Low-Carb Twice-Baked Cauliflower (Video)
Low-Carb Twice-Baked Cauliflower is a side dish that the entire family will love, and this tasty cauliflower side dish is also Keto, low-glycemic, and gluten-free. Use Cauliflower Recipes to find more recipes like this one!
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This post starts with an exciting announcement, although it’s definitely a nervous excitement. Twelve years ago I started blogging here on a low-tech blogging platform called Blogger, never imagining what the site would turn into. I was pretty low-tech myself, so the simplicity of it suited me well. Then a few years into what had turned into a blogging career I hired the fabulous Jennette, who managed to make my Blogger site pretty great within the limitations of that platform.
Through the years I watched my friends who were on Blogger move to WordPress, but by then my site had so many posts that I was scared to move. But it gave me courage when my friend Gina successfully moved to WordPress about a year ago, and I loved her new site. So I made a decision and in my Welcome 2017 post, I talked about wanting my site to work for all types of carb-conscious eating, and mentioned changes I was making. And then I waited a long time for the talented folks at Purr Design to get to me on the long list of bloggers wanting to work with them.
In the meantime, blogging and everything web-based kept getting much more complex. Google controls the web, and they now require special back-end recipe coding and a secure connection to send search engine traffic. I couldn’t do those things on the current site, so I really couldn’t wait any longer, even if I was nervous about it.
So today I’m sharing Low-Carb Twice-Baked Cauliflower, and then I won’t be posting for about a week while we move all the content here to the new WordPress site. The new site will be beautiful, and I hope long-time readers will take a look at the desktop version when it’s up, which is where the impressive new features will be most noticeable. But I know that after it’s moved there will be lots of editing to get things looking perfect again. I hope people will be patient as we iron out the kinks. And everyone repeat after me: CHANGE IS GOOD! Now let’s make some Low-Carb Twice Baked Cauliflower!
How to Make Low-Carb Twice-Baked Cauliflower:
(Scroll down for complete printable recipe with nutritional information.)
- Cut up the cauliflower and cook in boiling salted water until it’s barely soft, then drain well.
- Mash the cauliflower, leaving some chunks. (I mashed it a few times in the colander and then transferred to the pan I cooked it in and mashed a bit more.)
- Cook the bacon until it’s very crisp; then crumble bacon, slice green onions, cut cream cheese into cubes, measure sour cream, and measure Parmesan.
- Combine mashed cauliflower, cream cheese, sour cream, green onion, Parmesan, and 3/4 of the crumbled bacon.
- Put the mixture into a glass casserole dish (with a lid) that you’ve sprayed with olive oil or non-stick spray, and top with sharp cheddar and the rest of the bacon.
- Bake with the lid on at 350F/180C until the mixture is bubbling and all the cheese has melted, about 30-35 minutes total. (I take the lid off for the last 10 minutes or so to brown the top a little.)
- Serve hot, and totally expect that even cauliflower-avoiders are going to go crazy over this.
And as I am typing up this post I’m eating my last container of leftovers and I’m already planning to make it again soon!
More Tasty Low-Carb Cauliflower Recipes:
Instant Pot Low-Carb Loaded Cauliflower Soup ~ Kalyn’s Kitchen
Low-Carb Cauliflower Deep Dish Pizza ~ Sugar Free Mom
Low-Carb Loaded Cauliflower Mock Potato Salad ~ Kalyn’s Kitchen
Low-Carb Cauliflower Rice Mushroom Risotto ~ All Day I Dream About Food
Fried Cauliflower with Bacon and Mushrooms ~ Kalyn’s Kitchen
Baked Cauliflower Casserole with Goat Cheese ~ Cookin’ Canuck
Weekend Food Prep:
This recipe has been added to a new category called Weekend Food Prep to help you find recipes you can prep or cook on the weekend and eat during the week!
Low-Carb Twice Baked Cauliflower
Ingredients
- 1 large head cauliflower
- 4 oz. cream cheese, cut into cubes
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup green onions, minced
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese (or more)
- 6 slices bacon, cooked until very crisp, fat blotted with paper towel and then crumbled
- 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F/180C.
