Oven fried cauliflower bites with Cheddar Cheese Sauce

Yes, more ways to disguise cauliflower.  At this point it's not so much to trick the kids into eating healthy as it is to find fun ways for Mark & I to eat it.  This cauliflower- definitely healthy.  The cheese sauce?  Probably not so much.  

INGREDIENTS

5 cups fresh cauliflower florets with an inch of stalk

1/2 cup panko crumbs

1/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs

2 TBS parmesan cheese, grated

1 tsp Italian seasoning

sea salt and fresh ground pepper

4 egg whites

3 TBS water

2 TBS Dijon mustard (optional- I HATE mustard so we skipped it!)

Sauce:

1/2 cup skim milk

3 TBS Dijon mustard (again, skipped it!)

4 oz sharp cheddar cheese, shredded

4 oz processed cheese product

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 425.  Lightly coat a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray.

In a bowl whisk the egg whites, water, and a couple pinches each of salt and pepper.  In a separate bowl, combine the panko, bread crumbs, parmesan and Italian seasoning.

 Dip the florets one at a time by holding onto the stalk first into the egg mixture and then the crumbs.  Place on a single layer on the baking sheet.

VERDICT

This was supposed to be our appetizer before we made pizza tonight.  We never got to the pizza.  This was filling and super easy.  And it was really tasty!