French-Fried Cauliflower Au Gratin (Southern Living, 1980)

For those of you who don't know me, bear with me for just a minute.  For those of you who DO know me, hold on to your hats.  What I'm about to say may shock you.  I made cauliflower... and I LIKED IT!

I know, I know.  You're thinking who is this girl?  Keep wondering.... I not only made cauliflower, I also made asparagus and I LIKED IT, TOO!!  (see my next post for the details!) What can I say, I'm branching out.  You need to do some shocking things every now and again.  Like make vegetables with cheese sauce.  

Cauliflower Au Gratin

1 small head cauliflower

1 tbls butter

1 tbls cornstarch

1 cup milk

dash of slat

dash of pepper

1/2 cup cheddar cheese

Boil cauliflower flowerets.  Melt butter, add cornstarch.  Slowly add milk, stir until thick and remove from heat.  Add salt, pepper and cheese; stir until cheese melts.  Pour sauce over cauliflower.  Bake for about 10 - 15 minutes on 350.

So... I eliminated the whole "french-fried" part.  Not sure if you can really say that I made the recipe, since I took out half of the title - but, I did make the sauce (with a little less cheese).  I'm counting it.  Deal with it.  The real winner here was that I truly liked the cauliflower.  Winner, winner.

Until next time,

Chery