Crispy Baked Whole30 Cauliflower Patties
Crispy baked whole30 cauliflower patties with a delicious creamy cilantro garlic sauce. Easy paleo and whole30 recipe for lunch, dinner, and even breakfast if you’re like me!
These crispy baked cauliflower patties are everything a healthy summer lunch needs to be. I am completely head over heals in love with these delicious crispy patties full of loads of flavor!
Picture this: loads of cauliflower, garlic, onion, cilantro, parsley, and cumin. Gahhhh, all my favorites dancing together in a beautiful crispy patty! Also, since these patties are baked, you’re not going to get loads of deep fried stuff.
On another wonderful side note, these patties are freezer friendly and makes a great “toast” base for a poached egg and avo!
To freeze these patties, just make them as directed, cool, then lay out in a freezer bag and store on a flat surface. Then, when it’s time to eat you can pull them out of the freezer and pop them in the toaster oven (or regular oven)!
crispy patties topped with green sauce. Mmmmm
On top of these patties is a dreamy and creamy cilantro green sauce! This week, I tripled the batch of this sauce and stored it in the fridge as a salad dressing, dressing for avo toast, noodles, and anything else I feel like. You can leave the sauce out of the recipe if you like. But I promise you won’t regret making it, if you do!
For this recipe, I used my food processor to mince everything. In the instructions it says use minced cauliflower, onion, herbs, etc.. I just measured everything and then put it in my food processor and mined it up! So easy! Feel free to chop away by hand though.
This spread made me want to dig in half way through the photoshoot. But, I with held myself so I could get some pics for you guys. Eating off these beautiful ceramic home goods has made everything taste better.
One of my goals for June was to slow down by really take intentional time to eat, create pretty food to eat (behind the camera), and focus on creating a peaceful eating atmosphere to digest and process the nutrients.
And guess what?! It has been life-changing! Not joking. I feel so much better; more satisfied after eating, my head clears up, and I feel rejuvenated and peaceful after/during eating.
Part of creating a beautiful atmosphere to nourish my body has included being intentional at plating my food/table scape with inspiring tableware. Today’s table scape features a lovely collection of artisan ceramics and home goods from Kettle & Brine (my new favorite prop shop obsession!).
- 4 cups minced cauliflower
- 2 cups minced fresh onion
- 1 cup fresh parsley minced
- 1 cup fresh cilantro leaves minced
- 1 1/2 cups almond flour
- 2 large eggs
- 3 tablespoons arrowroot flour
- 6 cloves fresh garlic
- 3 tablespoons cumin powder
- 2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 5 tablespoons olive oil for cooking
- 1 cup paleo mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons cumin powder
- 1 clove fresh garlic
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh cracked pepper
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| Cook Time | 45 minutes |
| Prep Time | 15 minutes |
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Ingredients
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Dressing
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- Preheat oven to 400F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a food processor blend all the ingredients, except the olive oil. Pulse until combined
- Divide the dough into 11 equal balls and then use a pastry brush and brush each ball with olive oil.
- Press each ball into a 1/2" tall patty on the baking tray.
- Cook for 20-30 minutes on 400F until crispy, then flip the patties and cook for another 15 minutes.
- Combine all the ingredients for the green dressing in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.
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Nutrition Facts
Crispy Baked Whole30 Cauliflower Patties
Amount Per Serving
Calories 309
Calories from Fat 225
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 25g
38%
Saturated Fat 3g
15%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 6g
Cholesterol 34mg
11%
Sodium 459mg
19%
Potassium 225mg
6%
Total Carbohydrates 19g
6%
Dietary Fiber 6g
24%
Sugars 4g
Protein 10g
20%
Vitamin A
39%
Vitamin C
85%
Calcium
8%
Iron
16%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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How many patties are in a serving?
1 patty per serving.
So there are 309 calories in one patty?
yes.
What are your thoughts about replacing Almond Flour with Otto’s Cassava Flour?
Hi Kaylie, This is my second recipe of yours. I first tried the Whole 30 blender Falafel with Tahini sauce, now a standard using napa cabage leaves instead of pita, and now this. IT is so delicious, the flavors of the patties and the sauce. I am taking these to a pot luck so I made 30 small patties, the only difference is mine did not get nearly the dark color as yours. The same thing happened with the blender falafals. I use a very hot oven, parchment paper on a sheet pan, brush with olive oil. Any suggestions? Yours are so beautiful for presentation. Thank you. Sharon
Hi Sharon! So happy you have enjoyed the recipes. I am not sure why yours are not browning as much- maybe try leaving them in the oven for a bit longer.
