Cauliflower Mac & Cheese

This 3-cheese cauliflower mac and cheese is so rich and linty you won’t miss the macaroni one bit. The velvety panko topping and bites of roasted mushrooms take this archetype repletion supplies over the top!

Why You’ll Love This Cauliflower Mac and Cheese Recipe

If you don’t get special requests for it from now on, you’ll definitely need to make 2 batches so that everyone can load up.

• Great for picky eaters. If you normally struggle with children picking out the veggies from their meals, this is a unconfined way to sneak them into their food.
• Comfort food. This cheesy, linty side dish unchangingly hits the spot no matter what!
• Classic. It’s an all-time archetype you can serve at family dinners, cookouts, special gatherings, etc.
• Prep-friendly. Assembling the casserole and keeping it in the fridge until right surpassing dinner will requite you a head-start throughout the week.

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What You’ll Need

Between the cheese, milk, and sour cream, this cauliflower mac and cheese recipe is as good as your favorite pasta-version of it. Scroll lanugo to the recipe vellum for word-for-word amounts.

• Cauliflower: Use fresh cauliflower florets or cut a throne of cauliflower into florets, but do not use frozen cauliflower. Frozen retain too much water and can make your casserole watery.
• Cremini Mushrooms: Baby bellas or portobello mushrooms are unconfined too.
• Oil: Olive oil or avocado oil are best.
• Garlic Cloves: Garlic powder works too.
• Leek: You can swap it for shallots.
• Shredded Cheese: Shredded sharp cheddar cheese, white cheddar and parmesan cheese. Freshly shredded is weightier as pre-shredded is coated with anti-caking teachers and can over thicken your cheese sauce.
• Whole Milk: You can use your favorite kind of dairy milk. No plant-based milk considering they’re water-based and will split the sauce.
• Sour Cream: Heavy surf or Mexican crema will save you in a pinch.
• Seasonings: Ground mustard, freshly croaky woebegone pepper and salt.
• Butter: Skip the salt in the rest of the recipe if you use salted butter.
• Panko Breadcrumbs: Regular breadcrumbs are a good swap.
• Parsley: Don’t use zestless parsley as the savor is too intense.

How to Make Cauliflower Mac and Cheese

It’s just like making homemade mac and cheese, except instead of humid pasta you roast some cauliflower. Scroll lanugo to the recipe vellum for full detailed instructions. 

Roast cauliflower and mushrooms.

Make cheese sauce.

Combine and place in a casserole dish.

Top with seasoned breadcrumbs.

• Roast: Toss the cauliflower and mushrooms with olive oil and spread on a sultry sheet. Bake for 30 minutes.
• Sauce: Sauté garlic and leeks in a pot until softened. Add the cheeses and milk. Stir until completely melted and smooth.
• Season: Stir in the sour cream, mustard, pepper, and salt. Set it aside.
• Combine: Toss the roasted veggies and sauce in a large bowl. Transfer to a greased casserole dish.
• Topping: Mix the melted butter, breadcrumbs, and parsley in a separate trencher and spread on top of the casserole dish.
• Bake: Bake until the breadcrumbs are golden. Remove it from the oven, serve, and enjoy!

Tips for Success

These tips and tricks will help ensure your cauliflower mac and cheese comes out perfectly:

• Use leftovers. Leftover roasted cauliflower is a unconfined way to reduce supplies waste and still throw this recipe together. It’ll moreover save you time!
• Do it over low heat. Don’t increase the heat as you make the sauce thinking it will melt the cheese faster. Low heat is the only way to ensure a smooth sauce with no lumps.
• Use a cheese mix. Don’t worry if you don’t have variegated kinds of cheddar at home. Any melty cheese mix or shit of leftover cheese will do the trick.
• Add increasingly toppings. Crumbled bacon, chopped chives, and plane grilled sausages will add increasingly savor to each bite.
• Add increasingly veggies. Roasted tintinnabulate peppers, grilled corn, peas, or broccoli florets can add increasingly nutrients and savor to the dish.
• Cover it. If the top is browning too quickly, imbricate the sultry dish with foil for the remainder of the sultry time.

What to Serve with Cauliflower Macaroni and Cheese

This cauliflower mac and cheese goes unconfined with just well-nigh anything! Here are a few favorites to try:

• Chicken: Chicken fried chicken would be a unconfined repletion supplies pairing, or try this easy crockpot whole chicken!
• Beef: For a fancy dinner, try this red wine braised short ribs or for a little cuban personality, try this churrasco steak with mojo marinade.
• Seafood: This air fryer salmon is ready in 10 minutes and will pair perfectly with cheesy cauliflower.

How to Store & Reheat Leftovers

Once fully cooled, refrigerate it in an snapped container for up to 5 days. Here’s how to reheat cauliflower mac and cheese:

• Microwave: Sprinkle it with 1 teaspoon milk and microwave it for up to a minute.
• Stove: Stir it in a pot over medium-low heat for 7 to 8 minutes.
• Oven: Pop it into the oven at 325°F for 15 minutes, until heated through.