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Vegetable Bake with Creamy Cauliflower Sauce

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Today we're preparing a vegetable bake with creamy cauliflower sauce, a simple recipe that lets us use whichever vegetables we like best. Using raw cauliflower and cream cheese, we make a sauce and top it with grated cheese before baking. We love that golden, bubbling crust for sharing at the table!

Prep: 15 minCook: 25 minServes: 4

Ingredients

Here are the ingredients you need for this recipe

  • 1/2 cauliflower
  • 1 glass of unsweetened plant-based milk
  • Nutmeg
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons of high-protein cream cheese
  • Vegetables (whichever you like)
  • Himalayan pink salt
  • Garlic powder
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Grated high-protein cheese

Step by step

Method

  1. 1In a frying pan, gently sauté the vegetables with a drizzle of olive oil.
  2. 2Meanwhile, preheat the oven.
  3. 3In a blender, add the plant-based milk, raw cauliflower florets, eggs, cream cheese, nutmeg, and a pinch of pink salt.
  4. 4Blend thoroughly until completely smooth.
  5. 5Season the sautéed vegetables with salt and garlic powder, then transfer them to an oven-safe baking dish (you can also use individual clay dishes).
  6. 6Pour the cauliflower cream sauce evenly over the vegetables.
  7. 7Finish by topping with the grated cheese.
  8. 8Bake at 200ºC for about 15 minutes.
  9. 9All done! Our vegetable bake with creamy cauliflower sauce is ready to serve.

Extras

  1. 1The cauliflower goes in completely raw.
  2. 2You can make this with any vegetables you like.
  3. 3Feel free to season with your favourite herbs or spices.
  4. 4The high-protein cream cheese can be swapped for light cream cheese.
  5. 5Same goes for the grated cheese.
  6. 6This sauce is also amazing for baking over pasta or cannelloni.

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