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Low Calorie 5:2 Diet Friendly Cauliflower Cheese with Bacon

November 25, 2013 by Fiona Maclean 6 Comments

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Last Updated on July 3, 2015 by Fiona Maclean

 Low Calorie Cauliflower Cheese Recipe:

I have the tummy bug that is sweeping the country.  I’m not a good invalid and the internet has really not helped my cause one little bit.  Now instead of just sleeping off whatever hits me, I google.  And then I have a wildly creative interpretation of my symptoms.  A headache turns into a brain tumour, a stomach bug into acute appendicitis or a perforated ulcer and the aches and pains of a flu bug might just be arthritis.   Google should come with an illness search blocker.  Meanwhile, I am still following the 5:2 diet and the tummy bug messed up this week’s plans completely.  Although I was a bit hungry today,  I couldn’t face my normal fast day spicy food.  And actually I didn’t really want to leave the house either.  All would have been easy if I liked eggs – I’d have feasted on scrambled egg.  But, when my tum is a bit delicate eggs are pretty low on my own personal wish list.  Probably because my mother always used to try to serve them to us as children if we were poorly.

Creamy Cauliflower cheese with Bacon

I did have a cauliflower though.

And, thanks to my trip to Essex, some wonderful Wicks Manor Farm bacon.

The makings of a suitable invalid feast!

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Now, some of the concepts of cooking for the 5:2 diet also make this dish work well as invalid food.  The cheese sauce has no butter or oil, a tiny amount of lightest philadelphia cream cheese and flavour is added with some very lean back bacon, mustard and vegetable stock powder.  That makes for a very light and easily digested dish.  It also means the dish is low calorie.

If I’d been feeling a little better I might have dressed this up with some chopped parsley or served it with a pretty salad.  But as it was, this was great comfort food.  Low hassle and low calorie.

5-2 Diet Cauliflower Cheese

What do you make for yourself as invalid food?

Filed Under: 5:2 Diet Recipes, Lunch, Recipes Tagged With: 5:2 diet, cauliflower, diet, Low calorie

About Fiona Maclean

London based freelance writer and marketing consultant. I edit London-Unattached.com and write for a number of other publications. With a music degree and a background in marketing across many sectors, my passions include all types of music, food, restaurants, wine and travel

Comments

  1. Danika Lloyd says

    August 8, 2014 at 7:48 pm

    ooh looks very tasty

    Reply
  2. michelle bennett says

    August 5, 2014 at 11:23 pm

    This sounds really yummy, i think ill try this thank you x

    Reply
  3. Stevie Wilson says

    December 1, 2013 at 1:40 am

    YUMMY! this sounds fabulous!

    Reply
  4. Chris says

    November 30, 2013 at 3:12 pm

    That sounds and looks very lovely. Yes, a salad on the side would be good as well.

    Reply
  5. Kevin says

    November 25, 2013 at 11:35 pm

    I have had cauliflower mashed “potatoes.” At a local vegan restaurant chain, they actually add potatoes to it. I have also mashed cauliflower myself. It’s a nice lower-carb alternative.

    Reply
  6. Pamela Morse says

    November 25, 2013 at 8:42 pm

    This lovely dish becomes even more calorie conscious when I cut the bacon…it sounds yummy to me.

    Reply

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