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Grain Free Mac and Cheese

October 7, 2013 by Tiffany Davis 11 Comments

We love mac and cheese!  But since we eat mainly grain free I needed a grain free mac and cheese.  Now admittedly, we don’t usually do this much dairy but I have been craving macaroni and cheese like crazy!  Sometimes a girl just needs the cheese…

I have seen many grain free mac and cheese recipes but none of them have really sounded that great to me.  I stumbled onto a recipe this week on Facebook but I don’t have any information on the original creator, sorry.  I tweaked to what was in the Davis house and what I know the kids will eat.

Well this grain free mac and cheese got a resounding THUMBS-UP from the whole crew! It turned out so well and was so easy that I may add this to the holiday meals this year…yeah it was that good!

Grain Free Mac and Cheese by ImperfectlyHappy.com

Grain-free Mac and Cheese

Ingredients 

24 oz Cauliflower Florets (2 bags from Trader Joe’s)
1 cup Colby Jack Cheese, shredded
1 cup Cheddar Cheese, shredded
1/4 cup of Pecorino Ramano & Parmesan Blend (at Trader Joe’s…use what you have if you don’t have the blend)
8 oz block of cream cheese (I didn’t soften it and it SHOULD BE)
1/2 cup heavy cream
8 slice of bacon cooked and chopped
1 – 2 cloves of garlic grated (I used 2 & it was strong, but we like garlic)
Pepper to taste

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Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
  2. Steam your cauliflower to fork tender, about 5 minutes
  3. Cream together the shredded cheeses, cheese blend and cream cheese with cauliflower steams
  4. Drain your cauliflower, break up the floret so they are smaller pieces and add it to the cheese mixture*
  5. Add bacon and garlic to the mixture
  6. Pepper to taste
  7. Put the mixture in a glass baking dish
  8. Bake for 20 – 25 minutes
  9. After baking I broiled it for about 1-2 minutes to get a nice crust on the top.
  10. Don’t plan for leftovers 😉

*You could completely mash the cauliflower for more of a load mashed potato feel.

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Comments

  1. Sta says

    October 7, 2013 at 8:23 pm

    Yum drool

    Reply
  2. Gordon says

    November 6, 2013 at 6:14 am

    Looks lovely, similar to cauliflower cheese (or is that only known in the UK?).

    Reply
    • TiffanyRD says

      November 6, 2013 at 9:06 am

      In the US the closest I got was processed cheese poured over cauliflower. 😉

      Reply
  3. Heather says

    November 12, 2013 at 5:54 pm

    Just made this tonight. It was really, really good!

    Reply
    • TiffanyRD says

      November 12, 2013 at 8:42 pm

      That’s awesome! I love to hear that. I am planning to make it for Thanksgiving…or my spaghetti squash au gratin.

      Reply
  4. Kathryn says

    May 15, 2014 at 11:58 am

    Sorry but what do you mean by “cauliflower steams”?

    Reply
    • TiffanyRD says

      May 15, 2014 at 1:29 pm

      I believe that should say stems. 😉 LOL – I should always be fully caffeinated when blogging.

      Reply

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