{"id":26536,"date":"2015-06-30T00:30:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T04:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=26536"},"modified":"2015-06-29T23:32:56","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T03:32:56","slug":"cauliflower-cheeseburger-mac-n-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/30\/cauliflower-cheeseburger-mac-n-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Cauliflower-Cheeseburger Mac &#8216;n Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So perhaps you did a double take when you read the title of this recipe in our <strong><em>At Home with GCH<\/em><\/strong> blog today. \u00a0I totally get it! \u00a0When I originally saw a similar recipe that inspired this one, I thought, \u2018ummm, yeah, right! I am NOT going to be able to \u2018sneak\u2019 this one in!\u2019 \u00a0But, I <strong><em>did<\/em><\/strong>&#8230;and he thoroughly enjoyed it!<\/p>\n<p>And since then, we have had different versions of this&#8230;it is such an adaptable recipe! \u00a0Maybe you also include some pasta (traditional or gluten free). \u00a0Or make this \u2018chili mac-style\u2019 by adding some finely diced hot peppers or chilis. This is really good with a tomato base, too: add a couple of tablespoons of tomato paste and a can of Rotel-type tomatoes. \u00a0But my favorite version is this simple one. \u00a0I would love to hear back from you if you adapt it and make it your own! \u00a0Oh&#8230;and just a bit of\u00a0finely chopped, cooked bacon finishes this off amazingly; just saying! \u00a0Enjoy!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Cauliflower-Cheeseburger Mac \u2018n Cheese<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-06-05-19.43.56.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-26539\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-06-05-19.43.56-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"2015-06-05 19.43.56\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-06-05-19.43.56-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-06-05-19.43.56-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-06-05-19.43.56-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1+1\/2 pounds ground beef (or turkey)<br \/>\n1-2 tablespoons finely chopped garlic (I use jarred)<br \/>\n1 medium-sized cauliflower<br \/>\nhandful grape tomatoes, halved<br \/>\n2 teaspoons dried parsley (or oregano)<br \/>\n1 tablespoon spicy mustard<br \/>\n1 teaspoon or so sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste<br \/>\n1 cup (or more) coarsely shredded cheese (sharp cheddar, colby jack, spicy monterey jack)<br \/>\nchopped avocado, optional<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>remove the thickest part of the cauliflower stem (freeze to add to veggie soup); coarsely chop the rest of the head of cauliflower keeping your pieces in similar sizes<\/li>\n<li>steam or boil cauliflower \u2018til just al dente (about 12-15 minutes); drain completely<\/li>\n<li>while the cauliflower is cooking, in a large pan, saute the ground meat \u2018til almost done adding the minced garlic and the tomatoes in the final minute; reduce heat to low<\/li>\n<li>stir in the seasonings and then add the cooked cauliflower to the cooked ground meat, folding together gently<\/li>\n<li>scatter all the shredded cheese across the top and stir in<\/li>\n<li>optional: top each serving with a little chopped avocado<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">\u2665 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2665<\/span><\/p>\n<p>God loves you!\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\">\u00a0\u2665\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>(Don\u2019t ever forget that!)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\">\u2665<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0coleen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So perhaps you did a double take when you read the title of this recipe in our At Home with GCH blog today. \u00a0I totally get it! \u00a0When I originally saw a similar recipe that inspired this one, I thought, \u2018ummm, yeah, right! I am NOT going to be able to \u2018sneak\u2019 this one in!\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":26539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[3038,185,9093,235,425,483,2314,9094],"class_list":["post-26536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at-home-with-gch","tag-at-home-w-gch","tag-cauliflower","tag-cauliflower-cheeseburger-mac-and-cheese","tag-coleen-hayden","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-healthy-but-oh-so-yummy","tag-low-carb","tag-mac-and-cheese-alternative","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-06-05-19.43.56.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-6U0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26536"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26552,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26536\/revisions\/26552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}