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Cauliflower Cheese Nuggets

March 13, 2017 by Ciara Attwell, Updated January 27, 2022

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Delicious vegetarian nuggets for kids packed with super nutritious cauliflower!

cauliflower cheese nuggets

Does anyone else have chicken nugget obsessed children? My kids absolutely love them and the more lower the quality of nugget the better in their eyes! We do make chicken nuggets quite a bit at home but recently I’ve started making these Cauliflower Nuggets too, in an effort to eat a little less meat and generally get the kids eating more veggies.

vegetarian cauliflower nuggets for kids


I have to be honest and tell you that my kids are not the biggest fans of cauliflower but they do eat cauliflower cheese so I thought I would make these nuggets super cheesy and generally a bit more kid-friendly!

They are really easy to make although you do need a food processor to mix all the ingredients together. You could try cutting the cauliflower up very finely and mixing all the other ingredients by hand, but the texture may be a little different and definitely not as smooth.

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The nuggets are super soft, meaning they are perfect finger food for toddlers and babies. If you prefer them to be crispy then you could always roll them in an extra coating of breadcrumbs and fry them rather than bake them.

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Delicious vegetarian nuggets for kids packed with super nutritious cauliflower!

Cauliflower Cheese Nuggets


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  • Author: Ciara Attwell @ My Fussy Eater
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 17 mins
  • Total Time: 22 minutes
  • Yield: 3–4 1x
  • Category: Main Meal
  • Cuisine: European
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Delicious vegetarian nuggets for kids packed with super nutritious cauliflower!


Ingredients

  • 350g / 12oz cauliflower
  • 50g / 1 cup fresh breadcrumbs
  • 100g / 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
  • 1 medium egg
  • ¼ tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp mixed dried herbs

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200c / 390f and line a baking tray with parchment paper or a silicone non-stick mat.
  2. Chop the cauliflower into small pieces and cook it by either boiling or steaming it, which ever is your preference.
  3. Once the cauliflower has cooked add it to a food processor and blitz until it has broken down into small pieces. Add the rest of the ingredients and blitz again just enough until they are all combined. You don’t want to over-blitz the mixture!
  4. Place one large spoon of the mixture at a time onto the baking tray and mould into a round shape. I make about 12 nuggets from this but it will depend on what size you want them to be.
  5. Bake in the oven for 12-14 minutes until golden brown. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving as this will help them to keep their shape.
  6. Serve immediately or store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 48 hours.
1 Serving2343.1 g358.2 mg14.7 g7.8 g13.1 g2.7 g13.7 g

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Comments

  1. Jill says

    August 23, 2018 at 12:33 am

    My daughter loves these! I mixed a little broccoli in as well. Thanks for the recipe 🙂 I’m making them for the second time tomorrow.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  2. Wendy says

    July 22, 2018 at 2:52 pm

    Hey, thank you so much for sharing out this brilliant idea! But, I was wondering how was the tenderness or the texture of the nugget? does it as tender as the chicken nugget or it has a softer texture? Also, is it possible to replace cheddar cheese with parmesan cheese?

    Reply
  3. Kristin says

    April 29, 2018 at 9:42 pm

    Hi. OMG this recipe looks great! I was wondering if I would be able to mix this with broccoli and carrots?
    Thankn you for sharing!!

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      April 30, 2018 at 7:10 am

      Possibly yes. Maybe swap some of the cauliflower for those veggies!

      Reply
  4. Daisy says

    March 21, 2018 at 5:16 pm

    Sorry if this sounds like a dumb question but what are mixed herbs ? Can I find this at any grocery store ?

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      March 22, 2018 at 5:40 pm

      Dried mixed herbs or dried oregano!

      Reply
      • Carine says

        April 24, 2019 at 3:21 pm

        Looks really good!! I am making it now for dinner!! Will let you know how it goes. Thanks.

        Reply
  5. Maya says

    March 21, 2018 at 12:18 pm

    These went down a storm with all of us! Really good.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  6. Millie says

    March 15, 2018 at 5:47 pm

    My 3 year old loved these and she usually hates anything with cauliflower in it. Big success!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  7. SJ says

    October 23, 2017 at 10:51 pm

    Hi can these be frozen??

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      October 29, 2017 at 11:57 am

      Yes you can freeze after cooking!

      Reply
  8. Chlo says

    September 30, 2017 at 8:06 pm

    Im so glad ive found this recepie! Thanks so much for posting, im going to make some tomorrow 🙂

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      October 1, 2017 at 8:26 pm

      Glad you like them Chlo!

      Reply
  9. Emma says

    September 19, 2017 at 9:14 am

    Just wondering if anyone has tried freezing these yet?

    Reply
  10. Jennifer says

    July 7, 2017 at 3:39 am

    Which dried herbs do you use?

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      July 7, 2017 at 8:29 am

      Its just a packet of mixed dried herbs but oregano or italian herbs would work well too

      Reply
  11. Alanna says

    June 27, 2017 at 10:39 am

    I was wondering if you could use a different cheese. I have feta which I have never tried or eaten before but had bought it to try making savoury muffins for baby led weaning x

    ★★★★★

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    • Ciara Attwell says

      June 27, 2017 at 11:16 am

      Hi Alanna, its certainly worth trying but I haven’t tried the recipe myself with other cheese so can’t say for certain if it would work well. Please do come back and let me know how it goes though!

      Reply
  12. AisT says

    June 13, 2017 at 11:21 pm

    Hi, I was just wondering if I can skip boiling or steaming the cauliflower, since we’re baking it anyway? Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!

    Reply
    • Ciara Attwell says

      June 18, 2017 at 8:32 pm

      I haven’t tried it that way so can’t say for sure. Also if the cauliflower is not cooked Im not sure how you will get it to stick together?

      Reply

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