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Loaded Roasted Broccoli With Cauliflower Cheese Sauce (Low Carb)

May 17, 2015 by Denise 12 Comments

bowl of roasted broccoli with bacon and cauliflower cheese sauce and text overlay
bowl of roasted broccoli with bacon and cauliflower cheese sauce and text overlay

These loaded roasted broccoli bites are covered in creamy cauliflower cheese sauce and bacon for a low carb treat.

You might also like this cheesy broccoli and cauliflower rice!

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I decided to go low carb for a few weeks to see if I could lose a few pounds. I’ve been reading lots of blogs, pinning things on Pinterest and even joined a low carb challenge group on Facebook. I’ve found a wealth of information and motivation as well as some good recipes to try. This loaded roasted broccoli with caulilflower cheese sauce is one of them.

Loaded Broccoli At A Restaurant 

I found this idea on TravelingLowCarb.com. Lynn travels a lot and explains how she maintains a low carb lifestyle while traveling so much. One of her suggestions was to order loaded broccoli instead of a loaded baked potato at a restaurant.

I love broccoli as well as all the components of a loaded baked potato so I was digging this idea. Now this isn’t something I would eat very often but rather when I am in the mood for something fun and decadent. I actually ate this for dinner when I made it for the first time and it was delish!

bowl of roasted broccoli with bacon and cauliflower cheese sauce

Loaded Roasted Broccoli Recipe

Let’s start by roasting the broccoli with a little olive oil for about 30 minutes until it is browned.  While  the broccoli is roasting you can make your bacon and cauliflower cheese sauce.

raw broccoli florets on cookie sheet

Go ahead and make your bacon anyway you like. I personally like mine super crispy so I microwave it. I usually make extra to have on hand which is the case when I made this.

Cauliflower Cheese Sauce 

Next microwave your cauliflower and butter until the cauliflower is fork tender, about 10 minutes.  Then put the cauliflower, cream and cheese in a high speed blender and blend until smooth and creamy.

bowl of cauliflower cheese sauce in a white bowl

I love this sauce. I will probably be making this for my broccoli in the future because it reminds me of my mother. Every week we had a big Sunday dinner with the whole family and if she made broccoli or cauliflower as a side dish, she made a cheese sauce to pour over it. She made hers from scratch and I know she used flour in it but I try to keep away from flour and wheat when I can.

This sauce tastes so much like hers and it’s so easy! I’m constantly amazed at how much you can do with cauliflower. Doesn’t that look good? Well it does to me because I know what it tastes like and all it has in it is cauliflower, butter, cream and cheese. Yum!

white bowl with broccoli and white plate with broccoli and cheese sauce

Loaded Broccoli Toppings

When the broccoli is done, all you do is assemble. Add your cheese sauce and sprinkle with bacon and whatever else you want. I added some green onions but you could top yours with sour cream, guacamole, salsa… anything.

fork with a broccoli floret with cheese sauce

So if you are trying out the low carb lifestyle or even if you are not, this is a tasty dish to serve up. Makes you feel like you are being bad when you really are not. Enjoy!

The nutritional information for 1 serving is:

268 cals / 21.4g fat / 8.9g carbs / 3.8g fiber / 12.2g protein = 5.1g net carbs

These loaded roasted broccoli bites are covered in creamy cauliflower cheese sauce and bacon for a low carb treat.
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Loaded Broccoli with Cauliflower Cheese Sauce (low carb)

These loaded roasted broccoli bites are covered in creamy cauliflower cheese sauce and bacon for a low carb side dish or even dinner.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword bacon, caulilflower cheese sauce, loaded, side dish
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 268 kcal
Author Denise Wright (MyLifeCookbook.com)

Ingredients

  • 2 cups broccoli florets
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 cup cauliflower florets
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
  • salt & pepper to taste
  • 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
  • 3 green onions chopped
  • 3 pieces bacon, cooked and crumbled

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375F.
  2. Toss broccoli with olive oil and sprinkle salt and pepper. Roast in the oven for 30 minutes or until cooked and slightly browned.

  3. Meanwhile add cauliflower and butter to a microwave bowl and cook in the microwave for 10 minutes or until the cauliflower can be easily pierced with a fork.
  4. Let cauliflower cool a few minutes and then add to a high speed blender with the cheese and heavy cream.

  5. Blend until smooth and creamy.
  6. When broccoli is cooked, top with cheese sauce, bacon and any other toppings you wish.

bowl of roasted broccoli with bacon and cauliflower cheese sauce and text overlay

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Nutritional information for the recipe is provided as a courtesy and is approximate only. You should always do your own calculations if you are concerned about the accuracy of this or any recipe. I use the Lose It app for all of my nutritional information because I have for years.

Comments

  1. Rattlebridge Farm--Foodie Friday & Everything Else

    June 08, 2015 at 4:57 pm

    Just the other day I was looking for a new broccoli recipe, and here it is–thank you! Looks delicious and comforting.

    Reply
  2. Melissa Vera

    June 08, 2015 at 12:39 am

    I have been looking some healthy recipes as well. Thanks for sharing this one. Thanks for linking up this week on the #HomeMattersParty. Hope you will come back and link up again next week.

    Reply
  3. Melinda

    June 06, 2015 at 8:32 pm

    Oops! Also forgot to say I’m here from Snickerdoodle Sunday.

    Reply
  4. Melinda

    June 06, 2015 at 8:31 pm

    I could barely tear my eyes away from the photo, to read the recipe! I’m salivating so hard, I think I’m about to short out the computer!

    Reply
    • [email protected]

      June 07, 2015 at 7:20 pm

      Aren’t you the nicest! Thank you!

      Reply
  5. Joy @ Joy Love Food

    June 03, 2015 at 8:55 pm

    I will happily eat a big bowl of broccoli everyday and your version with the cauliflower sauce sounds incredible! Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend? I hope you will join us again next Monday!

    Reply
  6. lynn cockrell

    June 02, 2015 at 9:41 pm

    Love me some broccoli and this looks so good!

    Reply
    • [email protected]

      June 04, 2015 at 6:34 am

      Thank you! I really liked it.

      Reply
  7. Jody @easypeasymom

    June 01, 2015 at 9:26 pm

    Yum, this look delish! And definitely a good way to entice my toddler to eat more veggies 🙂 Pinning, thanks for sharing!

    Visiting from the Marvelous Monday link party

    Reply
    • [email protected]

      June 02, 2015 at 7:31 am

      Good luck!

      Reply
  8. Sam @ PancakeWarriors

    May 18, 2015 at 1:36 pm

    I really do love roasted broccoli – what a cool idea to make paleo cheese sauce – what a yummy side dish!

    Reply
    • [email protected]

      May 18, 2015 at 2:24 pm

      Thanks!

      Reply

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