Before DH got hit with diabetes almost 2 years ago, his fave side dish was mac & cheese. I mean...hello! Pasta and cheese, you can't go wrong right? He'd eat a few times a week -- not that I made it that often, but he loved those Stouffer's mac & cheese frozen dishes as well as having it as his "side" when we would go out to eat.
Ingredients:
1 large head (or 16 ouces of fresh florets) of cauliflower, chopped into macaroni size florets.
1 cup heavy whipping cream
4 ounces of cream cheese
2 cups of sharp cheddar cheese, grated
1/4 cup of parmesan cheese, grated
italian seasoning
salt/pepper
parsley
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease a 2-qt casserole dish.
2. In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook cauliflower until tender (5 mins or so) ***
***To save time, I buy the frozen cauliflower florets and microwave that for 5-6 mins (whatever it says on the bag) ***
3. Drain well. Pour into casserole dish.
4. In a large saucepot, over medium heat, add the HWC, cream cheese and stir w/ a whisk until combnied. Add 1 tablespoon of Italian seasoning, salt/pepper to taste, and stir.
5. Remove from heat and add 1 1/2 cups of cheddar and parm cheeses stirring constantly. ***
***You don't have to use sharp cheddar. Whatever cheeses you'd normally use for a cheese sauce would work here. Gouda & Colby could be used. ***
6. Pour cheese mixture over the cauliflower and stir until coated.
7. Top with the 1/2 cup of cheddar, teaspoon of Italian seasoning and parsley.
8. Bake for 30 mins until cheese is nice and bubbly.
Cherry Addict
You for me but DH doesn’t even like regular mac & cheese so I know he wouldn’t eat this either. I mean - seriously - who doesn’t like Mac & cheese???
Cherry Cropper
Cherry Bark
Is he from a small rural town in Kentucky? I ask because DH's uncle is from there (can't remember the town off hand). And he doesn't like mac & cheese either. DH's aunt loves it...and so do we. I was just curious, KWIM? Like maybe it was where they were from. IDK
Brandy 
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