What the hell do you serve with cauliflower cheese?

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Am making cauliflower cheese for tea tomorrow now what do you normally serve with it?

I know alot of people have it as a side dish but i want it more of a main? Am thinking maybe sliced gammon? then am stuck what else?

What do you serve with or what would you?

Gravy does not go with cauliflower cheese, neither does baked bean sauce!

Crusty bread to dip in the cheese sauce.

Gravy, just no! I can't eat cauliflower cheese as part of a roast dinner, they don't go together at all IMO.

Serious question - I have the remains of a cheeseboard, Stilton, black bomber cheddar and Brie. Can I stick them all into the cheese sauce for cauli cheese? My heart says yes, my head says ask Mumsnet.

I would put the cheddar and the Stilton in the sauce (if you like blue cheese), but not the Brie, personally.

I'm another who is happy to have cauliflower cheese as a main dish on its own as is. That's how my mother used to serve it when we were growing up. You need a decent amount of cauliflower per person, obviously.

If I do it nowadays I have the complication of one non-meat eater but one non-dairy (and shouldn't really have a lot of dairy myself). So typically I'll make my sauce with a bit of mustard in, then split it in half. One half gets gammon added and the other half gets the cheese, and we're all happy!

I like it on it's own but am partial to enjoying it with a side of chips or garlic bread.

I now really, really want cauliflower cheese for dinner.

peppered mackerel goes really well!

Dp makes it as a side to roast beef.
I can’t stand it, wet saucy food next to non saucy things, slopping everything up no thank you!!
I have never heard of it as a main meal though.

This thread has made me want cauliflower cheese. I like it as a side on a roast dinner, but I also like it on its own.

Crusty bread, rocket salad.

Sausages or gammon.
And peas :)

We usually do it with either tomatoes or some sort of green veg (peas, green beans, etc.) and maybe some new potatoes... You don't really need meat or eggs with it for protein - the sauce is made of cheese and milk.

We always have it with potatoes, (jacket or mashed) and either bacon, sausages, corned beef or ham. Yummy!

I serve it as a main mail but add pasta, so it's a cauliflower / Mac cheese. I also use coloured pasta so it looks better. Having it tonight in fact!

Gammon done in the slow cooker, sautéed potatoes or jackets, peas

To put cauliflower cheese together with Sunday (roast) lunch is two good meals ruined, IMO. Just saying.

I like Cauliflower cheese with a nice lamb chop.

I usually do it with a lamb chop and some form of potato.

But often, if I have some lovely Cauli cheese leftover, I will make some roast potatoes and just serve them with the reheated cauli. No meat at all.

Some pork and some mashed potatoes is ok too.

Or a rasher.

For some reason, I am not as keen about chicken or beef with cauli cheese.

I put bacon rashers over the top and bake in the oven as normal. Delicious

Gammon and roast potatoes. Please PM your address and what time is dinner? I LOVE cauliflower cheese!!

@primoestate oh my goodness!! I think I may have dribbled. I am so doing that for dinner tomorrow!

Pork or lamb chops with some mash or roasties.
Rice and grilled tomato.
Pasta with extra cheese sauce.
Ragout.
Potatoes daphinoise (can't spell) could replace cream with milk so its not two creamy dishes

Pulled pork. Mmmmmm

Brown rice and peas. It has to be brown rice.