Low carb cauliflower cheese

Low carb cauliflower cheese

1
2
3
4
5
4.7
147 Ratings
Not enough ratings
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!
May 24 2016 recipe by , photo by , nutritional review by in Recipes, Meal, Side dish

Low carb cauliflower cheese

1
2
3
4
5
4.7
147 Ratings
Not enough ratings
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!
USMetric
6 servingservings

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
This recipe has been added to the shopping list.

Instructions

Instructions are for 6 servings. Please modify as needed.

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
  2. Place broccoli florets in a pot. Add water until covered and bring to a boil. Cook until the broccoli is fork-tender.
  3. 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.
  4. Grease a 9 x 12” baking dish with some butter. Add cauliflower florets to the baking dish.
  5. 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!

You might also like

DD+ MEMBERSHIP
Healthy meal plans
Meal plans that work

Want to lose weight and improve your health? Try a ketogenic (keto), low-carb, or high-protein diet. Stay on track by following our nutritionally reviewed meal plans.

Low-carb recipes
1,333 💙 Low-carb recipes

Whether you’re looking for high-protein, strict keto, or liberal low-carb recipes, here you’ll find tons of tasty recipes to choose from. Discover our wide range of healthy recipes.

The Diet Doctor food policy
Our food policy

There are many thoughts and ideas about what foods are and aren’t part of a healthy diet. Learn more about what foods you can expect from our recipes.

💬 Have you tried this recipe?

What did you think? Please share your thoughts in the comment section below!
1 2

95 comments

  1. 1
    Peggy
    May 25 2016
    I just made this and it is delicious. I added some onions and sausage to the recipe to create a main dish. I cut back on the garlic and amount of cream. I think it would have been too wet/runny if I'd used the full amount. It probably depends on how large your head of cauliflower is. Next time, I think I will also add some mushrooms. Also, I didn't add any salt and the end result still was plenty salty from the cheese and other ingredients.
  2. 2
    amy
    May 25 2016
    I made this for company and everybody loved it. After I blended the broccoli with all of the creamy stuff, I tasted the spoon and it was divine.. just that part.. it was like the most creamy broccoli soup ever.. :)
    Reply: #68
  3. 3
    Susie
    May 25 2016
    These instructions were a little confusing...you mix up the cooked broccoli with the cream and cream cheese??? Or, the cooked brocc and raw cauli get put in the dish and the sauce is poured over them???
    Reply: #4
  4. 4
    Reply to comment #3 by Susie
    Peter Biörck Team Diet Doctor
    May 25 2016
    Step 2 -4 : You cook your frozen broccoli and use them to make a sauce with cream cheese, heavy whipping cream, salt, pepper and garlic powder.

    These instructions were a little confusing...you mix up the cooked broccoli with the cream and cream cheese??? Or, the cooked brocc and raw cauli get put in the dish and the sauce is poured over them???

  5. 1 comment removed
  6. 6
    Gloria van Vorstenbosch
    May 25 2016
    Gloria

    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!

  7. 7
    Kaz
    June 4 2016
    I made this today but added minced beef to the dish so that I could have a complete dish. I added lots of spices to the meat including salt pepper paprika turmeric and a hint of chilli. It's in the oven cooking at the moment I hope it tastes good will let u know :)
    Reply: #9
  8. 8
    allen
    June 4 2016
    This was so delicious and was a hit for my non LCHF famiy members..........
  9. 9
    Reply to comment #7 by Kaz
    Kaz
    June 9 2016
    It was amazing yumm!!!
  10. 10
    Karen
    August 11 2016
    going to make this tonight! I think I will add a couple eggs to the sauce to make it more like a quiche. Will report the results!
  11. 11
    Teresa
    August 13 2016
    What size baking dish is this? 9" x 13"? 8" x 8"?
  12. 12
    jim calka
    August 19 2016
    This sounds awesome, and thx everyone for the creative ideas, I found a bit of confusion in the part with the butter. After I grease the dish with the butter, it says to leave the remainder of butter at the bottom of dish ? Like in a clump ? or melted ? or what ?
    Thanks,
    Jim.
    Replies: #14, #32
  13. 13
    Mark
    September 4 2016
    Just put mine in the oven...simple enough. I added fresh minced garlic from the garden and used fresh broccoli as well.
  14. 14
    Reply to comment #12 by jim calka
    Mark
    September 4 2016
    Jim, just leave it in a clump on the bottom...it will melt all over through cooking process..
  15. 15
    Pamela
    September 4 2016
    Am I missing something? I'd like to see carbs per serving listed with each recipe. Am I just not seeing it?
    Replies: #16, #60
  16. 16
    Reply to comment #15 by Pamela
    Liz
    September 4 2016
    Pamela,

    Hover your mouse under Moderate Low Carb and it will show you how many carbs per serving.

  17. 17
    Tracy
    September 25 2016
    Where can I get heavy shipping cream (uk)
    Reply: #19
  18. 18
    Tracy
    September 25 2016
    Whipping
    Reply: #61
  19. 19
    Reply to comment #17 by Tracy
    Amanda
    September 26 2016
    In the UK you'll want to buy regular whipping cream from your local grocer which has a fat content around 36%. In the US our whipping cream has a lower fat content so we have to buy "heavy" whipping cream to get the higher fat content. Hope this helps.
    Reply: #49
  20. 20
    Jacob
    September 29 2016
    cooking right now in the oven hope it tastes great!
  21. 21
    Jo
    September 29 2016
    Can I use full fat coconut milk as a partial substitute for the heavy whipping cream?
  22. 22
    Nikki
    October 24 2016
    This was great, but recipe was confusing. I ended up beating the cooked broccoli with my kitchen Aide with the cream and cream cheese. Wasn't sure if I was suppose to use an immersion tool...
    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.
    Reply: #31
  23. 23
    Ann
    November 11 2016
    We made the recipe this evening, it was very easy to make and very good and filling.
    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!!!
  24. 24
    Regina
    November 23 2016
    Can you freeze this once cooked and reheat? It really made way too much for one person.
    Reply: #30
  25. 25
    Fabulous
    January 16 2017
    Made this tonight for dinner. it's so rich, decadent, but yet has veggies and no starch! Bf loved it! I served it alongside some seared salmon. I followed the recipe to a T and it came out great! I would actually increase the amount of cauliflower next time (mine was kinda small). The sauce is amazing!

