Twice-Baked Cauliflower

We're going to my mom's household for Easter dinner this year. Well, nosotros to a greater extent than oftentimes than non e'er teach to her household for dinner. I asked what I could bring, together with she said we're having ham together with turkey, thence I said I could either brand funeral potatoes or this twice baked cauliflower dish I made when nosotros were doing depression carb awhile back. She said either would hold upward fine, thence I decided I'd teach amongst the cauliflower because it's healthier together with something different. Then I realized I had never posted it on my blog! So, if you're looking for a side dish for Easter dinner, regard this! It's super tasty. We originally had it amongst Pimento Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts together with the flavors complimented each other actually well! And they shared a lot of the same element which made preparing them at the same fourth dimension a full breeze.

Twice Baked Cauliflower
Source: Kalyn's Kitchen blog
Serves 6-8

ane large caput cauliflower
four oz. depression fatty cream cheese (do non usage fatty free)
1/2 loving cup depression fatty sour cream (do non usage fatty free)
1/4 loving cup minced greenish onions
1/4 loving cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese (If y'all exclusively own got finely grated Parmesan, usage a chip less)
half dozen slices bacon, cooked until rattling crisp, fatty blotted amongst newspaper towel together with thence crumbled
ane loving cup reduced fatty abrupt cheddar cheese


Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Cut out stalk together with center from cauliflower, together with cutting into small-scale pieces. Cook inward large pot of boiling salted H2O until cauliflower is tender, but non overly soft. Drain good together with squelch amongst murphy masher, leaving simply about chunks. Mix inward low-cal cream cheese, low-cal sour cream, greenish onion, Parmesan, together with 3/4 of the crumbled bacon.

Spread evenly inward a medium-sized drinking glass casserole dish. Sprinkle amongst low-fat cheddar cheese together with reserved bacon. Bake 30-35 minutes, or until hot together with bubbly.

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I mostly followed the recipe except I steamed the cauliflower instead of boiling it because I've e'er read that it's a ameliorate means to develop vegetables (so they continue to a greater extent than of their nutrients)--especially amongst cauliflower. I mean value we'll own got eleven people at Easter dinner, thence I mean value I'm going to double this. Plus it's thence tasty I actually don't heed having leftovers. My mom loves cauliflower, thence I promise she likes this.

This is a slap-up substitute for potatoes if you're doing no or depression carb. Don't teach me wrong, I dearest potatoes, but the seize amongst teeth of the cauliflower actually adds a lot to this, together with cauliflower is lower inward calories (significantly!) together with carbs (even to a greater extent than significantly!) than potatoes Plus Boy #1 doesn't similar potatoes (I know, it's weird!), together with he loved this.

Mashed cauliflower!

Please excuse the one-half eaten chicken breast, I forgot to own got a flick earlier nosotros started eating!