These Pineapple Teriyaki Baked Cauliflower Poppers are a delicious healthy appetizer, side dish or snack. They are easy-to-make and only contain a few ingredients! They are also paleo, vegan and whole 30 friendly!
I know what you’re thinking, 2 non-breakfast/dessert recipes in one week!? What’s wrong?
Let me tell you friend, nothing is wrong, we just stepped up our non-breakfast/dessert recipe game! And also we wanted to post these Pineapple Teriyaki Cauliflower Poppers for this month’s Recipe Redux Theme: Small Plates For Sunny Days
“Small bites are perfect for trying many different tastes. Take tapas style eating outside for al fresco dining or a simple picnic. Or maybe you’re serving small bites at a bridal or baby shower or a graduation party. Show us your healthy take on small plates and finger foods.”
AKA FINGER FOODS! Who doesn’t love food that you can eat with your hands!? It’s the best kind of food (besides oatmeal anyways). These Pineapple Teriyaki Cauliflower Poppers are perfect for warm weather and as a tasty finger food. I don’t know why, but cauliflower poppers don’t get that much attention these days.
It’s all about the cauliflower rice and cauliflower pizzas. Don’t get me wrong, I love those both, but cauliflower poppers are so underrated! That’s why we decided to highlight the beauty of cauliflower in “popper” form for this redux challenge in a healthier and just-as-tasty way!
Unlike traditional poppers, these ones are gluten-free but still have a breading to them, thanks to coconut flour. The breading also consists of a homemade pineapple-teriyaki sauce that takes less than 2 minutes to make, making these poppers crispy and flavorful.
They are super-addicting, but thankfully, they are completely guilt-free so it’s okay if you eat the whole batch in one sitting (not that I would do that).
Not only are these poppers gluten-free, but they are also vegan, paleo and whole 30 friendly and make the perfect appetizer, side dish or healthy snack!
Pineapple Teriyaki Baked Cauliflower Poppers {Paleo, Vegan + Whole 30!}
Ingredients
- 1 small head cauliflower chopped into bite-sized pieces
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- SAUCE
- 1/2 cup pineapple pureed
- 1/4 cup coconut aminos
- 1 tbsp sesame seed oil
- 1 tsp ground ginger
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- Add cauliflower and coconut flour in a bowl and stir to coat
- Combine all sauce ingredients and add to bowl and mix to coat cauliflower
- Place cauliflower on baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes, or until golden.
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I think someone is on a pineapple kick 😉 No shame!
These are fun and a great change up from the boring old buffalo ones!
PINNING!!! These look amazing!!! Love that you used coconut flour!!
Kaila@HealthyHelperBlog recently posted…Link Love 5/20/16
These look amazing! Yessssss
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YUM!!! These look amazing! I just adore cauliflower and how versatile it is!! What a great recipe! Thanks for sharing!!
xoxo Cailee!
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My mind is seriously blown by how simple the crispy coating is 😮 Must try!!
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Thanks so much Natalie! The coating is soooo good😉
Thanks Cailee! We love our cauliflower too
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I second that😉
Thanks Kaila! Coconut flour is the best! ☺
Yes its all about pineapple right now! Thanks Rebecca!☺
im loving it when you guys dont do breakfast recipes!! this is such a cool idea. it would be a wholeeee lot healthier than the sweet & salty popcorn i eat everytime my boyfriend and i sit down for a movie haha
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Mm… Yummy, I love how you nestled them in one of those baskets that I would normally associate with chicken fingers or nuggets. A new twist on cauliflower that looks really delicious… Would it be silly to say that ketchup sounds good on them?
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These look super delicious. I love how versatile caulifower is… you literally can do anything with it!
What a wonderful recipe this is, I can’t wait to try it. I had not heard of coconut aminos before and I had to Google it. I certainly would like to try that out. Thanks for sharing this with the readers of The Bloggers Pit Stop
Kathleen
SERIOUSLY! drooling over these! I am in love with pineapple at the moment! I definitely need to try this recipe ! YUM 😉
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I love the combination of flavors, yum!
These look incredible and so easy to. It’s a nice way to switch up regular old cauliflower.
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Oh wow these look delicious! I’ve made cauliflower buffalo poppers but this pineapple version sounds incredible!
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thank you! It’s a great combo 🙂
thank you I agree!
us too! Thanks!
Those look SO good! I need to go get some cauliflower asap… Thanks for sharing these at Savoring Saturdays!
thanks!
Wow, who knew cauliflower could look so delicious! Pinned to my Paleo & GF board. Stopping by from SITS Blogging and hope you linkup with us at Small Victories Sunday Linkup this weekend! New linkup starts at 8p EST tonight.
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I just love your recipe for these cauliflower poppers, and can’t wait to try them. Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great weekend!
Miz Helen
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Wow!! These look amazing! Why have I never thought to make my own cauliflower poppers? 😀
Are these supposed to be crunchy? Mine turned out quite mooshy…
I wasuper excited to try these as I’m doing the Whole30 and looking for new snack ideas. Made these and they were mushy. Seems like they need more oil and/or a hotter oven to make them crisp. I also think there was waaay too much coconut flour. I couldn’t blend it all in. Maybe I goofed a step but these were a fail in my kitchen.
Hi Nancy,
Thank you for your honest opinion. We enjoyed them, but we will recreate the measurements to make them crispier! Thanks 🙂