Cauliflower with cheese sauce.
 

I rarely measure with this dish so I am linking a recipe. I don't use Thyme and many times I just use milk, flour, butter,Velveeta, tbsp. of parmesan and pepper it well for the sauce and I like the cauliflower NOT crisp and NOT mushy.

Here is the recipe. Cheese Sauce Over Cauliflower Recipe | Taste of Home

People rave about expensive steak, but lovely fresh vegetables and fruits occupying the other side of the plate can be so yummy. I love fresh cauliflower with cheese sauce with a lovely meat loaf and a tossed salad with a dressing that has a hint of sweetness.

Gracie from Ohio with excellent taste buds.

We like roasted cauliflower seasoned with salt, red peppers flakes, chopped garlic, olive oil. Recipe got online.

Roasted everything!
 

We love roasted asparagus, brussel sprouts, broccoli, summer squash, zucchini, and carrots. Just toss a bit of olive oil or coconut oil with coarse salt and pepper in a zip bag and then spread on a cookie sheet at 425 until just fork tender (depends on what veggie you're doing) 10-25min.

I do not like vegetables but the bigger the steak the better!

I like this. We do asparagus & green beans (not together) in a very little olive oil, and put it on non-stick aluminum foil on a sheet pan. Garlic salt & pepper.

For the green beans, I put some minced garlic, salt, pepper, shaved onion, & afterwards top with toasted pine nuts.

I do not like oven-roasted vegetables that are brought to the "browned" stage. Food bloggers call this nutty and good; I call it burnt. But roasting just to the tender stage is our favorite.

Veggies
 

I agree I don’t like them where they turn bitter. My favorite is roasted carrots with Vidalia onion chunks. I also toss mine in olive oil, kosher salt and a small amount of pork butt rub.

I like carrots boiled until tender than baked slowly with butter, honey and a little brown sugar.

Hey Gracie, try that cheese sauce with equal parts velveeta and Cabots Seriously Sharp cheddar.

I think Cabots makes the best "grocery store" cheddar now. It used to be Cracker Barrel was the best, but their cheese is now shiny and lacks the crisp consistency of a good cheddar. I don't know what they did to it, but we noticed it a few years ago and stopped purchasing it.

Cabots. Writing it down. This Forum is a great place to learn new stuff.

Thank you guys.

Splurge on the pricier one that they have. No gumminess at all and a great tasting cheddar. I just wish they made it in the same square shape as Cracker Barrel, which fits perfectly on a Triscuit!

We slice whole cauliflower in 1” slices. Spray with olive oil (have sprayer that dispenses 1/4 teaspoon easier than brushing) and throw on the grill.

By grilling the steak size cauliflower you get the tenderness you desire, crisp edges, smoky flavor and for those meatless mondays you still can use a knife:icon_hungry:.

Put it on top of homemade pasta and it’s a great meal. You can do this with broccoli, but does not stay intact as cauliflower.

We rarely use processed food, so cheese sauce is out for us.

Velveeta.

Velveeta has been a part of American diets since 1928. Known for it's meltability, my family has used it as long as I can remember.

I am very much against food snobbery. This was probably because I was born right after the depression and was a little girl during the second world war when food was rationed.

I also was expected to eat what was put in front of me and like most girl teens of that era I was given cooking and sewing classes in school. My sewing skills aren't too hot, but I am a halfway decent cook and I still use Velveeta.



Velveeta Cheese Nutritional Facts | LIVESTRONG.COM

For us it’s not food snobbery, it’s how you were raised. My grands and greatgrands raised chickens, pig, beef and dairy. Fruit trees, and a acre just for vegetables. We never used sugar, since our hives provided all we need and sold the rest. I never went to a grocery until I moved out on my own, in the 70s. To this day I can’t drink milk unless it’s raw, processed milk just tastes awful.
We still have our meat raised, grow own veggies. Processed food was never on our table, and I don’t know any other way. Our cheese, butter, yogurt made in our kitchen. It’s a lifestyle.

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Velveeta contains no real cheese whatsoever (it originally did back in the day) and is of course extremely high in sodium and unhealthy fats. I doubt a cardiologist would come back for seconds or even accept a first serving. Yuk!

Each one-pound brick of Velveeta has a recommended 16 servings, and if you look at the nutritional information through 21st century eyes, those servings are pretty terrifying. Each serving has 80 calories (50 from fat), 6 grams of fat (4 from saturated fat), and 3 grams of carbs (with 2 that come from sugars). There's a ton of sodium, too — 410 mg — and you're only getting 15 percent of your daily dose of calcium. That means Velveeta is a guilty pleasure today, and that all makes it even more surprising that it wasn't just marketed as an affordable way to feed a family, but as a super-healthy way to feed them, too.

Read More: The untold truth of Velveeta

Originally Velveeta was made from real cheese. Kraft changed the formula in 1953. Today, it's mainly whey protein concentrate, milk protein concentrate, milk, fat, and preservatives. By the Food and Drink Administration's standards, that's not real cheese—which is why the FDA forced Kraft to change its label from "cheese spread" to "cheese product."

My list for who to invite to dinner just got shorter. Oh well. You're on the west coast anyway.

A man I know keeps Velveeta on his sailboat as an emergency munchie because he finds it does not spoil. It must have an incredible shelf life.

It stays stable for a long time if you rewrap it carefully. A large box of Velveeta lasts us maybe six months. The secret to what I view as a healthy diet is not too much fat, small portions of protein and lots of fruits and vegetables. My cholesterol without statins is 129. I am just lucky genetically. I don't drink or smoke and I live with lovely, enjoyable, funny, loving people. I was terribly surprised to find that my heart had electrical issues and grateful to find that it is strong. We cannot live forever. People do things and eat things that aren't the best, but thank goodness, most of us don't lecture others on food.

Processed foods are leading to obesity and illness worldwide. Processed foods: Health risks and dangers

I used to invite groups of people with no thought that they wouldn't be pleased.

They ate and they drank and they seemed to enjoy themselves and we enjoyed having these large groups which often included children and neighbors as well as social friends.

Now I would not be so confident.