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Cauliflower Cheese Bites

August 27, 2012 By Little Grazers 24 Comments

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My eldest won’t eat cauliflower or broccoli and my youngest has recently taken a disliking to it too, so I wanted to try and do a recipe where I could convince them both to eat it and so I made these yummy little bites, that to my joy were eaten by both. I have to admit to enjoying a couple of them too.

Cauliflower Cheese Bites

Makes approx 16 bites

Ingredients

  • half a head of cauliflower
  • pinch of nutmeg
  • 40g of parmesan
  • 60g of cheddar
  • 1 egg
  • black pepper

Directions

Place the cauliflower in a steamer and steam until softened.

Add to a bowl and mash with a fork until you have small grains of cauliflower. Set aside and allow to cool.

Preheat oven to 200c or 400f

Add the cheese, pinch of nutmeg and pinch of black pepper and egg and mix to evenly combine.

Grease a baking tray with some oil and then form the mixture into little bite sized shapes, place on the baking tray and then brush lightly over the top with a little more oil.

Place in the oven and bake until golden on both sides (approx 30-40 mins – you will need to carefully flip them half way through baking time).

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  1. Lisa Goodland

    September 19, 2012 at 6:05 pm

    Approximately how much in weight is half a head of cauliflower? Thanks

    Reply
    • LittleGrazers

      October 5, 2012 at 12:35 am

      about 600g 🙂

      Reply
  2. Priscilla

    January 11, 2013 at 8:08 pm

    Just made these for my 7 month old. She gobbled down 2 of them and was “ummm”-ing the whole time. My 9 year old came home, tried them, and finished off the plate…haha. Looks like a keeper recipe for this fam.

    Thanks.

    Reply
    • LittleGrazers

      January 17, 2013 at 8:53 pm

      thats great to hear. Thanks for stopping by to comment 🙂

      Reply
  3. Sam

    February 26, 2013 at 8:26 pm

    added some spinach to these and my 7mth old loved them.

    Reply
  4. Bel

    April 14, 2013 at 3:36 pm

    Made these for my 3 yo and 9 mo. The 3 yo instead insisted they needed faces an the 9 mo devoured them. Just found your page and love it!

    Reply
  5. isabelellenbrinck

    May 13, 2013 at 1:02 am

    They didn’t feel like they were holding together well as-is so I added an extra egg. I’m curious how you got the perfect patty shape that appears in the picture…

    Reply
    • chasing the donkey

      July 7, 2013 at 7:07 pm

      YES! I want to know that as well… MIne look hideous

      Reply
    • LittleGrazers

      July 11, 2013 at 1:08 am

      Hi Isabele, I am not quite sure why the recipe hasnt worked for some. I can only at a guess say it could be either too much water absorbed into the cauliflower or it was a larger head of cauliflower that was use compared to mine. I will get some made again soon and put exact weight for the cauliflower and hopefully it will be more successful for those who have had trouble getting it to hold together.

      Thank you everyone for your comments 😉

      Reply
  6. chasing the donkey

    July 7, 2013 at 7:08 pm

    Mine looked terrible – better try this again 🙁

    Reply
    • LittleGrazers

      July 11, 2013 at 12:56 am

      Did you steam the Cauliflower in a steamer above water and not placed directly into water, as it can absorb a lot of liquid otherwise?

      The only thing I can think of is that the cauliflower was too wet so didn’t hold together, or try reducing the ratio of cauliflower if using a large head, as the one I used was medium sized. Hope that helps.

      Reply
      • chasing the donkey

        July 12, 2013 at 5:27 pm

        Thanks for taking the time to reply. I’l try that. He loved them anyway, so that’s all that matters 🙂

        Reply
  7. chasing the donkey

    July 13, 2013 at 6:34 pm

    Second time around and SUCCESS!! YAY!

    Reply
  8. Van

    July 17, 2013 at 9:40 pm

    Great Recipe. Thanks. Mine are in the oven now. I added just a pinch (1/2 tsp) of coconut flour, because they seemed a bit wet. Let’s see if they pass the fussy 14 month old test!

    Reply
    • LittleGrazers

      July 19, 2013 at 5:35 pm

      the mixture is pretty wet, before baking, but once baked they firm up.

      Reply
  9. Vicki Fickling

    August 27, 2013 at 2:55 pm

    Tried these today and they are really yummy. Not sure I’ll actually have any left for the baby!

    Reply
  10. Vicki Fickling

    August 27, 2013 at 2:57 pm

    Made these today and they are so yummy, I’m not sure there’ll be any left for the baby. I worked out the secret to getting them to hold together in a perfect shape – I used a cookie cutter – put it on the tray and pushed the mixture into the shape then lifted the cutter off. I now have a tray full of perfect heart shaped bites.

    Reply
    • LittleGrazers

      October 22, 2013 at 8:35 pm

      thanks for your extra tips. Glad the were enioyed 🙂

      Reply
  11. disqus_K9HFQWApkc

    September 8, 2013 at 3:39 am

    Do these freeze well?

    Reply
    • LittleGrazers

      October 22, 2013 at 8:30 pm

      yes these should be fine to freeze 🙂

      Reply
  12. michellecottle

    December 9, 2013 at 11:59 pm

    Mine looked more like pancakes. I added almond meal to mine because my son has been eating too many grains lately. I also used flax meal in place of the egg because of his egg allergy. He loved them!

    Reply
  13. RDK

    February 4, 2015 at 12:56 am

    Great recipe! Totally worked for me. I used parchment paper with some olive oil on it to get the crispiness you did on the outside. I’m also sharing your recipe on my blog http://www.greekmommoments.com.

    Reply
  14. Jaynie Ball

    March 1, 2015 at 9:42 pm

    Hi could you freeze these?

    Reply
  15. RachelGrabau

    July 28, 2015 at 7:50 pm

    Did you use grated or shredded parmesan cheese?

    Reply

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