Today is Day Two of SIDE DISHES.
Today's dish is another dish that I've been making for awhile
and when I made it last week, the Colonel said to me,
"Have you shared this recipe with your blogger friends?"
I said, "No, it's just cauliflower."
Well, as you can see, he persuaded me to share this
"just cauliflower" recipe with you today.
Cauliflower with Creamy Cheese Sauce...
The cheese sauce I use is the SAME sauce for
Olivia's Mac and Cheese.
It's a beautiful cheese sauce and really easy to prepare.
AND it freezes great.
Ingredients
(Cheesy Cream Sauce)
2 Tbs. butter
2 Tbs. flour
2 cups half and half (I've used fat free and it works great)
1 chicken bouillon cube
One good squirt of mustard (I use a horse radish flavor)
salt and pepper
1 cup WHITE cheddar cheese
1 cup Monterrey Jack cheese
Let's begin!
Melt 2 Tbs. butter in a heavy sauce pan...
Add the 2 Tbs. flour and combine with the melted butter.
Add the 2 cups of half and half and cook until slightly thickened...
Add the squirt of mustard, salt and pepper and the bouillon cube.
Continue cooking until the mixture thickens.
Add the 2 cups of cheese...
Remove from heat and continue to stir until the cheese has completely melted...
Creamy Cheese Sauce complete!
Now, depending on how much cauliflower you're cooking,
you're NOT going to use all the creamy cheese sauce.
Don't worry.
The creamy cheese sauce freezes GREAT.
Or save the extra and use it again as Mac and Cheese
in the next few days.
Now, let's move on to putting the dish together!
Ingredients:
Cauliflower that has been cut into smaller pieces
(I used about 2 cups of cauliflower)
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
½ cup Panko OR regular bread crumbs
(Panko bread crumbs give a nice crunch)
Creamy Cheese Sauce
(I used about 1 cup of sauce)
Place the cauliflower in a container and microwave for a few
minutes until it is fork tender...
Place your cauliflower in a casserole dish,
pour the creamy cheese sauce over the cauliflower...
Sprinkle the Panko bread crumbs and shredded
cheddar cheese on top.
Pretend you see the Panko bread crumbs here...
Bake at 415 degrees for about 15 to 20 minutes
or until the cauliflower is bubbly...
So delicious!
On the menu at our house tonight:
Pot Roast
Buttered Noodles
Cauliflower with Creamy Cheese Sauce
Enjoy your day!
Tomorrow is DAY THREE..
I'm thinking Green.
Come back and see!
Jennifer says
Hi Lois -
Its me....old time blogging buddy, Jennifer. Well, I'm not so much blogging lately but I really do like to make time to sit down and catch up on my favorite blogs. It has been (too) long since I've done even that but I have enjoyed looking through your past post - and especially the recipes.
I could enjoy dinner every night at your house:) The cauliflower sounds delicious - and I think it is cute that the Colonel suggested it for your blog. He is on his blogging game:)
Hope everyone is doing well - and Olivia is enjoying school. Maybe you'll get some snow tonight?? It seems to be headed that way from here - although our snow should be pretty puny. (not that I mind...)
All is well here. Thanks for your comment not too long ago - checking in on me. That was sweet. Not sure when I will post again - but I will definitely be by for a visit again soon.
Hugs.....Jennifer
Catherine says
Dear Lois, This looks like true comfort food. Blessings my dear, Catherine xo
Chatty Crone says
I am not big on this veggie - but cheese makes everything better! sandie
Sharon says
That is the only way I could get 2 of my 3 boys to eat cauliflower.
I made a similar sauce, mine did not have the mustard so I will have to give that a try.
Hugs
Paula says
Mmmm~ this sounds wonderful, Lois! With a recipe like this, I might actually get my hubby to eat cauliflower! *haha*
Karen says
I love cauliflower and cheese, and this recipe looks really good. I will have to try it. Thank you for clicking on my ads--I clicked on yours, too 😉 Have a great day! Karen
Marti says
Yummy! I love a good cheesy cream sauce. Thanks for the tut
LDH says
Looks so good! We have been having lots of cauliflower lately. Great recipe!
Debbie says
Good morning! Wish I had this recipe when I was feeding my boys....they might have eaten their cauliflower then, haha...this just sounds delicious...I made a corn casserole side dish that my boys used to fight over (they fought over food easily, (except for cauliflower and broccoli) haha) that was somewhat similar to this....like I said I could have sneaked the cauliflower in and they never would have known! Have a wonderful day Lois!
this would be just as good with broccoli huh?
April says
I've never been a big fan of cauliflower, but I definitely think this recipe might make all the difference!