>> Hilah: Hey dudes.
I’m Hilah.
Welcome to Hilah Cooking.
So I’ve been getting a lot of requests for like healthy food but I’m all like, “What
the health is that guys?”
Just kidding but today I’m going to show you how to make a whole roasted cauliflower
head which is a very dramatic and delicious way to present a very healthy vegetable and
it also ties into a new book I’ve been working on.
It’s going to be released soon that this recipe is in there and it’s about Paleo
cooking which is kind of like Atkins and also happens to be gluten-free.
So while I make the cauliflower, I brought my friend Vic Magary who is a Paleo and fitness
expert and he has got a blog.
His blog is VicMagary.com and he’s just going to kind of tell us a little bit more
about like what the Paleo diet is, what kind of stuff you might find in the cookbook and
we will make a roasted cauliflower.
Does that sound yummy?
>> Vic: Hmm, it sounds yummy.
>> Hilah: You look like you’re lying.
>> Vic: I’m having flashbacks when I had to eat cauliflower when I was a kid but no,
definitely cauliflower is going to be delicious.
Roasted cauliflower is going be amazing, definitely fits into the Paleo diet which – I mean
it’s getting a lot of media attention lately but it basically just breaks down to if a
caveman couldn’t eat it, if you couldn’t eat it raw or cooked with nothing more than
a pointy stick and open flame, then you’re not going to be able to eat it.
That breaks down to what?
Meat, vegetables, fruit, nuts and that’s about it.
>> Hilah: All right.
Cool.
Well, I think cauliflower fits in there.
So we will start that.
I wish I had a stick to roast it on.
That would be cooler.
Damn it.
OK.
So I’m going to work on coring this out.
How did you get started with Paleo?
>> Vic: Very much so due to the – I guess the effectiveness of it.
It wasn’t like I’m some big Paleo expert from a scientific research standpoint.
It’s more so from experience.
Putting people on that diet whether it’s myself or my clients has always led to the
best in body composition meaning it has caused weight loss without causing any kind of muscle
deterioration.
Just fat loss is a good thing but also performance-based metrics, things like increased strength, endurance,
power output, all those things definitely factor in with eating eating in a manner that
includes lots of vegetables, some meat, some fruit and some nuts.
>> Hilah: Right.
I think a lot of people have the idea that Paleo or Atkins is like you just meat all
the time.
>> Vic: No, no, vegetables are if anything the key and so we’re cooking up some cauliflower
today.
>> Hilah: Yeah.
All right.
So I just got all the green leaves cut off and kind of like get some of the stem out
of there.
It will cook a little bit faster.
Then I’ve got this cast iron skillet we’re going to put here.
>> Vic: OK.
>> Hilah: A little bit of oil and I take the salt here.
You will be in charge of the salt.
>> Vic: All right.
>> Hilah: So I’m just going to massage it.
>> Vic: OK.
>> Hilah: It kind of feels like a good little hand massage.
>> Vic: All right.
>> Hilah: Kind of get it all in there.
All right.
So you want to sprinkle or maybe put maybe half a teaspoon of salt in your hand.
>> Vic: Half a teaspoon.
>> Hilah: Let’s check your eyeball skills.
>> Vic: All right.
That’s as close as we’re getting.
>> Hilah: OK, that looks good.
So yeah, sprinkle that over it and that’s pretty much it.
We’re just going to put it in the oven for about an hour at 450 and then I will make
a little vinaigrette saucy thing to go over it.
>> Vic: All right, sounds good.
>> Hilah: OK.
OK, look.
It has been an hour.
Look, it’s all golden brown and stuff.
>> Vic: It looks delicious.
>> Hilah: It smells pretty tasty.
I’m going to put it on this plate so we don’t burn the shit out of ourselves and
I have a special little Vic-aigrette that I made up in your honor.
So it’s just lemon juice and olive oil and a healthy spoonful of some super chunky grainy
mustard, a little salt.
Not too much because extra salt is bad for your kidneys and stuff and then some – I’m
using cilantro.
Do you like cilantro?
>> Vic: Oh yeah, I love cilantro.
>> Hilah: OK, good.
Parsley is good too.
All right.
Then I’m just going to like – and it runs down into all the little crevices of our cauliflower.
>> Vic: Yeah.
>> Hilah: And it makes like a cauliflower mountain and now you’re probably wondering,
“How the F are we going to eat this you crazy lunatic lady?”
So we will cut it into quarters.
>> Vic: All right, good.
>> Hilah: And then we will have four servings.
>> Vic: Awesome.
>> Hilah: So this would be like a good substitute for like pasta or …
>> Vic: Right, I mean that’s kind of the big thing people say.
Oh, I want to start eating more healthy and get rid of the grain-based foods such as the
bread, the pasta, or even the rice or even potatoes to some extent, even though it’s
not a grain but oftentimes people want to avoid them.
They don’t know what to use for a side dish and this is an amazing alternative if you’re
looking for that side dish to accompany whatever your protein source is, your steak, chicken,
fish, whatever it may be.
>> Hilah: Yeah.
OK.
So this is going to be real hot.
>> Vic: Yeah, give me a fork.
>> Hilah: OK.
>> Vic: That is outstanding.
>> Hilah: Yay!
>> Vic: Well done.
>> Hilah: Isn’t it good?
>> Vic: Oh, it’s delicious.
>> Hilah: I love that vinaigrette on there, that Vic-aigrette.
OK.
Well thank you so much for watching.
My new cookbook will be out soon.
So you will hear about that I’m sure and thanks so much for coming on, Vic.
>> Vic: Thank you so much, Hilah.
>> Hilah: Yay!
Bye, guys.
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