    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!

  26. 26
    Ciera
    January 18 2017
    I just made this and it is very good! My boyfriend hates cauliflower so i may try making this again with all broccoli.
  27. 27
    Elle
    January 18 2017
    Heavy whipping cream is double cream. Don't worry about the fat content per se. Too much faff. Just use double cream or single cream if you can't find double. It is annoying that recipes on the Internet, aka World Wide Web don't list ingredients in English and American. Garlic powder? Is garlic powder real food? Why not fresh garlic? What is the equivalent in real garlic? Anybody know?
    Reply: #33
  28. 28
    Janine
    January 27 2017
    Sooooooo good! When I ate it, I didn't miss mac and cheese or mashed potatoes at all!
  29. 29
    Kelly
    January 30 2017
    I made this last night! I doubled the recipe and added chicken to up the protein grams. The only thing I would do different is add maybe 1/3c. less cream. Other than that, it was PERFECT. Super filling and delicious. Next time I am adding mushrooms. Now my SO and I have lunches for the whole week....it's perfect! :)
  30. 30
    Reply to comment #24 by Regina
    Kelly
    January 30 2017
    I think so! In freezer baggies, or tupperware that's meant to go in the freezer.
  31. 31
    Reply to comment #22 by Nikki
    Kelly
    January 30 2017
    How big was your pan? I doubled my recipe and used a 13x9. I bet if you used a bigger pan, it would lessen the cook time. My cauliflower was perfect.
  32. 32
    Reply to comment #12 by jim calka
    Kelly
    January 30 2017
    I greased the pan with the butter, and whatever was leftover I cut into lots of chunks and scattered on the bottom of the pan....seemed to work out well!
  33. 33
    Reply to comment #27 by Elle
    Theresa
    April 20 2017
    Elle, from what I remember, 1/8 of a teaspoon of garlic powder is equivalent to 1 clove of garlic. Garlic Powder is simply dehydrated garlic and is therefore a 'real food.' Best...
  34. 34
    Sarah
    November 17 2017
    I'm wondering if some or all of this can be made ahead -- like the day before Thanksgiving -- and then the final baking done at mealtime. I made this fresh on Thanksgiving last year, and absolutely love it... Just trying to make things less stressful this time, but I don't want to ruin it!
  35. 35
    Jes
    January 27 2018
    How do you know How much a seeving is??
  36. 36
    Grace
    January 29 2018
    I love all those recipes, unfortunately, instructions sometimes very confusing and incomplete, a.o. what size of baking dish to use, soft butter, cold butter, soft cream cheese etc.
  37. 37
    Rachael
    February 4 2018
    Just noticed there is a us or metric button on top of page I can know do it in grames
  38. 38
    sarah
    February 14 2018
    Nothing special. I don't know about these reviews. It was okay, not bad, good but nothing i would make again.
  39. 39
    Alison
    May 11 2018
    Absolutely delicious. Easy recipe to follow. I whizzed the remainder of the butter in with the broccoli sauce.
  40. 40
    Pam Waldrop
    May 19 2018
    Went right by the recipe and loved it. Only thing I might try next time is either not as much butter on bottom or putting on the top like Kelly did.
  41. 41
    Helen
    May 21 2018
    Made this tonight. It's nice but unfortunately way too garlicky... next time I wouldn't put any garlic in. I only used 1/3rd of cheddar cheese and it was plenty, plus a few thin slices of mozzarella on top.
  42. 42
    Toni Lewis
    June 26 2018
    Oh gracious, how sweet it is! This hit was super easy to make. I split the recipe to only make half. I went ahead and made this earlier and now have the pleasure of indulging. I will definitely be making this again. Does anyone know how many carbs is in 2 cups of this stuff, because that's how much I've eaten so far...and I want more, LoL!
  43. 3 comments removed
  44. 46
    Eliana
    August 15 2018
    One portion has 11 grams of carb, the recipie for 6 people
  45. 47
    Tina
    September 25 2018
    45 minutes and cauliflower still not ready? Thought I cut them small enough - but smells amazing
  46. 48
    Gail
    September 29 2018
    I made this exactly as written. It was WONDERFUL. Having started Keto just under a month ago, my husband and I are adjusting to a new way of cooking and eating. This recipe is a keeper! Thank you for sharing it.
  47. 49
    Reply to comment #19 by Amanda
    Fern
    October 7 2018
    whipping cream is not a thing in the UK, nothing is labeled as such. For UK readers check the wiki entry for cream.. I interpret it as double cream.
  48. 50
    Janice
    November 28 2018
    This was amazing. We could not stop eating it. This is a restaurant quality side dish! No doubt, this will be a Keto staple. :)
1 2

Leave a reply

Reply to comment #0 by

.

Ratings

5
82%
4
12%
3
3%
2
1%
1
1%
4.7
1
2
3
4
5
147 Ratings

Ratings

5
82%
4
12%
3
3%
2
1%
1
1%
4.7
1
2
3
4
5
147 Ratings