• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
LunaCafe

LunaCafe

Regional, seasonal food with original recipes by Susan S. Bradley

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Getting Started
    • About LunaCafe
    • About Susan S. Bradley
    • About James H. Bradley
  • Holiday
    • Christmas Cookies: Deck the Halls
    • Christmas Cookies: Silver Bells
    • Christmas Favorites: Silver Moon
    • Christmas Cookies: Starry Night
  • Fresh Primers
    • Apple Primer
    • Apple Cider Primer
    • Artichoke Primer
    • Blueberry Primer
    • Cherry Primer
    • Cranberry Primer
    • Lentil Primer
    • Pear Primer
    • Rhubarb Primer
    • Strawberry Primer
    • Winter Squash Primer
    • Cranberry Garnishes
    • Temperature Guide for Cooking
  • Show Search
Hide Search
Home/Cauliflower | Romanesco/Warm Cauliflower Salad with Edamame & Raisins

Warm Cauliflower Salad with Edamame & Raisins

This warm, Asian-inspired salad with Creamy Sesame Ginger Dressing looks as pretty as it tastes.

Warm Cauliflower Salad with Edamame & Raisins

Too often, I stare at creamy white, firm heads of cauliflower in the market and then pass them by for lack of inspiration.

Well, not this week. Enough is enough. I pounce on the most beautiful head of cauliflower in the stack and set it in my cart.

 Warm Cauliflower, Edamame & Raisin Salad

Then, as often happens with a clear decision, the next step presents itself. A carton of shelled Edamame beans appear. What a gorgeous green! Now I have two ingredients, and an Asian theme is emerging.

Warm Cauliflower, Edamame & Raisin Salad

But I’m a bit nonplused when a bag of huge multicolored raisins makes its way into the cart. They sparkle like translucent jewels in the see-through packaging. MauiJim is crazy for raisins.

Warm Cauliflower, Edamame & Raisin Salad

So even though I can’t recall an Asian-inspired dish containing raisins, I give it a go with cauliflower, edamame, and creamy, spicy sesame ginger dressing, and voilà … warm cauliflower salad with edamame and raisins.

Warm Cauliflower, Edamame & Raisin Salad

There are several ways to cook cauliflower. You can boil it, steam it, roast it, deep fry it, stir-fry it, or saute it. I love the saute method, because you control the crunch level of the cauliflower and also give it a little color.

Warm Cauliflower, Edamame & Raisin Salad

Jump to recipe.

Pages: Page 1 Page 2

Written by:
Susan S. Bradley
Published on:
March 22, 2017

Categories: Cauliflower | Romanesco, Salads, Spring & Summer Salads, Spring FeverTags: Asian-inspired, cauliflower, salad, spring

About Susan S. Bradley

Intrepid cook, food writer, culinary instructor, creator of the LunaCafe blog, author of Pacific Northwest Palate: Four Seasons of Great Cooking, and former director of the Northwest Culinary Academy.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Margaret Clover

    March 29, 2017 at 2:25 am

    The recipe is very simple and easy; it also helps us think of other ways we can make foods easily without always having to dig up new recipes. Cauliflower is the best vegetable for making different kinds of meals. You can boil it, roast it, fry it or eat it raw. I also have to mention two of the most important nutritional benefits of cauliflower: 1) it is low in fat and 2) high in water and Vitamin C.

    Best wishes!

    • Susan S. Bradley

      June 6, 2017 at 10:11 am

      Thanks Margaret! 🙂

Trackbacks

  1. Warm Spinach Mushroom Salad with Bacon Honey Dressing says:
    December 30, 2014 at 5:41 pm

    […] Warm Cauliflower Salad with Edamame & Raisins […]

  2. Little Bit of Everything Health Recipe Round Up says:
    March 8, 2014 at 4:33 am

    […] The Luna Cafe – Warmed Cauliflower Salad with Edamame and Raisins […]

Primary Sidebar

Susan S. Bradley

Intrepid cook, food writer, culinary instructor, creator of the LunaCafe blog, author of Pacific Northwest Palate: Four Seasons of Great Cooking, and former director of the Northwest Culinary Academy. Read More…

Find Recipes By Category

Recent Adventures

Fresh Apricot Ginger Peasant Cake

Fresh Apricot Ginger Peasant Cake is a simple, earthy cake in the Clafouti …

Continue Reading about Fresh Apricot Ginger Peasant Cake

Mulled Apple Cider with Winter Spices

Mulled Apple Cider with Warm Winter Spices, Cayenne & Hibiscus

Have you ever wondered what “mulled” actually means? As in Mulled Apple Cider? I always assumed …

Continue Reading about Mulled Apple Cider with Warm Winter Spices, Cayenne & Hibiscus

Apple Pandowdy (Juicy Caramel, Upside-Down, Broken Crust Skillet Pie)

Apple Pandowdy (Juicy Caramel, Upside-Down, Broken Crust Skillet Pie)

Okay first things first. What's a pandowdy? Or is it pan dowdy? And does "dowdy" mean what I …

Continue Reading about Apple Pandowdy (Juicy Caramel, Upside-Down, Broken Crust Skillet Pie)

Blueberry Lavender Limeade

After I created Fresh Blueberry Lime Sauce earlier this summer, I devoted myself to spooning it over …

Continue Reading about Blueberry Lavender Limeade

Search our site

Newsletter

Sign up to receive email updates and to hear about our latest adventures!

We won't sell your email or send you spam.

Explore more

Footer

The LunaCafe

Copyright 2014-2021 | Susan S. Bradley. All Rights Reserved.

Copyright © 2023 · Navigation Pro by Shay Bocks · Built on the Genesis Framework · Powered by WordPress

  • Block Examples