Low-Carb Cauliflower Mac n Cheese
Rich and cheesy, Low-Carb Cauliflower Mac n Cheese, means it’s easy to have delicious comfort food. Even if you are doing keto or gluten-free.
When I told my youngest that I was making low-carb cauliflower mac n cheese, she looked at me with scorn. That’s just cheesy cauliflower, was her retort.
But back on a keto diet (after a brief Covid-food-shortage break), I was in need of some new comfort food. And since my Sunday blogging group was doing Mac n Cheese, that was the place to start. 
I found a recipe on Delish that basically converted one of the popular regular mac recipes to keto. I simplified it just a little bit, then added bacon (on my second try, so not in the pictures).
Yes, since the only time you can eat bacon guilt-free is on keto, I intend to make the most of this!
And cauliflower is a wonder as a sneaky sub going well in dishes as diverse as Teriyaki Cauliflower Wings and Cauliflower Tabbouleh Salad. Yum!
Now back in my first round of keto I admit to having a couple nutrition concerns. Since all of my meat comes pastured right from the farm, I was less worried about fat than some. But I did struggle sometimes to get in my vegetables and calcium.
Loaded with cauliflower and cheese, this dish scores on both accounts. And pretty sure I’ll be serving this after keto too. I’ll just call it Cheesy Cauliflower then. 
Low-Carb Cauliflower Mac n Cheese
Ingredients
- 1 T Butter for baking dish
- 1 medium heads cauliflower cut into bite sized pieces
- 2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt pepper
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 3 oz. cream cheese cut into cubes
- 2 cups shredded cheddar
- 1 cup shredded Gruyere
- ¼ cup bacon bits optional
- 1 cup crushed pork rinds can sub panko bread crumbs
- 2 Tablespoons finely grated Parmesan
- 2 tbsp. freshly chopped parsley for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425F.
- On a rimmed baking sheet toss cauliflower with 2 tablespoons oil, salt and pepper. Spread cauliflower out and roast until just starting to brown, about 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 F.
- While cauliflower is roasting, heat cream in a large saucepan. Add cream cheese cubes and stir until melted. Gradually add remaining cheese and stir until melted. Remove from heat, add bacon if using, then fold in roasted cauliflower. Taste and add salt and pepper if needed.
- Butter an 8x8 baking dish. Transfer mixture to the baking dish.
- Sprinkle cauliflower mixture with pork rind crumbs and finely grated parmesan. Bake until golden, about 15 minutes.
- Garnish with parsley before serving if you can wait to dig in!
Notes
Nutrition
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Dera Inger
Thank you so much for sharing your Keto link in the Blogger Round Up Requests FB Group. I am working and finalizing this ASAP and it should be published on March 3. Thanks again!
You are welcome. I can’t wait to check out the recipes you’ve collected and thanks for including mine!
i don’t mind cauliflower if it’s cooked to mush, and i especially don’t mind it smothered in cheese!
I have a broccoli cheese casserole that’s similar. I can’t wait to try your cauliflower mac and cheese!
Okay, I am totally with your daughter on this one… it’s just cheesy cauliflower. But, seriously, is there ANYthing wrong with cheesy cauliflower? We are so on board with this!
You know, I did think a person could use both cauliflower and pasta too. But not until a few pounds later for me.
This looks and sounds delicious!! I would not miss the carb at all. My bacon-loving-turned-vegetarian daughter would love this meat-free version as well!
Thanks Thao–and same situation with a daughter who is leaning vegetarian. I buy the pre-cooked bacon crumbles which makes it easy to add bacon to individual servings!
This would be really good, anything with cheese has my seal of approval, looks delish, certainly this would trick a lot of picky non veg eaters
Cheese is really good at being tricky in my experience 😉
Could you use a gluten free pasta and keep it keto?
Most of the gluten free foods use at least some other carbs. So keto usually works for gluten-free but not the reverse. It’s never easy, is it!
Looks delicious we love cauliflower !!xo
Cheese makes everything better I think!
Yummm!! What a great way to enjoy your vegetables – look at that gorgeous cheesy sauce!
Great idea for a veggie mac and cheese! Sounds delicious!
Thanks!
What a great way to stay in your eating plan and still enjoy a bowl of comfort.
And we all need all the comfort we can get now I think!