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Macaroni Cheese with Secret Cauliflower

September 4, 2014 by Ciara Attwell, Updated February 1, 2022

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Classic Macaroni Cheese made with a secret veggie cauliflower sauce. Vegan friendly!

vegan macaroni cheese in a metal blue and white ovenproof dish

Hands up if you have a pasta loving veggie hating fussy eater. Ok great, it’s not just me then! My fussy little eater is literally obsessed with pasta in every shape in size. She would eat it for all three meals a day if I let her BUT she gets so annoyed when I dare to taint her favourite meal with some veggies. How rude of me!

So we now play the “hide the veggies” game with most of her pasta dinners. I try to secret squirrel in some form of veg into her meal. She, on constant look out for offending vegetables, picks out any bit of green or goodness she can find. Oh what fun! Thankfully all that has ended now that I have discovered the delights of Creamy Cauliflower Sauce. If you’ve not seen my previous post about my favourite new sauce have a look here.

macaroni in a glass jar

This Macaroni Cheese with Secret Cauliflower Sauce is so so good and my fussy eater couldn’t get it into her quick enough when I served it last week.

Mac ‘n Cheese is so versatile. I made the classic recipe here but you could also add some chicken or bacon for extra protein and any veg that your own fussy eaters will tolerate or even try some of my other kid-friendly Mac & Cheese recipes:

One Pot Mac & Cheese with Hidden Veg

Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese

dairy free macaroni cheese

I used normal cheese in this but you could try dairy free cheese to make a vegan friendly version. Or even leave out the cheese altogether, and just enjoy it as a Creamy Pasta Bake. The options are endless!

veg mac and cheese

Do you have any other sauce recipes that you use to secretly get some veg into your kids? I think I need to have more of these up my sleeve!

If you liked my recipe please do leave me a comment and a star rating below. You can also share your pictures with me on Instagram.  I always love to see your creations!

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Macaroni Cheese with Secret Cauliflower


★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
  • Author: Ciara @ My Fussy Eater
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 25 mins
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Category: Main Meals
  • Cuisine: European
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Classic Mac ‘n Cheese made with a secret veggie cauliflower sauce. Vegan friendly!


Ingredients

  • 300g Macaroni Pasta
  • 1 jar Cauliflower Sauce
  • 2 tbsp cheese or vegan cheese (optional)
  • 1 tbsp breadcrumbs

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180c.
  2. Cook the macaroni according to the package instructions. When cooked, drain the pasta, mix in the cauliflower sauce and add half the cheese. When thoroughly mixed transfer the pasta to an oven proof dish and top with the remaining cheese and breadcrumbs.
  3. Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes until the breadcrumbs are golden brown.
1 Serving3633.4 g100.5 mg7.9 g5.6 g60.9 g3.7 g12.7 g
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Filed Under: Family Meals, Hidden Veg Recipes for Fussy Eaters Tagged With: cauliflower, mac n cheese, macaroni cheese, secret veggie

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Comments

  1. Zara says

    February 19, 2018 at 12:02 pm

    I was worried my daughter would notice the cauliflower but she really enjoyed this and it was nice to know I was getting some sneaky veg into her without any fuss.

    ★★★★★

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  2. Sharon kotter says

    January 16, 2016 at 6:24 am

    Looks yummy!

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