Cheesy Italian Cauliflower Steaks Recipe Is a Vegetarian Dinner or Side Dish (4 Ingredients) High Protein Recipes Vegetarian Vegetables Dinner Lunch Gluten-free Side Dishes Italian Recipes

Vegetarians, it's steak night! This easy Italian cauliflower steak recipe is topped with marinara sauce and two cheeses. It's a satisfying vegetarian meal, light dinner or serve it as a side dish.

This easy baked cauliflower recipe can be a delicious part of your healthy eating plan. To make this gluten-free dinner or side dish recipe, you will need two small heads of cauliflower, marinara sauce or tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese. An optional ingredient is crushed red pepper flakes to add a kick of spice. (Check out the health benefits of cauliflower.)

To change things up, make this high-protein recipe with an alfredo sauce instead of marinara. Try this three-ingredient Parmesan alfredo sauce or this copycat Alfredo sauce recipe that tastes like Olive Garden's sauce. To reduce the fat and sodium in this recipe, use reduced-fat mozzarella cheese and low-sodium marinara sauce.

Serve these Italian-inspired cauliflower steaks for lunch or dinner with a fresh garden salad on the side. You can even serve the cauliflower steaks as a side dish with your favorite protein.

Cuisine: American / Italian
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 35 to 38 minutes
Total Time: 40 to 43 minutes
Servings: 4 

Ingredients

• 2 small heads of cauliflower
• 1 cup marinara sauce or your favorite tomato sauce
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Here's how to make it: 

1. Remove the leaves and stems from the cauliflower. Cut each cauliflower, starting in the middle, into two to three steaks, depending on the size. (Save the remaining cauliflower after cutting the "steaks" for another use.)
2. Put the cauliflower steaks onto baking sheet that's been lightly oiled. Brush them with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
3. Bake in a preheated 425-degree F oven for about 30 minutes, turning them over halfway through the cooking time.
4. Divide the marinara sauce evenly between the steaks, then sprinkle with both cheese. Sprinkle with the crushed red pepper flakes, if using. Bake another 5 to 8 minutes or until the cheese melts. Serve hot. Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

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