Grain Free Mac and Cheese

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

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.