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, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE
in Recipes, Meal, Side dish Low carb cauliflower cheese
Hey... wait. There's broccoli in my cauliflower? Yes. Experience this creative combo that delivers low carb deliciousness like no other. You won’t be disappointed!
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Ingredients
- 1 lb (5 cups) 450 g (1.2 liters) frozen or fresh broccoli, cut into florets
- 7 oz. (4⁄5 cup) 200 g (210 ml) cream cheese
- 1 cup 240 ml heavy whipping cream
- 2 oz. 55 g butter, more for greasing the pan
- salt and pepper
- 2 tsp 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1¾ lbs 800 g cauliflower, cut into small florets
- 2 cups (8 oz.) 475 ml (230 g) cheddar cheese, shredded
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
- Place broccoli florets in a pot. Add water until covered and bring to a boil. Cook until the broccoli is fork-tender.
- When done, strain broccoli and discard the water. Add the cream cheese, heavy whipping cream, butter, salt, pepper, and garlic powder to the pot, and puree with an immersion blender. Once combined, add the broccoli and puree until smooth.
- Grease a 9 x 12” baking dish with some butter. Add cauliflower florets to the baking dish.
- Pour the broccoli cream sauce over the florets and top with shredded cheese. Bake in the oven for 40 minutes or until the cauliflower is fork-tender and the top is golden brown.
Tip!
You can also enjoy this dish with a couple of eggs — it's totally satisfying!
95 comments
Sounds great! Next time you want to make the old favourite Chicken a la King and you don't have mushrooms; use cooked cauliflower instead then also add the sweet pepper (red or green) I prefer red and the rest of the ingredients you normally would.
Its really good!
Thanks,
Jim.
Hover your mouse under Moderate Low Carb and it will show you how many carbs per serving.
I also had to bake it for 35 min. Longer.
The cauliflower wasn't done enough. I think it should be pre-cooked a little to speed up the bake time.
We eat it whit some baked cod. We will make this more for sure.
Thank you very much for the recipes and the good information on the site!!!
I made a very similar dish once from the Settlement Cookbook where you melted cream cheese with half and half and poured it over lightly sautéed chicken breasts and baked it. I sprinkled some paprika and parmesan on top as an addition. Now, having made this broccoli sauce, I'm going to try it with the chicken breast.
Another great and simple, low carb high fat nutritious recipe from Diet Doctor!