Cauliflower Taco Bake

I wanted a easy casserole to throw together earlier in the day and bake later. This Cauliflower Taco Bake fit the bill and provided us with a tasty dinner with very little effort. There is a lot of cheese in this dish but it is awfully convenient to have a one dish meal that contains the meat and veggies in the same dish.

This recipe has you blanch the cauliflower. I chose to steam the cauliflower instead. I have an electric veggie steamer that I could have used but instead I chose to steam in the microwave using my Epicure Multipurpose Steamer to make the process a bit quicker tonight. Either way works well 🙂

Substitutions/Additions made by Cooking After Class for Cauliflower Taco Bake:

• used venison instead of ground beef
• eliminated oil
• used 1/3 heavy cream and 1/3 skim milk
• 1 tbsp butter instead of 2

Tips from Cooking After Class for making Cauliflower Taco Bake:

• Can make it ahead, refrigerate, then bake later
• steam the cauliflower instead of blanch in boiling water to preserve more nutrients

RECIPE: Cauliflower Taco Bake

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Rating: 4 out of 5

Effort: Easy

Time: 45 minutes

Kids Comments: Tastes good. Like all of the cheese!

Make it Again: Yes, good flavor and love all of the cauliflower.

ingredients ready to go

onions…no oil used

adding in venison

venison browned

adding in eggs

time to steam the cauliflower

starting the cheese sauce

cheese is melted

adding in the cheddar

cheese sauce is done

adding all components

layer meat, cauliflower, cheese

sprinkle a little cheddar on top

done…dinner is served