We're on a "health" kick with the new year, so weaning the children of pasta is safer than cold turkey. Be sure to season with salt, pepper. And feel free to substitute any cheese preference. My kids won't touch anything but cheddar. :)

healthy mac 'n' cheese opt

Some of my family members are on the keto diet. My brother showed me how to make this macaroni and cheese substitute and I put my own spin on it. Now we eat this at least two to three times a month. Sometimes we even add broccoli! Bacon, cauliflower, broccoli, cheese. What's better than that?

Take it easy, take it easy. This is a really good recipe. It has great texture, great flavor and is very simple to make. I’ve seen recipes that call for flour egg and breadcrumbs on the slabs of cauliflower and then frying them. However I have done it that way and by just slicing the slabs, putting them on a bit of pizza sauce, more pizza sauce on top and sliced fresh lightly salted mozzarella. Having done it each of these ways, I don’t see the benefit of the added effort, time and mess of frying the cauliflowerA little bit of shaved Romano after you take it out of a 400° oven for 40 minutes, let it cool for 15 minutes and it’s really good. Excellent leftovers, even at room temperature.

Also good with broccoli. by Melissa Clark, NYTimes

Cauliflower, the iconic vegetable that stands in for all sorts of foods is featured here in a "mac" and cheese dish. Rich, creamy and so delicious with cauliflower standing in for the pasta!

Jamie Oliver’s recipe#

A delicious side dish and perfect for the Keto lifestyle!

Playing around with more low carb dinner options as I dive deeper into my dietary transition.Many of my dishes will be labeled as "keto friendly" since, even though I am not full-blown keto, my sisters are eating keto and I share recipes with them. If a recipe is not fully keto it can be modified to better meet the keto qualifications. For instance, this recipe can use 1 cup cream instead of 1/2 cream, 1/2 milk to lower the carbs further.

Keto-friendly cauliflower mac and cheese is rich and creamy comfort food at its best without the added carbs.

This started out as an attempt to satisfy the Boss Lady's taste for cauliflower cheese, but avoiding the rock-hard, barely cooked cauly that is so fashionable these days. Don't overdo the Nutmeg until you have tried the recipe as given - it's easy to smother the other flavours!