Cheesy Baked Cauliflower

  4.3 – 211 reviews  • Cauliflower

Delicious whole-cauliflower meal with cheese baked in the oven.

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 5

Ingredients

  1. 1 head cauliflower
  2. ¼ cup butter, cut into pieces
  3. 1 teaspoon mayonnaise
  4. 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
  5. ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  1. Steam whole head of cauliflower for 30 minutes. Drain and place on a pie plate.
  2. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  3. In a mixing bowl, combine mayonnaise and mustard; spread the mixture over cauliflower and dot with pats of butter. Sprinkle generously with Parmesan cheese.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven uncovered, for about 30 minutes, or until cheese is brown.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 162 kcal
Carbohydrate 7 g
Cholesterol 34 mg
Dietary Fiber 3 g
Protein 7 g
Saturated Fat 8 g
Sodium 246 mg
Sugars 0 g
Fat 13 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Justin Gomez
Husband went nuts over this. I thought it was pretty good also. Right up our alley for Low Carb.
Shannon Joyce
Such a simple recipe, but really good! Will make this often! Thank you!
Joshua Pham
Steamed cauliflower in microwave for only 5 minutes – that was sufficient. added 1 heaping tablespoon mayo, 1T mustard, sprinkle of cayenne, 1 clove garlic crushed. yummy! Will add a little more cayenne or spicy paprika and a little salt to taste – maybe 1/2 teaspoon – next time.
Laura Mitchell
I steamed it for 10 first I made the sauce with like 3/4 cup mayo fair amount of honey mustard(sweet baby rays ) and 1 1/4 ish cup of parm .. tastes great I love it next time tho I’ll put some olive oil over it first for the roasting process
Wendy Gonzalez
Instead of a head of cauliflower, I use frozen bagged florets. I microwave them first, then put in bowl. Mix the butter, mayo and mustard, then mix with the cauliflower. I usually make double the mixture for a family size bag of cauliflower. Put in baking dish and sprinkle the Parmesan over the top. I have also added a little pepper and cubed grilled chicken.
Harold Horne
This is my new favorite side dish. I have made it 4 times now and I finally have the combination I like down pat. I mix mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, Parm or mozzarella, basil infused extra virgin olive oil, sea salt, pepper. It turns out delicious every time.
Fred Cantrell
One of the best cauliflower recipes I’ve made. I double the mayo and mustard, mix some cheese into the mixture and then sprinkle some on top as well. No salt is needed but I add a bit of black pepper.
Jeremy Walton
Delicious. I triple the coating recipe and add the parmesan to it like others have suggested.
Deanna Pruitt
Not very good. I prefer using the scalloped cabbage recipe on this site and just sub small cauli. florets for the cabbage. Sorry
Joshua Spence
Was easy and tasty but I should have salted it after steaming. I will make it again and try different grated cheese maybe.
Michelle Barber
This was good and a little different from other cauliflower dishes. Will make it again!
Michelle Holmes
very yummy! like everyone else said, I steamed it for 15 minutes, 30 minutes would be way too long. i used a tablespoon of mayo and a tablespoon of mustard, and instead of dotting the butter on top, I melted it and sautéed some onions and garlic in the butter, then poured it over the top, then topped with cheese. I think next time I would use less butter, because between the butter and mayo it was pretty slippery…but delicious!!!
Keith Hunt
This is a great recipe, next time I will not use as much butter!
Cynthia Lang
I added some milk to the mustard and mayo, drizzled it over the cali. I also melted butter and drizzled that over. I added some panko bread crumbs to it and also the fresh pepper along with some smoked paprika. I thought of cajun spice or cayenne pepper but first time I limit my experimentation. I sprayed the dish with some pam. This is one of those veggies you can alter with salt to heavy spice and it should taste great.
Michael Summers
So much tastier then I expected. I read other review saying to only steam the broccoli for 10-15 minutes. I steamed mine for 12. I also left them in the oven for 35 minutes instead of 30.
Russell Boyd
I added extra cheese to the mayo mix
Dr. Tony Escobar
I doubled the mayo and cheese. Otherwise the same as posted. We liked it a lot. We will definitely make it again.
Xavier Gonzalez
This is my new favorite way to make and eat cauliflower.I’m having a hard time stopping eating it. The sauce is also good with the raw cauliflower.
Justin Thomas
This was okay. The cauli doesn’t take that long to steam… 15 mins was plenty. I cut down the amount of butter as it was unnecessary. It makes for a change from really milky cheese sauce.
Chris Bailey
I used more mayo & mustard than the recipe called for. I also used dijon mustard since no type was specified. It was delicious!! We have it with cajun spiced pork chops. Paired nicely together!
Angel Maxwell
I steamed and baked the whole head as a whole head, and it turned out beautifully. Also, I didn’t have any Parmesan, but cheddar turned out to be a nice substitute.

 

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