Roasted Cauliflower with Blue Cheese Sauce & Bacon

Tender roasted cauliflower dripping with blue cheese sauce and sprinkled with crispy bacon. Oh, yes. This Roasted Cauliflower with Blue Cheese Sauce & Bacon is the best side dish ever. And it only has four ingredients!

Roasted Cauliflower with Blue Cheese Sauce & Bacon – Low Carb, Keto, Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, THM S

I’ve been wanting to make a whole roasted cauliflower for years. I finally decided to try it a week or two ago. I even filled a Ziploc bag with this blue cheese sauce and tried piping it between the florets of the cauliflower. It was a good first attempt but most of the cheese I had piped in oozed out, the cheese sauce cooked faster than the cauliflower, and it took forever for the cauliflower to get tender enough.

But the easy blue cheese sauce and bacon on the cauliflower was divine. I had to try again.

Speaking of the blue cheese sauce. It has just 2 ingredients. Can you guess what they are?

I absolutely did not want to boil the cauliflower first. Who wants another dirty pot? Not me. So I quartered the cauliflower and roasted it for a while before adding the sauce. Perfection.

This was seriously one of the best things I have ever eaten. Ever. This was one of those moments when I served small portions to my children and hoped they didn’t ask for more.

My kids are pretty good eaters but the ten and under crowd doesn’t normally appreciate blue cheese. I didn’t like it until I was in my mid-twenties. It started to become more popular and would end up in salads quite frequently. I developed a taste for it amidst that classic glazed pecan, craisin, blue cheese, spinach salad.

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Roasted Cauliflower with Blue Cheese Sauce & Bacon

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

50 mins

 

Tender roasted cauliflower dripping with blue cheese sauce and sprinkled with crispy bacon. Oh, yes. This Roasted Cauliflower with Blue Cheese Sauce & Bacon is the best side dish ever.

Course: Side, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: blue cheese sauce, roasted cauliflower

Servings: 4

Calories: 352 kcal

Author: Taryn

Ingredients

• 1 head of cauliflower quartered, leaves and lower stem removed
• 1/2 cup mayo
• 1 cup blue cheese finely chopped
• 1/2 cup bacon crumbles

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray. Put the cauliflower quarters on the baking sheet and cook for 30 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, stir together the mayo and blue cheese.

   
   

3. After 30 minutes the cauliflower should be slightly tender. Spread with the blue cheese sauce. Sprinkle on the bacon. Bake for 10-15 minutes until the cheese sauce is golden.

Nutrition Facts

Roasted Cauliflower with Blue Cheese Sauce & Bacon

Amount Per Serving

Calories 352 Calories from Fat 288

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 32g 49%

Saturated Fat 10g 50%

Cholesterol 39mg 13%

Sodium 705mg 29%

Potassium 425mg 12%

Total Carbohydrates 6g 2%

Dietary Fiber 2g 8%

Sugars 2g

Protein 10g 20%

Vitamin A 5.5%

Vitamin C 66.3%

Calcium 20.3%

Iron 3.6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Originally published October 29. 2016. Revised and republished September 17, 2018.