Thursday, April 08, 2021

What I’m Cooking

Ready-made ravioli, browned mushrooms, tomatoes, and pesto. All from Trader Joe’s.

Trader Joe’s Vegan Pesto is very good!


An extension of the classic cauliflower cheese.
Beyond the usual steamed cauliflower in white sauce, my version included browned onions and bell peppers with the cauliflower. I made a brown sauce (stock, butter, flour, and seasonings) and mixed it with shredded cheddar cheese, poured it over the vegetables in the casserole, and then topped it with bread crumbs and sliced pepper-jack cheese. Also some herbs and fennel seeds in the sauce, and dried herbs mixed with the bread crumbs.  All baked for around half an hour until nice and brown.

Blog post © 2021 mae sander


14 comments:

Deb Nance at Readerbuzz said...

This looks delicious. I've often made tortellini, but I've never tried ravioli. I think I would like to try it.

Tandy | Lavender and Lime (http://tandysinclair.com) said...

All looks so comforting and set delicious.

Angie's Recipes said...

Looks very yummy and comforting!

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

Now I'm REALLY hungry. I love, love, love pesto. I can't believe you didn't make the ravioli. But the veggies and cheeses sound fabulous, too. I may need to raid the fridge about now.

Iris Flavia said...

LOL. Your first pic already made me go, "hmmmmm!!"
And the second! I looove kale. And cauliflower! Cheese....
Can´t you come over and cook here, please?

My name is Erika. said...

This post has left me very hungry, even if it is only breakfast time. I've never had cauliflower cheese. Time to try it I guess!

Jeanie said...

I never would have put these together and it looks like it would really work!

gluten Free A_Z Blog said...

Your cauliflower casserole looks delicious. The photo makes me feel like digging in!

Beth F said...

good eating going on.

(Diane) bookchickdi said...

I like ravioli in a brown butter sage sauce- yum.

Marg said...

Oh my! That cauliflower cheese looks so good!

Divers and Sundry said...

That ravioli would be a real treat. I've never tried to make it but enjoy it in Italian restaurants and even bought frozen.

Lowcarb team member said...

Your cauliflower dish looks delicious.

All the best Jan

Tina said...

It's certainly a meal I would like. I am a fan of cauliflower but Doug isn't crazy about it so I need to mix it in with other ingredients. Will have to try your version here.