Cheesy Cauliflower bake!
My Mom's cheesy cauliflower recipe, To die for!
1 cauliflower
3 tbsps butter
3 tbsps flour
11/2 cups skim milk
1/2 cup grated cheese ( I use lower fat cheese, like swiss or low fat mixed colby jack, any cheese works)
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 cup of any kind of bread crumbs.
Cut up cauliflower into florets and boil in salted water for about 20 mins or until it is soft.
Drain and place in a casserole dish.
Preheat oven to 400
Make a roux .
Take butter and melt over medium heat and mix in the flour
Stir constantly you don't want it to burn!!
Once the roux is thick and becomes a paste it is ready..
Mix in the milk
Add salt and pepper
Add the cheese. Sometimes I use a little more if it doesn't taste cheesy enough
Cook and stir until thick. (about 10 mins)
Pour sauce over cauliflower.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper
Top lightly with bread crumbs
Put in the oven for about 15 mins until bubbly Sometimes I will broil it the last few minutes to make sure the bread crumbs are toasted!
Although I don't know the exact calories I looked up a lot of similar dishes and came up with a middle ground.
It is so delicious, it taste like cheesy potatoes but it's not!!
170 calories for 1 1/2 cups
12 fat
10 carbs
4 sugars
1 cauliflower
3 tbsps butter
3 tbsps flour
11/2 cups skim milk
1/2 cup grated cheese ( I use lower fat cheese, like swiss or low fat mixed colby jack, any cheese works)
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 cup of any kind of bread crumbs.
Cut up cauliflower into florets and boil in salted water for about 20 mins or until it is soft.
Drain and place in a casserole dish.
Preheat oven to 400
Make a roux .
Take butter and melt over medium heat and mix in the flour
Stir constantly you don't want it to burn!!
Once the roux is thick and becomes a paste it is ready..
Mix in the milk
Add salt and pepper
Add the cheese. Sometimes I use a little more if it doesn't taste cheesy enough
Cook and stir until thick. (about 10 mins)
Pour sauce over cauliflower.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper
Top lightly with bread crumbs
Put in the oven for about 15 mins until bubbly Sometimes I will broil it the last few minutes to make sure the bread crumbs are toasted!
Although I don't know the exact calories I looked up a lot of similar dishes and came up with a middle ground.
It is so delicious, it taste like cheesy potatoes but it's not!!
170 calories for 1 1/2 cups
12 fat
10 carbs
4 sugars
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Bump! Yummy, I love cauliflower.0
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Sounds good!!0
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Sounds fantastic! Thank you for sharing!!0
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I'm just going to thank you for not trying to substitute butter for something that is very much not butter (or any of the other real ingredients for that matter). This is a cauliflower recipe I may actually try.0
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Bump.0
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Sounds good, thank you!0
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Definitely going to try this sometime. Maybe I'll add in some chicken, too.0
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Yummo!0
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bump!!0
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Definitely going to try this sometime. Maybe I'll add in some chicken, too.0
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bump- love cauliflower! And it looks like something that can be personalized. I like the chicken idea.0
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Bump!!0
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This looks delish!0
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This sounds great!! Definitely have to try this! I will be soooo happy if this really does taste like cheesy potatoes!0
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Bump! Thanks!0
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If you want to know the exact calories why not put in recipe maker on here-i suspect it may be more depending on size of your tablespoon level ? heaped ? and amount and type of cheese used.
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thanks, just started to like cauliflower again ! this sounds yum !0
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bump! sounds amazing!0
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Yum0
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Yuuum!0
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OMG-I have been looking for this recipe. My aunt used to make it every xmas and it was my favorite dish as a child. I am soooo making this for my family this xmas.0
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bump for Christmas dinner!0
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