Gluten Free Cauliflower Bake
Wesley is recently (and by recently I mean since October) GLUTEN FREE.
This has completely changed our lives. Sometimes I think for the better....but when I pass a Wendy's, or Panda Express....I have to say that I shed a small tear. Now, I can still go to these places by myself but it was so easy to send him for green bean chicken and a fried rice bowl! Boom. Love it.
Now - I feel guilt. Guilty when I eat good sourdough. Guilty when I can have legit Chinese food (yes...soy sauce has gluten in it....yes...we have gluten-free soy sauce...blah....). But honestly, it has been good for both of us. I actually eat WAY less carbs, and way less junk. That being said, I do make a significant amount of more healthy food.
I love cooking and any time I can find a recipe that tastes good and is gluten-free (GF) I feel like it is a WIN!!! Wesley will eat practically anything...but I won't. So I am the one who has to approve things. I am going to start two labels on here called "gluten free" and "skinny taste" so if you'd like to see more recipes I cook that are both of those things...check it out on the lower right sidebar!
Tonight I ventured into cauliflower. Apparently there is a whole movement on making cauliflower into everything you can think of. It is a bland, white vegetable that really has no taste by itself. However, whatever you put with it or mash with it, can make it take on that flavor pretty easily. I haven't made actual cauliflower "noodles" yet...however...I have tried them. Delish.
So the first step of this adventure involves...you guessed it!!! CAULIFLOWER!! Get a large head of it, cut it up into BITE SIZED pieces and set aside. I used one of my nesting bowls that has a pour spout...works great for the next step coming up....
After (or before if you wish) cook your bacon in the oven. Place the bacon on tin foil, place in the oven, turn the oven on to 400 degrees and set the timer for 20 minutes. DO NOT PREHEAT! :o)
After your cauliflower looks super pretty in the bowl, get a dutch oven, or similar sized pot, and boil some good ol' water. Once boiling, add your cauliflower and keep it at a boil for 8-10 minutes. This gets them nice and soft!
When time is up, DRAIN. Wow...is this stuff HOT. I mean, after a bit, noodles will tend to cool enough for me to pick them up...and for sure stop steaming...but this cauliflower steamed for FOREVER! I even put it in the fridge to try and cool it off more...and my whole fridge was filled with steam!! So I only "cooled" it for about five minutes.
While "cooling" the cauliflower, I made my mixture for the casserole. I had previously taken the bacon out of the oven, and now I was going to cut half of it up (using handy-dandy kitchen shears) and add it to one cup of colby-jack cheese, 1/2 cup mayo, and 1/2 cup sour cream. While this is no the most healthy group of mix-ins...it was delish. I assume I could mix different ideas in here...please comment below with any suggestions!!
Mix Mix Mix!
This has completely changed our lives. Sometimes I think for the better....but when I pass a Wendy's, or Panda Express....I have to say that I shed a small tear. Now, I can still go to these places by myself but it was so easy to send him for green bean chicken and a fried rice bowl! Boom. Love it.
Now - I feel guilt. Guilty when I eat good sourdough. Guilty when I can have legit Chinese food (yes...soy sauce has gluten in it....yes...we have gluten-free soy sauce...blah....). But honestly, it has been good for both of us. I actually eat WAY less carbs, and way less junk. That being said, I do make a significant amount of more healthy food.
I love cooking and any time I can find a recipe that tastes good and is gluten-free (GF) I feel like it is a WIN!!! Wesley will eat practically anything...but I won't. So I am the one who has to approve things. I am going to start two labels on here called "gluten free" and "skinny taste" so if you'd like to see more recipes I cook that are both of those things...check it out on the lower right sidebar!
Tonight I ventured into cauliflower. Apparently there is a whole movement on making cauliflower into everything you can think of. It is a bland, white vegetable that really has no taste by itself. However, whatever you put with it or mash with it, can make it take on that flavor pretty easily. I haven't made actual cauliflower "noodles" yet...however...I have tried them. Delish.
So the first step of this adventure involves...you guessed it!!! CAULIFLOWER!! Get a large head of it, cut it up into BITE SIZED pieces and set aside. I used one of my nesting bowls that has a pour spout...works great for the next step coming up....
After (or before if you wish) cook your bacon in the oven. Place the bacon on tin foil, place in the oven, turn the oven on to 400 degrees and set the timer for 20 minutes. DO NOT PREHEAT! :o)
After your cauliflower looks super pretty in the bowl, get a dutch oven, or similar sized pot, and boil some good ol' water. Once boiling, add your cauliflower and keep it at a boil for 8-10 minutes. This gets them nice and soft!
When time is up, DRAIN. Wow...is this stuff HOT. I mean, after a bit, noodles will tend to cool enough for me to pick them up...and for sure stop steaming...but this cauliflower steamed for FOREVER! I even put it in the fridge to try and cool it off more...and my whole fridge was filled with steam!! So I only "cooled" it for about five minutes.
While "cooling" the cauliflower, I made my mixture for the casserole. I had previously taken the bacon out of the oven, and now I was going to cut half of it up (using handy-dandy kitchen shears) and add it to one cup of colby-jack cheese, 1/2 cup mayo, and 1/2 cup sour cream. While this is no the most healthy group of mix-ins...it was delish. I assume I could mix different ideas in here...please comment below with any suggestions!!
Wes likes Mushrooms....I say BLAH. But if you want to add them...do it. I only added on 1/2....because they are totally yuck.
Mix Mix Mix!
Place in casserole, top with remaining pieces of bacon, cheese (and whatever else you want...like yucky mushrooms.) Turn up your oven to 425...and bake for 15-20 minutes!
Wes gave it 4.5/5 stars...which is saying something for him. I'll judge it once I eat it for leftovers...
CAULIFLOWER BAKE
1 Large head of cauliflower
6-8 strips of bacon, cooked.
1/2 C mayo
1/2 C sour cream
2 C colby jack
Add ins.....
- Chop up cauliflower into large pieces.
- Cook bacon in the oven at 400 for 20 minutes
- Boil cauliflower pieces in pot for 8-10 minutes, cool as much as possible.
- In a bowl combine mayo, sour cream, 1 C cheese, 1/2 of the bacon and any add-ins.
-When cool, add cauliflower to mixture.
- Add total mixture to casserole, top with remaining cheese and bacon.
- Bake at 425 for 15-20 minutes.
Comments
Post a Comment