27 Jun Loaded Cauliflower

One of our new favorite things is cauliflower.

But, cauliflower isn’t new. It isn’t even new at our house as a menu item. But, I used to keep it pretty simple when it came to cauliflower. We would keep it in the house to munch on raw with ranch dressing or hummus. If I cooked it, it was often just roasted. Sometimes steamed. Always good. But, nothing we really obsessed over.

Until now.

Now we have cauliflower multiple times each week. I went on a health kick late last year and I have become a complete “cauliflower in place of everything” convert. Pizza crust, mashed potatoes, rice, you name it.

Pizza crust is still something we would like to keep. But, rice and potatoes are things both Adam and I are in agreement that we don’t really miss.

Thanks to cauliflower.

We made this loaded cauliflower and it was rich, creamy and satisfying. And, while I wouldn’t go as far as calling it healthy, it is better than a loaded baked potato and the taste is pretty close.

We had the odd sized ends of the strips of bacon packaged together so to prevent waste, but turns out their one inch pieces are handy. There are a few packages of bacon ends and jowl bacon still available at the farm, but unfortunately bacon strips are sold out.

If you want to get your hands some bacon soon, be on the look out for signs ups for whole or half pigs in July! The pigs will be processed in late August and early September.