Super Bowl 50 is this weekend and today’s recipe may be my favorite that I am going to suggest to you. In college, one of my favorite foods to order was cheesy bread from Cottage Inn and I have yet to find a place that makes it quite as good. But, today’s recipe comes pretty darn close. Instead of bread, I am using cauliflower. Smother it with cheese, and you can hardly taste the difference!
1 head of cauliflower or 4 cups cauliflower florets
1 Large Egg
1/2 cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
3/4 Cup Shredded Mexican Cheese
1 TSP Italian Seasoning
1/2 TSP Salt, Pepper, and Garlic Salt
Cooking Spray
Marinara Sauce to dip
Ranch to dip
Cauliflower Cheesy Bread Ingredients
Preheat oven to 375
Rinse cauliflower, remove outer leaves, and break or cut into florets if using whole cauliflower
Place florets in food processor and process until “rice” texture
Place “rice” in a microwave safe dish with a lid and microwave for 8 minutes
Remove from oven and let cool until
Place cauliflower rice in a clean kitchen towel
Over the sink, squeeze all excess liquid out of cauliflower–you want the cauliflower as dry as possible!
Squeezing out the liquid
Place cauliflower in bowl and add spices, egg, and mozzarella cheese
Mix until combined
Cauliflower Mixture
Prepare a rimmed cookie sheet with tin foil and spray with cooking spray
Dump cauliflower mixture onto cookie sheet and form into a rectangle, about 1/2 inch thick
Cauliflower Mixture Formed
Bake in oven for 15-18 minutes, or until cauliflower just starts to brown
Ready to top with cheese
Remove from oven and top with remaining cheese
Sprinkling on cheese
Ready to go back in the oven
Place back in the oven and bake for 5-8 minutes, or until the cheese starts to brown
Ready to slice the cauliflower cheesy bread
Remove from oven and using a pizza cutter, slice into breadsticks
Slicing the cauliflower cheesy bread
Serve with marinara and ranch dressing
Cauliflower Cheesy Bread is Served
- 1 head of cauliflower or 4 cups cauliflower florets
- 1 Large Egg
- 1/2 cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
- 3/4 Cup Shredded Mexican Cheese
- 1 TSP Italian Seasoning
- 1/2 TSP Salt, Pepper, and Garlic Salt
- Cooking Spray
- Marinara Sauce to dip
- Ranch to dip
- Preheat oven to 375
- Rinse cauliflower, remove outer leaves, and break or cut into florets if using whole cauliflower
- Place florets in food processor and process until "rice" texture
- Place "rice" in a microwave safe dish with a lid and microwave for 8 minutes
- Remove from oven and let cool until
- Place cauliflower rice in a clean kitchen towel
- Over the sink, squeeze all excess liquid out of cauliflower--you want the cauliflower as dry as possible!
- Place cauliflower in bowl and add spices, egg, and mozzarella cheese
- Mix until combined
- Prepare a rimmed cookie sheet with tin foil and spray with cooking spray
- Dump cauliflower mixture onto cookie sheet and form into a rectangle, about 1/2 inch thick
- Bake in oven for 15-18 minutes, or until cauliflower just starts to brown
- Remove from oven and top with remaining cheese
- Place back in the oven and bake for 5-8 minutes, or until the cheese starts to brown
- Remove from oven and using a pizza cutter, slice into breadsticks
- Serve with marinara and ranch dressing
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