’ve been trying to turn this snack craving into an excuse to eat something healthy. I’ve mostly been enjoying apples with almond butter or chopped veggies with a dill dip. In an attempt to diversify my afternoon snack and get me really excited for the break, I started playing around with other veggie options and that is how I came up with the idea of wanting to create this cauliflower bite option.

These are simple enough that you can make them at lunch and they will hold over just fine at room temperature for a few hours so they are all ready come afternoon snack time. They are delicious dipped in this simple and homemade creamy honey mustard sauce but would be great with store bought sauces if you are short on time (BBQ sauce? yes! Ketchup? Oh yeah! Ranch? For sure!).

The recipe calls for letting them marinate in coconut milk which helps the cauliflower bites absorb the coconut flavor and also creates a tender inside which is a perfect contrast to the crunchy outside. My suggestion is to just cut up the cauliflower in the morning and let them marinade for a few hours before making these at lunch (or if serving around dinner time, prep and start to marinate at lunch so they’ll be reading in the evening). However, if you forgot to plan ahead, these are still delicious without the coconut milk soak. I recipe tested them both ways (with the marinade and without) and although I liked the flavor and texture of the marinated bites, the non-marinated bites were still delicious!

With the ongoing pandemic, I plan to give as many substitution suggestions as possible so you can continue to cook without having to run out to the store. Although some of these suggestions may vary the end result, I only make suggestions if I think it will still be delicious. Here is a list of substitute suggestions for these Coconut Cauliflower Bites with Creamy Honey Mustard Yogurt Sauce recipe in case you don’t have certain ingredients on hand:

Cauliflower – I only recipe tested this with fresh cauliflower but I do imagine that broccoli bites would be delicious as well. Please let me know if you try it and how they turn out!

Unsweetened coconut milk – I mentioned above but if you don’t have a can of unsweetened coconut milk on hand or forgot to plan ahead, you can skip the marinating step and jump right to breading the cauliflower. When testing, I tried both methods and although I liked the end result of the marinated cauliflower better, they were both delicious!

Plain Greek yogurt – Feel free to use sour cream or mayonnaise instead here!

Dijon mustard – You could also use regular yellow mustard or even mustard powder if you don’t have Dijon.

Lemon juice – I like the extra flavor this gives but fine to skip if you don’t have a lemon on hand.

Looking for more broccoli recipes? Here ya go:

• Roasted Broccoli & Cauliflower Bowl with Spicy Peanut Sauce & Tangy Jalapeno Broccoli Slaw
• Buffalo Cauliflower Bowl with Greek Yogurt Ranch and Spicy Quick Slaw
• Cauliflower Parmesan
• Cauliflower Steak with Carrot Miso Puree & Carrot-Top Pesto
• Roasted Cauliflower & Dates Couscous Salad with Creamy Tahini
• Loaded Baked Potato & Cauliflower Soup with Coconut Bacon

Make sure to tag me on Instagram and use #vegetarianventures when trying this dish out!