How wet should the dough be?
Hi Jamie, the dough is pretty wet before cooking.
Where does all the fat come from? I am obsessed with them and am just curious. Thank you!!
This is so delicious!!! We are on day 24 of Whole 30 and was getting a little bored with our veggie options. My kids 6 & 8 could NOT stop eating them. I made them each 1/4 cup so the kids had several and kept asking for more. I can’t wait to have some for breakfast as my avocado toast! Thank you so much for your recipe. Looking forward to see what other recipes you have!
So good to hear Angie! Love that your kids loved them 🙂
Yes, I am also curious where the high fat content is coming from?
Well, there is 14g fat form the almond flour, so that makes up over half and then the other ingredients add up. Hope that helps. 🙂
I cant wait to try this recipe, it will be my first one! Thank you!
I have two cauliflower heads, I hope it will yield the four cups needed. Thanks!
Hi Kaylie, I want to follow your Whole 30 meal plan from start to finish. Do you have a PDF Ebook or a consolidated format with a shopping list? Thanks!
Hi David, I have one in the works, so stay tuned and sign up for updates, so you are notified when it’s made available! 🙂 Thanks.
These look great! Would you eat one as breakfast? Or would you hav more than one?
Hi Christa, it just depends on how hungry I am. 🙂
New to your site and excited to try some of this deliciousness. Am I missing the button for printer friendly recipes?
OMG just found it…. was a bit hard to find, but I’m there:)
Is there a modification for using frozen riced cauliflower? I have some that I riced and froze myself but I don’t want the thawing process to throw off the recipe.
Hi Heather, the frozen cauliflower rice should work!
These are delish!!! I have made them several times. How to keep them from breaking apart? I have tried several different ways of cooking them and they usually break apart when flipping them over or taking them off of the baking sheet. I also have a hard time getting them crispy. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Hi Wendy, your cauliflower might have too much excess liquid, you can either drain the cauliflower of excess water before combining or add more arrowroot flour! 🙂 Hope that helps, best of luck!
These patties are so delicious, totally worth the wait while they baked. Thank you for sharing.
Suggestion for a substitute for the arrowroot ? It’s the only item I don’t have!
You can use tapioca or corn starch.
I am nit allergic. What can I substitute the almond flour with?
*nut
Hi Jennifer, a gluten free flour blend should work.
I didn’t have cilantro or parsley so I left them out and only did 1/3 of the cumin. I’m glad I shorted the cumin, it was still very strong. They came out very good, except they were much too salty. Next time I will omit half the salt and also puree the onion separate, and drain it in cheese cloth before I add it to the rest of the mix to make it not quite so soupy, and hopefully crispier. But great recipe!
Wonderful recipe! My daughter is on a very restricted diet and it’s hard to find things that are tasty enough to really tempt her but this one fits the bill on all levels. The only thing I would change next time is to use less salt in the dressing but otherwise – perfect! And I can’t believe the patties held together so well – so good!
Thank you Meryl, so glad this recipe worked for your daughter! 🙂
Do these freeze well?
Totally! I freeze them all the time, it’s a great on-the-go meal. 🙂 Enjoy!
Do you steam and drainthe cauliflower before mixing it with the other ingredients? Is that step missing? I saw a comment about “too much excess liquid” and that “you can either drain the cauliflower of excess water before combining,” so I wanted clarification. Thanks!
Hi Bridgett, the cauliflower is raw when it goes into the mix… the squeezing out of the liquid was referring to if the cauliflower was frozen and thawed to begin with. Hope that helps!
Can you use a blender instead of a food processor? (I don’t have the later). TIA
Hi Sarah, I think it might be a bit challenging to do it a food processor, but possibly not impossible…?
Thanks for this, Kaylie, because you know, I have a savoury tooth and especially in the morning for breakfast, I generally don’t like to have sweet things. So this is just right! (I’ll have to replace the arrowroot flour with tapioca flour, hope this works.)
Great to hear, thank you Maria!