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Cauliflower Puttanesca

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Cauliflower Puttanesca on a white plate with olives and tomatoes.
Photo by Eva Kosmas Flores

I have always loved puttanesca, the promiscuously salty team of flavors that sauced one of my favorite pasta dishes before I went gluten-free. In this quick vegan take on the recipe, I channel that same bold flavor, warming olives, capers, chiles, and jarred roasted tomatoes (or sun-dried, in a pinch) and spooning them all over simply roasted cauliflower.

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