Cheesy Cauliflower Casserole. A lower carb healthier version of “cheesy potatoes AKA Crack Potatoes, now crack cauliflower.
This is one of those recipes I have done so many times that I never measure anything. But to write it down, I did measure tonight. It was the best one in a long time. Maybe I don’t measure well just by sight.
In our old high carb days, we made “cheesy potatoes”. This is the low carb version of that. It’s fast and easy. It also is made with things we usually have on hand.
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Cook the entire bag of cauliflower in the microwave. I use a covered dish with about a tablespoon of water on the “frozen vegetable” setting. Or follow instructions on package.
Slice green onions. Move cauliflower to mixing bowl and mash with potato masher. You could also use a mixer or food processor, but you are NOT trying to cream this. Add cheddar cheese, sour cream, scallions, salt, and pepper.
Mix well and move to baking pan. May be refrigerated or cooked now. Cook in preheated oven 375 convection until top is browned. About 20 minutes. (you may adjust the temp depending on your needs for timing or cooking with other foods)
Try to let set for 5 minutes before serving. Heat leftovers in the oven. Much better than microwaved.
- 1 lb frozen cauliflower
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup cheddar cheese
- 6 green onions sliced thin
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper coarse ground
- Cook the entire bag of cauliflower in a microwave. I use a covered dish with about a tablespoon of water on the "frozen vegetable" setting. Or follow instructions on package.
- Slice green onions. Move cauliflower to mixing bowl and mash with potato masher. You could also use a mixer or food processor, but you are NOT trying to cream this.
- Add cheddar cheese, sour cream, scallions, salt, and pepper.
- Mix well and move to baking pan. May be refrigerated or cooked now.
- Cook in preheated oven 375 convection until top is browned. About 20 minutes. (you may adjust the temp depending on your needs for timing or cooking with other foods)
- Try to let set for 5 minutes before serving.
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All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.
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Last Updated
July 28, 2016
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carolyn
yummm can’t wait to try so easy. Thanks. I love CC
Chelsea
Do you think this could be made in a crock pot? If so, any suggestions on cooking times/temps?
DrDan
Most things “can” be cooking in a crock pot. Since nothing is raw except the onion (which doesn’t matter much) it is safe. So you just need to get it hot enough to melt and combine ingredients. I will just guess 1 hour on high and then check it since it may take 2 hours. If you try it please post your results. We like the browned top so I won’t be doing it.
DrDan
Meredith Brasca
Very tasty! I was in a bit of a hurry, so I put in in the microwave for 5 minutes, stirred it, and then into the oven for 5 to brown the top. My dad – who does not like cauliflower, liked this. He likes a bit of crunch so I sprinkled some panko crumbs on top and hit broil for 1 more minute. Came out great.
jen
Love the panko crust idea! I’m trying this tonight
Karen Dwyer
It’s even more delicious with lots of bacon crumbled into it!
Jane
I was wondering if you knew the calories, etc. for a serving. I made it and my family loved it.
DrDan
1090 per recipe which is 272 per serving assuming 4 servings but those are large servings (http://www.caloriecount.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php) This is low carb not low fat. You can decrease that by about 20% if you use lower fat sour cream and cheese.
Thanks for the note and rating
DrDan
Mrs. Leeberg
This recipe is beyond delicious! It has become a staple side dish ever since we started eating low carb high fat. Sometimes I add a little bacon and/or Uncle Dan’s ranch seasoning to it, just to change it up a bit. Thank you so much for sharing!
Jen
This was awesome! I love funeral potatoes, but these were so similar. My husband isn’t a big cauliflower fan and he loved them.
Michelle
This sounds great, thinking of taking for Thanksgiving! Is there anything I could use instead of sour cream?
DrDan
I have seen similar recipes with cream cheese but not my taste. A common substitute for sour cream is plain yogurt but I have not tried it here. If you try the yogurt, please post the results here. Inquiring minds want to know. I would give it a trial run soon and not depend on it working well for Thanksgiving without testing.
jen
What size pan did you use?
DrDan
I usually use a 7X10 (approx.) Corning dish but that is about equal to a 9 inch round cake pan. The size of the dish doesn’t matter much.