Name: 3 Step Ketogenic Mac and Cheese
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 large cauliflower (approx 2 pounds); 1 cup heavy whipping cream; 2 cups shredded cheese (cheddar, Asiago, etc); 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon oregano (optional); 1 teaspoon garlic powder (optional)

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In three easy steps, you can make ketogenic mac and cheese to serve on the side of any meal. In this recipe, we combine steamed cauliflower with a thick cheese sauce and classic salt and pepper seasoning. You can add in optional oregano and garlic powder to step up the flavor.

We like the lemon pepper blend from Mountain Rose Herbs, the spicy citrus blend of onion, garlic, pepper, lemon, salt, and cayenne is just as good in ketogenic mac and cheese as it is on cauliflower rice!

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Steps to Simple Keto Meals

Every single one of our keto meals begins with protein. Protein is the most important macronutrient on a ketogenic diet. Pick your top three sources of protein and rotate them through weekly meal prep. I usually double batch beef burgers and Mama’s Best Meatballs with 50% beef heart (recipe from my cookbook). Our backyard chickens keep us well stocked with eggs, which along with wild-caught canned fish are always on hand for easy meal prep.

Once your protein is established, use fats for fuel and add low-carb veggies, like this ketogenic mac and cheese on the side! It’s that easy to make well-formulated keto meals!

If you are new to keto, I recommend you read How to Set Keto Macros and review the foods we recommend for fat loss to be sure you can experience all the great benefits of keto.

Low-Carb Pasta Replacements (including more Ketogenic Mac and Cheese!)

Wheat based and gluten containing pasta noodles are surprisingly easy to replace with vegetable alternatives. Zucchini makes perfect “zoodles”. Spaghetti squash can be baked and then used under a marinara sauce with meatballs, just like spaghetti. In this ketogenic mac and cheese recipe, we choose cauliflower as our noodle replacement. Bite sized pieces are a better keto choice instead of past shells or elbow noodles.