Would you consider cauliflower cheese a meal?

[dudsville]

So, I'm steaming veg (cauliflower, carrots and brocolli) and sauteing mushrooms, and I'll add some frozen peas and spinach. But this is just veg in a cheese sauce. WOuld you consider this a meal in itself?

No

No, it’s a side dish.

Lunch yes dinner no

No, a side dish to something like steak or chicken.

Yes if it’s big enough and it’s just for me.

I wouldn’t serve it up for someone else as a meal though

No.
But boil some spuds and fry some naice bacon - then it is

I’d chuck some pasta in with the veg and cheese sauce to make it a meal

Make wrap the whole lot in a pankake! That's a meal. 😋

I'm on the fence but I can see that. Are you both meat eaters?

Also, this is for a wednesday night meal at home, not dinner guests.

Definitely add some pasta, then it will be a meal.

Yes, lovely with some garlic bread!

So, meat or pasta (pancake!) makes it a meal for some.

…with rice and a side salad, yes but not on its own.

Garlic bread! I will do that.

Or fish!

I have just asked DS16 this question, as he loves cauliflower cheese .

His response was 'Yes, if it's big enough'

Pretty much. I’d do it as a gratin and serve it with salad. It’s got plenty protein / fat in the cheese sauce. I wouldn’t serve it alongside yet more meat, not with extra carbs.

With a jacket potato/pasta/bread roll -yes.
No jacket potato/pasta/bread roll - no.

Not to give anyone else but as a guilty pleasure yes

No way, you at least need some pasta but mostly it's a side

It will be a large dish!

It’s a weird side dish: lots of faff and the sauce leaks on things. And it’s really filling as a side.

Yes, but with just the cauliflower and cheese sauce with plenty of crispy cheese on top. No other veg necessary.

No, but I would never ever put mushrooms etc in a cauliflower cheese (!!!), so we're really not thinking about the same dish.

Yes with garlic bread