A friend of mine, who shares my love of good food and cooking, recently gave me a tub of burrata cheese. I was surprised that I had never heard of it since pretty much any kind of cheese is my best friend, so she explained to me that it is basically a fresh mozzarella ball packed with cream and more shredded mozzarella inside.

This sounded right up my alley! However, I had been trying to lose some weight, and this cheese is pretty high in calories because of the cream inside, so I needed to balance it out with something a little healthier. I decided to try it out with some spicy roasted cauliflower and it turned out amazing!

Here’s what you’ll need:

• 1 head cauliflower
• olive oil
• seasonings of your choice (I used Tony’s, dill, black pepper and garlic salt)
• 1 tub burrata cheese (2 pieces)

Start by preheating oven to 425 degrees. Then chop cauliflower into small pieces and spread onto a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil, about 1/4 cup, and toss to coat. Then sprinkle on whatever seasonings you want and toss around again to coat. Bake for 20-30 minutes, until the cauliflower starts to char. As soon as you remove the cauliflower from the oven, tear the cheese into pieces and arrange between the cauliflower – the hot baking sheet will melt the cheese just enough, so that it’s warm but keeps its shape.

Sprinkle the cheese with seasoning if you’d like, or even add an extra drizzle of olive oil. The crunchiness of the roasted cauliflower paired with the creaminess of the cheese is amazing!

It’s even good the next day reheated as leftovers!

So thanks to my sweet friend for introducing me to something new, and I hope you will give it a try as well!

Thanks y’all!

– Nikki