We didn’t need to get our nutrition degrees to tell you how much most people love ooey, gooey cheese. And we certainly aren’t the exception when it comes to loving all foods that are rich, creamy, ooey and gooey! 🙂
So in honor of our love of delicious food and our mission to help people to enjoy great food while still keeping their waistline intact, we’ve created a scrumptious Cauliflower Grilled Cheese Sandwich! We’re quite the fans of making cauliflower into whatever we want–it’s so low-calorie an so versatile. We’ve had a blast making things like our Creamy Cauliflower Mac ‘n Cheese and if you’re looking for more guilt-free decadence using cauliflower, try our Skinny Cauliflower Gratin or our Skinny Cauliflower Mash or our Skinny Mac ‘n Cheese (just to name a couple!)!
Grilled Cheese Sandwich on Crispy Cauliflower Bread
Serves: 4
Ingredients
1 medium head cauliflower, riced*
1 large egg, lightly beaten (We use Eggland’s Best eggs because they have 25% less saturated fat than other eggs)
1/4 cup shredded low-fat mozzarella cheese
freshly ground pepper, to taste
1/2 cup low-fat shredded mild cheddar
1 tsp olive oil
*TO RICE CAULIFLOWER: Wash and rinse cauliflower florets. Use a food processor to pulse until finely chopped or a cheese grater to break down florets in too small pieces like rice!
“Image” reprinted with permission from “www.thefoodiephysician.com” and www.healthyaperture.com.
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Combine the cauliflower rice, egg, mozzarella cheese and pepper in a medium sized bowl.
- Spritz a baking sheet with oil in a spray container. Make four large heaps of the cauliflower mixture and place on the baking sheet. and flatten them down into squares. Bake for about 12 mintues or until lightly brown.
- Remove from the oven and allow the slices to cool. Then carefully remove them from the baking sheet.
- Over medium high heat lightly spritz the pan with oil and add one teaspoon of olive oil, place 2 slices side-by-side, and cook for about 2 minutes and until golden brown.
- Gently flip them over. Add the shredded mild cheddar on one slice, cover with the second slice, press down and cook until the cheese starts melting.
- Flip the sandwich and heat for another minute or so on the other side and Enjoy!!
Nutrition Facts: 138 calories, 7 g fat, 4 g saturated fat, 68 mg cholesterol, 150 mg sodium, 8 g carbs, 4 g fiber, 4 g sugar, 11 g protein
The Nutrition Twins work with Eggland’s Best to help people get more nutrients.
- 1 medium head cauliflower, riced *
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- ¼ cup shredded low-fat mozzarella cheese
- freshly ground pepper, to taste
- ½ cup low-fat shredded mild cheddar
- 1 tsp olive oil
- *TO RICE CAULIFLOWER: Wash and rinse cauliflower florets. Use a food processor to pulse until finely chopped or a cheese grater to break down florets in too small pieces like rice!
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Combine the cauliflower rice, egg, mozzarella cheese and pepper in a medium sized bowl.
- Spritz a baking sheet with oil in a spray container. Make four large heaps of the cauliflower mixture and place on the baking sheet. and flatten them down into squares. Bake for about 12 mintues or until lightly brown.
- Remove from the oven and allow the slices to cool. Then carefully remove them from the baking sheet.
- Over medium high heat lightly spritz the pan with oil and add one teaspoon of olive oil, place 2 slices side-by-side, and cook for about 2 minutes and until golden brown..
- Gently flip them over. Add the shredded mild cheddar on one slice, cover with the second slice, press down and cook until the cheese starts melting.
- Flip the sandwich and heat for another minute or so on the other side and Enjoy!!.