Recipe

High-Protein Cauliflower Mac & Cheese

  • 40 min total
  • Serves 2
  • 390 cal per serving
  • 25g protein

Under review: this recipe's diet tags contradict its own ingredients or each other, so none of them is stated as a fit here.

Contains: dairy, wheat

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What You'll Need

Ingredients

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Serves 2

  • 2 heads cauliflower (cut into tiny macaroni-sized florets)
  • 2 cups freshly shredded cheddar
  • 0.5 cup heavy cream
  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • 1 tsp mustard powder
  • salt

Steps

  1. Steam the tiny cauliflower florets until barely tender (do not turn to mush). Drain completely.
  2. In a skillet, melt cream cheese and heavy cream over low heat, whisking in mustard powder and salt.
  3. Turn off heat and vigorously stir in the sharp cheddar until a thick cheese sauce forms.
  4. Fold the cauliflower into the cheese sauce and broil for 5 mins to blister the top.

Dietary details

Each diet tag is checked against this recipe's ingredient list and against the allergens it declares. Allergens are the union of both, and are never hidden.

  • Low Carb checked
  • Keto checked
  • Vegetarian checked
  • Gluten-Free conflictContradicted by gluten in the ingredient "cauliflower (cut into tiny macaroni-sized florets)".

Allergens

Contains DairyContains Wheat

Other tags

Comfort FoodHigh Protein
What the check found (2)
  • Ingredients imply wheat but no allergen tag declares it; the site shows the union.
  • Gluten-Free is contradicted by gluten in the ingredient "cauliflower (cut into tiny macaroni-sized florets)".
Per servingServes 2
Calories390
Protein25g50% DV
Total fat28g36% DV
Total carbs10g4% DV

As recorded per serving. % DV uses FDA Daily Values for a 2,000-calorie reference diet.

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