As most of you know, I’m attempting to live a lower carb lifestyle. While it’s not too incredibly difficult for me, finding lower carb dishes that my guys enjoy can prove to be somewhat more challenging. I’m a boy mom and both my boys as well as my hubby are meat and potato guys. Now, up until this point, I’ve just made my food and their food separately but you all know I love a good challenge so I decided that I could find a way to make one of their favorites…..loaded mashed potatoes….in a form that we could all enjoy. Not only did I succeed but I have to say, this Loaded Cauliflower Mash recipe puts mashed potatoes to shame and really will be one of your family’s favorite new side dishes that checks all the boxes in the low carb list!
- 4 Cups of Riced Cauliflower
- 8 Ounces of Plain Greek Yogurt
- 2 Tablespoons of Minced Garlic
- 1 Tablespoon of Butter
- 6-8 Slices of Bacon (cooked)
- ½ Cup of Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- ½ Cup of Diced Green Onions
- Steam your riced cauliflower for four minutes in the microwave.
- Add cauliflower, butter, yogurt and garlic to your mixer and mix until creamy.
- Add in ¼ cup of cheese, half of the cooked bacon and half of the diced onion and stir.
- Pour mixture into a greased baking pan and smooth out.
- Top with the remainder of the cheese and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
- Once cheese is melted, sprinkle the remaining bacon and onions over the top and serve warm.
I can’t even begin to tell you how easy this Loaded Cauliflower Mash is to make and it’s quickly become a family favorite because it’s crazy delicious and low carb as well! To start, I simply steamed my riced cauliflower and added it it to my mixer along with my butter, Greek yogurt and garlic.
After mixing it until it reached a smooth consistency, I stirred in my half of my cheese, half of my bacon and half of my onion.
I immediately transferred my mixture into a greased baking dish and smoothed it out. Then I sprinkled the remainder of my cheese over the top.
Into the oven Loaded Cauliflower Bake went on 350 degrees for 15 minutes, until the cheese was bubbly and melted. Once my cheese was melted, I removed my dish from the oven and sprinkled the remainder of my bacon and onions over the top.
With my toppings in place, my Loaded Cauliflower Mash was ready to serve up as the perfect side to a variety of main dishes.
This easy side dish is one I feel great about serving my family as well as one that I can enjoy while living my lower carb lifestyle! I hope you’ll try it today and let me know what you think in the comments!
Do you live a low carb lifestyle and if so, what are some of your favorite substitutions?
First time I made this everyone dug in thinking it was real mashed potatoes. They were surprised but pleased with the end results. Easy and delicious side dish to serve.
I see these more and more and the next time we do dinner at my mothers in laws I think I will make these as they are Heathier than Mashed Potato for my mother in law and father in law to eat.
Oh wow! THIS IS GENIUS! Cauliflower is just so friggin’ amazing and versatile!! In fact, I definitely want to buy it at the store today!
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This looks delicious, I love that it’s a healthier alternative to loaded potatoes. Can’t wait to make this dish for the family.
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We love cauliflower but have never tried it as rice or a mash like this. I need to try this for my son who loves a cheesy dish like this.
I hear you – I really do not enjoy making two different meals. I have deiced everyone eats what I eat or they simply make their own food. My daughters would eat this right up, but not my son – Mr Picky Pants.
This looks pretty tasty. I confess I have only gotten into eaten cooked cauliflower. Chalk that up to cauliflower rice. Fresh, raw with ranch dressing has always been my fave. What a tasty recipe though.
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I’m sure I’d enjoy this! I admit, I love mashed potatoes, so I’d give this a taste. I tend to love anything with cheese!
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This looks great! I truly wish I could eat more cheese and not get a stomach ache! Being low carb and dairy free is challenging sometimes.
This is pretty genius! I never thought to make something like this but I bet my kids would love it.
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I am all about cauliflower these days! This looks delicious!
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It is amazing how versatile cauliflower is! I have used it for “rice” but not for mashed potatoes- this looks absolutely delicious!
I have tried several smashed cauliflower recipes and so far I am not in love with any of them. I do love roasted cauliflower with some seasoning and cheese. My family enjoys it too.
This looks like a great dish to make. I haven’t tried to substitute cauliflower for potatoes yet but it looks fairly simple. Great recipe!
I have got to give this one a try! It sounds amazing and it looks really good as well. Cauliflower is definitely a good alternative for potatoes! Less guilt, without sacrificing the taste!
Cauliflower is one of my favorite veggies. This looks like it would taste so amazing!
Good thing I dropped by your website. Now I have another recipe to try on coming from you. Now, I am really loving my time learning and cooking at the same time.
Yum! This looks delicious. Nothing like we are used to in our house and we LOVE cauliflower! I will have to give it a try!
I actually love using cauliflower as mashed potatoes!! It’s really yummy and filling, I need to try this version!!
This is great. We are also trying to lower down our carb intake. So excited to try this. I hope my boys would love it too. Thank you for sharing the recipe.