- Spray a glass casserole dish with olive oil or non-stick spray.
- Cut out stem and core from cauliflower, and cut into small pieces.
- Cook in large pot of boiling salted water until cauliflower is tender, but not overly soft.
- Drain well and mash with potato masher (affiliate link), leaving some chunks.
- While cauliflower is cooking, cook the bacon and crumble, slice green onions, cube the cream cheese, measure sour cream, and measure Parmesan.
- Mix cream cheese, sour cream, green onion, Parmesan, and 3/4 of the crumbled bacon into the drained cauliflower.
- Spread evenly in a 1.5 Quart Glass Casserole Dish (affiliate link).
- Sprinkle with cheddar cheese and reserved bacon.
- Bake 20-25 minutes covered, or until hot and bubbly.
- Remove the lid and bake about 10 minutes more, or until the cheese is slightly browned. Serve hot.
Notes
This reheats very well and can be frozen and thawed in the fridge, then reheated.
Recipe created by Kalyn.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 292Total Fat: 23gSaturated Fat: 12gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 62mgSodium: 468mgCarbohydrates: 6.4gFiber: 3gSugar: 3gProtein: 14g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Cauliflower is very low in carbs, and this should be a good dish for most any low-carb eating plans, including Keto. For the South Beach Diet it’s probably a once-in-a-while treat due to the amount of saturated fat, although you can make a more South Beach friendly version with light cream cheese, light sour cream, low-fat cheese, and even turkey bacon if you prefer, and it will still be delicious.
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330 Comments on “Low-Carb Twice-Baked Cauliflower (Video)”
Anonymous, you can definitely use a steamer if you prefer.
You do not have to boil cauliflower in water and you shouldn’t as you lose many of the nutrients. Instead use a steamer basket that fits into a regular pan. I also steam frozen cauliflower and broccoli and it is much more tender than it is when it is done in the microwave.
This is an old favourite of mine. One of my favourite versions is this. Not diet ferendly I’m sure but absolutely scrumptious.
Thanks everyone for the nice comments about this favorite of mine. Nandita, my talented brother Rand is the one who does the headers. He just keeps coming up with good ones every time!
Looks lovely…since we are vegetarians- can omit the bacon and add some toasted pita chips for the crunch 🙂
I am absolutely in love with your Spring header (the eggs and the butterfly)!!
I try to take care of GI too. It is a good idea to cook cauliflowers instead of potatoes.
Kalyn, I am a cauliflower’s lover too. Like you, I like boiling it first… sometimes I find a very fainted sulfur-alike taste in it; so boiling kind-of helps. This recipe is definiately a keeper!
That sounds divine! I love cauliflower and have been looking for new ways to prepare it. Thanks!!!
I do love this one. Interesting about your mom and the twice baked potatoes, my mom did the same and oh how we loved them.
That looks great. Can’t wait to try it 🙂
The dish looks very comforting kalyn!
Siri
We don’t have ‘baking’ potatoes here, only the waxy kind so no twice baked…
And this sounds better anyway….
What a great idea!
Wow, this looks delicious! My kids will love it, too! Thanks for a great recipe! 🙂
That’s an excellent recipe. It reminds me of a fully loaded baked potato. But, better for me. :):)
Patty, thanks for letting me know you liked it. I made it for Thanksgiving two years ago, and it was a big hit for that too.
I made this on Easter. It was VERY tasty!
After the last few comments, I realized I should re-post this recipe as one of my Recipe Favorites. Comments before this one are earlier than March 28, 2008, when I reposted the recipe.
Nancypants, thanks for letting me know how much you like it. It’s one of my own favorites too.
Just wanted to let you know that I’ve made this a couple of times now and the whole family loves it! Company goes crazy over it and we all eat too much of it! LOL Yes, it’s that good!
I’ve made a version of this recipe many times. It’s better if you use the veggie-flavored cream cheese, the one with chives. I also use frozen cauliflower and it’s just as good.