The Recipe Card, Instructional Video and Nutritional Information is at the bottom of the post, but don’t be too hasty! The post contains all my tips and tricks.
Mmmm spinach…. I love me some spinach. My favorite way to eat my beloved spinach is creamed.
Creamed spinach recipes, sadly, contains flour, but fear no more, because that little fact forced us to invent this a.m.a.z.i.n.g. side dish recipe -> Low-Carb Cauliflower Creamed Spinach ohhhh yeah!
This recipe is definitely a family favorite. Yes, I say that almost every time we post a recipe, but this time it’s more true than the other times (I may or may not say that every time too, but that’s besides the point).
This Spinach and Cauliflower Gratin is a surefire way to get your kids to eat vegetables, because it transforms it into something ridiculously delicious.
How to make healthy creamed spinach?
Not only does it use just 7 ingredients, it only takes about 20 minutes to make. Say whaaat?! Sauté the onion in some butter until soft, and add the spinach.
While that happens the cauliflower boils away for 10 minutes.
As soon as those are done, scoop them into your food processor and blitz it with some cream and butter.
Stir everything together with some cheese, add more cheese on top, broil, and done! Scoop it onto your plate and enjoy!
This is a perfect side dish since for pretty much anything, but it goes especially well with a nice piece of steak.
It’s also pretty easy to transform this spinach recipe in a vegan one – just omit the cheese, butter and cream. I’ve tried it that way and it definitely still packs a punch in the flavor department.
Eating healthy vegetables side dishes has definitely never tasted this good.
For more healthy side-dishes, check out some of our other yummy recipes:
- Zucchini with Tomato and Parmesan
- Curry Green Beans with Feta
- Carrot Mashed Potatoes
- Loaded Sweet Corn Salad
Also, go have a look at these great cauliflower recipes and roundups from other bloggers:
- Mushroom Cauliflower Rice Skillet
- Cheesy Cauliflower Muffins
- Garlic Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower
- 9 Keto Casserole Recipes
Pin it! Low-Carb Cauliflower Creamed Spinach
Cauliflower Creamed Spinach Instructional Video
Cauliflower and Spinach Side Dish Recipe:
Low-Carb Cauliflower Creamed Spinach
Ingredients
- 2 cups frozen spinach
- 4 cups cauliflower (we used a small head of cauliflower and cut it into small florets)
- 1 onion (diced)
- 1 garlic clove (minced)
- 1/2 cup mozzarella (shredded – plus a little extra for on top)
- 2 tbsp heavy cream
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- to taste salt and pepper
Instructions
- Turn on your broiler.
- Bring a medium sized pot of salted water to the boil. Once it boils, add the cauliflower florets and boil for approximately 10 minutes (or until soft).
- While the cauliflower boils, caramelize the onion in a little bit of butter and oil [butter for flavor, oil to keep it from burning] until soft and translucent and and then add the spinach and nutmeg. Cook until the spinach is warmed through.
- When the cauliflower is cooked, use a slotted spoon to scoop the florets into a food processor. Add the cream and butter. Blitz the cauliflower until smooth. Taste and then season with salt and pepper.
- Now mix the cauliflower, spinach/onion and cheese together, taste test and add more salt if needed, and scoop into a cast iron pan or small baking dish.
- Slide under the broiler until the cheese is golden brown and bubbly.
Nutrition
Cauliflower and Spinach Gratin Nutritional Information
Hi,
I’m in the process of making this wonderful looking dish. I have a feeling I over bought on the cauliflower. Would you be able to estimate how many cups of boiled cauliflower you put in the food processor? Also, what size baking dish are you using? In the video the dish is rectangular, but I’m guessing it’s not as big as a 9″ X 13″? Thanks for the advice and sharing the recipe!
Hi Kelly! The size of the dish I used was a 10”x6” – I will add this information to the recipe card. We are in the process of updating a lot of our older recipes.
Also, I think the head of cauliflower we used got us about 2-3 cups of cauliflower. Hope that helps!
Can I use frozen cauliflower and spinach or does it have to be fresh?
Hello Takenya – Frozen spinach will work just fine! 🙂
Just made this served with steak it was a hit added extra onions and cream and more spinach
Thanks for the feedback! Glad it was a success 🙂
Interesting post!! I’ve started LCHF a month ago, and so far I am getting used in this way of eating. I love that I don’t feel bloated all the time, And I’ve never felt so much better like this before. I think I found the best diet for me!! Thank you for this awesome recipes.
I love this recipe! Thank so much for sharing ????
Thank you for the feedback Lesa! Glad you liked the recipe 🙂
Anything besides spinah you would suggest? Kale? Swiss Chard? finely chopped brocolli?
Kale would definitely do great, Swiss chard as well. And who knows, maybe even broccoli…I might give that a try myself!:)
I am going to do a variation of this as a pasta sauce. And imagine cauliflower/spinach toast like avocado toast.
I read the recipe and had to make it right away (after midnight) So I used what I had. I boiled the cauliflower, moved it to blender with a slotted spoon.
It was slow blending so I added a tablespoon of butter. The I decided to just put in the fresh spinach. It gave it a crisp taste. I couldn’t decide if I should use unflavored yogurt or coconut milk. I seasoned it with a onion/garlic/parsley spice mix from Trader Joe’s. I used Oxacan grated cheese because it melts so well.
Next time I will follow the recipe but I was delighted with my results. I ate half of it for dinner. The rest will be beaten in with some eggs for breakfast.
This would be a great potluck dish–especially since it can be made vegan so easily.
This is the first of your recipes I have tried–now I am going to go down the list and try others
Glad it inspired you to create something yummy! Hope you like the original recipe as well when you try it:)
These pictures made my mouth water, it looks so delicious! I’m already saving the link so I can try later today. Thanks!
I cook every day but have never tried cooking cauliflower. I skipped over all the recipes for it thinking surely it wouldn’t taste good as a replacement for rice or mashed potatoes. So I saw this recipe and had everything except the cream so decided to try it. I didn’t add the cloves because I only had whole cloves and didn’t feel like processing them. I used 2% milk instead of cream and threw in a little parmesan cheese with the mozzarella. I didn’t see where in the recipe to add the garlic so I put it in when the spinach was almost wilted. I thought it was really good, my husband who resembles a three year old when trying new foods said it was ok. I would make it again but without the nutmeg, to me it gave an odd flavor but maybe that’s because I didn’t use the cloves. I’m for sure a new fan of cauliflower and can’t wait to try it other ways.
Happy you liked it Kimberly!