Baked Sticky Orange Cauliflower Bites
[Vegan]

To Make the Cauliflower:

1. Preheat your oven to 450°F and line your baking sheet with parchment paper. **NOTE: Doing this step is a MUST to prevent sticking.**
2. In a medium bowl, add water, flour, sea salt, black pepper, smoked paprika, dried parsley, red pepper flakes, and garlic powder and whisk together until fully combined. Set aside.
3. In a separate bowl, add bread crumbs and set aside also.
4. Now, dip each cauliflower into batter (shaking off any excess) and then toss into bread crumbs. Then lay each cauliflower side by side on the baking sheet (about an inch apart). Repeat until all cauliflower are coated.
5. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown and “crunchy” looking.

To Make Orange Sauce:

1. In a small saucepan on medium-high heat, add all ingredients (except for the arrowroot starch) and bring to a slight boil whisking everything together.
2. Once sauce thickens a bit, reduce heat and add arrowroot starch mixture, whisking it in until sauce begins to thicken more. Remove from heat and set aside.
3. When the cauliflower bites are done, remove them from the oven and carefully add them into the sauce immediately. Toss them carefully until fully coated and sauce is super sticky and stuck onto the bites. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
4. To serve, add cauliflower bites to a salad, atop pasta, as a topping on pizza, with quinoa or rice, or by themselves with dipping sauce.
5. Bon Appetit!