Roasted Cauliflower and Cheddar Dip

This roasted cauliflower and cheddar dip is unbelievably creamy and flavorful – blending the cauliflower into a silky dip helps greatly reduce the calories in this dip.

This wholesome dip starts with lots of cauliflower – an entire head of it. I roasted the cauliflower to give the dip an extra dimension of flavor. If you’re scratching your head about the roasting – here’s how to roast cauliflower. Your life will never be the same.

While the cauliflower roasts, you can concoct a quick white sauce – a little butter, flour and milk is all it takes.

Once the cauliflower is nice and brown and crispy, I purée all of it except a few pieces which I use for garnish. A few garnishes on this dip are a good idea since the color is a bit boring.

You’ll add a bit of your sauce to the cauliflower to help the blender along. All that’s left to do after it’s blended smooth is stir it into the remaining sauce and then add cheddar. I used the sharpest white cheddar I could find to give a punch of great flavor without having to add too many calories. If you taste it and feel like it needs more cheese, feel free to add it! More cheese is always a good decision, especially extra sharp white cheddar.

Serve the cauliflower and cheddar dip warm with bread, crackers or vegetables. Enjoy!

Looking for more great dips like this one?

 

• Hot caprese dip
• Broccoli and bacon beer cheese dip
• Healthy queso dip with butternut squash
• White queso in the slow cooker

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Recipe

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Prep Time: 10 minutes mins

Cook Time: 20 minutes mins

Total Time: 30 minutes mins

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This roasted cauliflower and cheddar dip is unbelievably creamy and flavorful – blending the cauliflower into a silky dip helps greatly reduce the calories in this dip.

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 head of cauliflower (roughly 6 heaping cups), [roasted]
• ▢ 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• ▢ 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• ▢ 2 cups milk (I use skim)
• ▢ 1 cup grated extra sharp cheddar
• ▢ salt and pepper to taste
• ▢ optional: chives for garnishing

Instructions

• In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
• Whisk in flour and continue to cook for 1 minute.
• Slowly add milk while continuing to whisk.
• Continue whisking over medium heat until thickened slightly.
• When the cauliflower is roasted, add it to a blender with 1/2 cup of the white sauce and puree until smooth. Stir this into the rest of the white sauce until combined. Remove from heat and stir in cheese until melted.
• Taste and season with salt and pepper.
• Serve warm.

Notes

If you don’t want to turn your oven on to roast the cauliflower, you could alternatively steam it. However, make sure to thoroughly drain the steamed cauliflower to prevent the dip from becoming watery.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1/4 cup, Calories: 131kcal, Carbohydrates: 5g, Protein: 7g, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g, Cholesterol: 27mg, Sodium: 175mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 1g

This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.

© Author: Rachel Gurk

Verdict: Delish! It tastes like cauliflower with cheese sauce…probably because that’s basically what it is.
Husband’s take: He liked it! I think he would have preferred more cheddar and less cauliflower but I love the easily identifiable cauliflower flavor in this dip.
Changes I would make: None are necessary!
Difficulty: Easy!

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