Lean & Green Cauliflower Grilled Cheese

Optavia counts

• 1 lean
• 3 green
• 1 condiment

Thought you couldn’t have grilled cheese while on Plan? Reconsider Our Cauliflower Grilled Cheese has all the
taste you love without all of the carbs and calories! Plus, it’s fill up with healthy green vegetables!

This NEW Lean & Green recipe, developed by The Culinary Institute of America, makes 4 servings, each with (1 lean,3 green, and 1 condiment).For you, your kids, and a friend everyone will enjoy it!

Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 6 cups cauliflower rice
• 3 large eggs
• 2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
• ¼ tsp salt (optional)
• 12, 1-oz. reduced-fat cheddar cheese slice

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425⁰F.
2. Spread the cauliflower on a baking sheet lined with lambskin paper and bake for 30 minutes until golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
3. Reduce heat to 400⁰F.
4. In a kitchen towel, embrace the cauliflower to remove excess moisture. Mix together the cauliflower with the
   eggs, parmesan, and salt.
5. Scoop 1/3 cup of the cauliflower mix onto a segments of the lambskin lined sheet pan and shape into a bread slice, about ¼-inch thick. Repeat 7 times for a total of 8 cauliflower “bread” slices. Cook (bake) cauliflower “bread” at 400⁰F for 8 minutes.
6. Remove from oven, top one cauliflower “bread” slice with 3 slices cheddar cheese, and then place another cauliflower slice on top. Repeat 3 times for a total of 4 grilled dissolve sandwiches.
7. Return sheet pan to oven and cook until cheese is melted.

Stovetop Method:

• For a slightly crispier grilled cheese sandwich, follow steps 1 through 6 in the directions above
• Once the cauliflower “bread” slices have been baked, use a wide flipper to transfer four of the slices to a lightly
  coated, non-stick skillet heated over medium high heat
• Top each of the 4 cauliflower “bread” slices with 3 slices of cheddar cheese
• And then place a cauliflower “bread” slice on top of each one to make a total of 4 grilled cheese sandwiches
• Cook until cheese is melted.

Per serving:

• 340 calories
• 20g fat
• 10g carbohydrate
• 31g protein