Monday, February 15, 2021

Cuppa Caters to AC

I can't help it, but I don't like veggies, at least not for the most part or not as other people like them.

Carrots, for example: I can manage if they have been roasted, with butter applied, until they begin to blacken and no longer taste like carrots.

Sue has also found a way to get me to eat cauliflower.

First she steams the cauliflower to begin to soften it. I don't prefer crunchy, especially in vegetables.

Then she applies a mayonnaise and mustard glaze -- just regular, yellow mustard.

The glaze allows the next layer -- cheese -- to stick. Getting extra cheese on the dish is also part of the plan.



Finally, she bakes the cauliflower for about 10 minutes and then broils it for a number of seconds.


AC finds the resulting dish pretty darn delectable and suggests that, even if you are already a veggie lover, that like Sue, you will like this concoction.


21 comments:

Christina said...

This looks delicious! You might like small pieces of cauliflower mixed into macaroni and cheese. The pasta and cauliflower have the same kind of colour, so barely noticeable to the eye.

DJan said...

Yum! Even if you like veggies, anybody who doesn't love cheese is missing out. Looks and probably tastes just as great. :-)

Patio Postcards said...

Oh Sue's recipe for the cauliflower sounds delicious - must put a whole cauliflower on the grocery list.

Barbara Rogers said...

Great sounding recipe. Unfortunately I have to avoid read cheese these days (high fat content). But if I could eat it, yum! Glad you like your carrots. You'd have a tough time on my current diet!

Marcia said...

Seems like all that would hide the flavor of the cauliflower. Dan doesn't like it and will tolerate small amounts cooked but I do like it and eat it raw and crunchy in salads.

Ed said...

I have to laugh at the efforts to get you to eat your veggies! I'm surprised you didn't sprinkle it with crumbled bacon!

Debby said...

I can't get past the first sentence: You don't like vegetables. ANY vegetables?

This recipe looks very nice though.

Beatrice P. Boyd said...

There are a number of veggies that are not served in our home because at least one of us, who shall remain nameless (but it's not myself) do not enjoy. Luckily we both enjoy cauliflower in various forms and this recipe is one we would like because anything with cheese is a favorite. Can you check with Sue and update this post to include the oven temp that is used for the baking? I am sure others would be interested as well. Thanks!

Stubblejumpers Café said...

Can't go wrong with cauliflower, I say! I have planned to make one of my favourite dishes, Cauliflower Pasta Casserole, for the past two or three nights but something else has always come up. So tonight it is. -Kate

Margaret said...

I love cauliflower in any shape or form, and I would LOVE this. Mustard and cheese are two of my other favorites. Yummy! The picture literally made my mouth water. Like you, I prefer my carrots cooked. For some reason they're not my favorite veggie.

Elizabeth Varadan, Author said...

Speaking as a vegetarian who loves cauliflower, that dish sounds pretty delicious!

Mage said...

I will suggest it to G, the man who truly hates cauliflower, and see if he will try it.

LOL

MARY G said...

Yum. My mother-in-law used to do a baked cauliflower and cheese dish, but this one looks even more decadent. Way to go, Cuppa.
Do you ever bake the carrots with the roast? Black and beautiful.

MARY G said...

Just read your other comments. Baking temp would be a plus. I will trade a recipe for parsnips with maple syrup glaze. Even you, AC, would go for those.

Marie Smith said...

It looks delicious. We eat it a variety of ways but my husband would love it done like this too.

William Kendall said...

I like cauliflower, and that looks like a good way to have it.

My mother would tend to add a white sauce and nutmeg to cauliflower after boiling it.

The Furry Gnome said...

Even without the cauliflower that would be good!

PipeTobacco said...

I have never met a vegetable I did not like! I am even a big fan of okra, which a lot of folks detest.

Your cauliflower looks very delicious! In terms of cuuliflower (and broccoli).... I like mine either crunchy, “el dente” if that term is allowable, or soft..... but not mushy soft.... I do not like many veggies when they are “mushy” soft.

We sometimes bake cauliflower like that and have tried a variety of spices and sauces..... and many are really good. Like your mustard sauce..... we really like that, and we have made a curry sauce/past that we really like too. I am not sure why we never thought of baked cheese on it.... but now we will try that too!

PipeTobacco

Joanne Noragon said...

Maybe I'll retrieve the aluminum pie pan from the recycle!

Goldendaze-Ginnie said...

Thanks Sue. I will try it soon. Isn't it interesting that cheese seems to be the ingredient that most use to make whatever type of food more appetizing.

Shammickite said...

That actually looks very delicious. But I love my cauli anyway, especially cauliflower in cheese sauce with a sprinkle of chees and put under the grill. Or even just cut up, tossed in olive oil and S&P, and roasted, mmmmm good.