Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Feta, Capers, and Red Pepper

I love the Greek flavors in Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Feta, Capers, and Red Pepper and this salad has some of my favorite ingredients! And if you’ve never tried roasted cauliflower in a salad, you’re in for a treat!

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This Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Feta, Capers, and Red Pepper is a recipe I came up with when I had cauliflower in the vegetable crisper that needed to be used. I loved the salad and made it several times through the years, and recently I decided this salad must have better photos to show off how absolutely amazing it is!

And wow, did I ever enjoying eating the leftovers, which lasted for several days in the fridge. So even though we’re probably just barely on the cusp of salad weather this year, I’m sharing it with my very enthusiastic recommendation to make this salad right away!

I’m calling this cauliflower recipe a salad, because it’s good eaten at room temperature or even cold, but you can definitely serve this warm and call it a side dish. And if you like Greek flavors and are a fan of cauliflower, I bet you’re going to like it as much as I did.

What ingredients do you need for this recipe?

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• large head cauliflower
• Feta cheese
• red bell pepper
• Capers (affiliate link)
• green onions
• fresh-squeezed lemon juice (I used my fresh-frozen lemon juice)
• Greek Seasoning (affiliate link)
• fresh ground black pepper to taste (use a generous amount)
• extra-virgin Olive Oil (affiliate link)

Is this a warm cauliflower salad?

This cauliflower salad is made with roasted cauliflower and the salad is delicious whether it’s served warm or cold, and I think that makes this a perfect salad to make any time of year.

How low in carbs is this cauliflower salad?

This tasty salad with roasted cauliflower, red peppers, capers, and Feta cheese has only 7 net carbs per serving!

How did I improve this favorite cauliflower salad?

Of course I can’t help myself when I update a recipe, and I made a couple of tiny changes in this salad. I decided to roast the red peppers with the cauliflower, which I thought was a nice change. And I slightly increased the amount of Feta cheese and capers, and upped the amount of dressing just a bit to make it an even more tangy combination of flavors.

What if you don’t want to buy Greek Seasoning for the cauliflower salad?

I love Greek Seasoning and use it often. But here’s a recipe Greek seasoning if you don’t have that in your spice cabinet. Make your own, or just use the ingredients from that list that you do have to season the dressing for this salad.

How to make Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Feta, Capers, and Red Pepper:

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1. Preheat the oven to 425F/220C. Spray a large baking sheet with non-stick spray or olive oil.
2. Cut cauliflower into smallish bite-sized pieces.
3. Cut a large red bell pepper into half-inch pieces.
4. Whisk together lemon juice, olive oil, Greek Seasoning (affiliate link), and black pepper.
5. Put cauliflower and red pepper into a bowl and toss well with the dressing, until veggie pieces are at least partly coated with dressing.
6. Spread out the cauliflower and peppers in a single layer on a large baking sheet and put it in the oven to roast.
7. Let the cauliflower roast without turning for 30 minutes. Here’s how it looked when it came out of the oven.  
8. While the vegetables roast, rinse the capers and let them drain. (This might be optional, but I usually rinse them.)
9. Thinly slice the green onion, both white and green parts.
10. If you’d like you can just crumble the Feta, but I cut it into small squares which I enjoyed biting into when I was eating the salad.
11. Toss the hot cauliflower and peppers with the Feta (in the same bowl) and let it cool for 10 minutes.
12. Then stir in the capers and thinly sliced green onion.  Season to taste with more fresh ground pepper as desired and serve.

Make it a Low-Carb Meal:

I’d happily eat this Roasted Cauliflower Salad as a main-dish salad, but it would also be great for dinner as a side dish for something like Very Greek Grilled Chicken, Salmon Roasted in Olive Oil, or Saffron Chicken. (And I ate my leftovers for breakfast two days in a row and thoroughly enjoyed it as well!)

More Delicious Cauliflower with Greek Flavors:

• Greek Cauliflower Rice Bake
• Instant Pot Cauliflower Rice Greek Chicken Bowls
• Broccoli Cauliflower Salad with Feta

Weekend Food Prep:

This cauliflower salad recipe has been added to a category called Weekend Food Prep  to help you find recipes you can prep or cook on the weekend and eat during the week!

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Yield: 6 servings

Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Feta, Capers, and Red Pepper

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

My tastebuds were blown away by this Low-Carb Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Feta, Capers, and Red Pepper and this tasty cauliflower salad is perfect for a side dish!

Ingredients

Salad Ingredients

• 1 large head cauliflower, stem and core cut out and cut into small bite-sized pieces
• 8 oz. Feta cheese, cut into small cubes
• 1 large red bell pepper, chopped into 1/2 inch pieces
• 4 T capers
• 4 large green onions, thinly sliced

Dressing Ingredients

• 3 T fresh-squeezed lemon juice (I used my fresh-frozen lemon juice)
• 2 tsp. Greek seasoning (see notes)
• fresh ground black pepper to taste (use a generous amount)
• 4 1/2 T extra-virgin olive oil

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 425F/220C. Spray a large baking sheet with non-stick spray or olive oil.
2. Cut the cauliflower heads into quarters and cut away the stem and core parts; then cut each cauliflower apart into small bite-sized pieces.  (If you cut the cauliflower into larger pieces, then cut down through the stem and pull it apart into smaller pieces, you can eliminate a lot of the crumbly mess you get if you slice through the cauliflower.)
3. Cut the stem and core part out of the red bell pepper and cut bell pepper into 1/2 inch pieces.
4. Whisk together the lemon juice (I used my fresh-frozen lemon juice), Greek Seasoning (affiliate link), and a generous amount of freshly ground black pepper; then whisk in the olive oil.
5. Put the cauliflower and red pepper pieces into a bowl and toss with the dressing mixture until all the pieces of cauliflower are at least partly coated with dressing.
6. Spread cauliflower out in a single layer on the roasting pan and put in the oven to start roasting.
7. While the cauliflower cooks, measure the capers, and rinse with cold water and let drain.
8. Slice the green onions into thin slices.
9. Let the cauliflower roast without turning for 30 minutes, or until it’s starting to look lightly browned and the sides that are touching the roasting pan are getting browned.
10. When it’s done, put the cauliflower and red pepper pieces back into the bowl you tossed it in previously and stir in the cubes of Feta.
11. Let the cauliflower cool for 10 minutes, then stir in the capers, and thinly sliced green onion.
12. Season to taste with more fresh-ground black pepper as desired and serve.

Notes

Recipe created by Kalyn when she had cauliflower in the fridge that needed to be used.

Nutrition Information

Yield

6

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 237Total Fat 19gSaturated Fat 7gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 11gCholesterol 34mgSodium 1012mgCarbohydrates 11gFiber 4gSugar 6gProtein 9g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.

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Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
This cauliflower salad with Greek flavors is perfect for low-carb eating plans, including Keto. Cauliflower is a also perfect vegetable for the original South Beach Diet.

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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This salad with cauliflower, Feta, capers, and red pepper was first posted April 2014. It was updated with better photos and slight improvements to the recipe in 2020 and was last updated with more information in 2024.

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