A delicious and healthy BBQ Cauliflower Ranch Salad, perfect for salad week! This recipe features roasted BBQ cauliflower and garbanzo beans, fresh greens, avocado, and a creamy homemade cashew-based ranch dressing.
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Cut cauliflower into big chunks (or florets). Place cauliflower and garbanzo beans on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper then drizzle bbq sauce. Mix with hands making sure the cauliflower and beans are evenly covered with bbq sauce. Season with salt and pepper then bake for 25 minutes.
3. Meanwhile prepare ranch dressing. Soak raw cashews in hot water for 15 minutes. Then drain raw cashews and place in a blender with 1/2 cup +2 tbsp water. Blend until smooth. Scoop the cashew cream into a bowl and add all the remaining ranch dressing ingredients, mix to combine, taste and adjust seasonings as needed.
4. Once the cauliflower and garbanzo beans are out of the oven, prepare the salad by placing greens at the bottom of the bowl then add cauliflower, garbanzo beans, sliced avocado and a drizzle of ranch dressing.
