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Home » Healthy Recipes » Easy Cheese Cauliflower Grits Recipe

Easy Cheese Cauliflower Grits Recipe

Last Updated November 23, 2021. Published August 18, 2020 By Davinah Cenou Montezuma

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Creamy grits are a classic southern side dish. You often see them served with breakfast or sometimes at dinner with shrimp. Made from cornmeal, grits aren’t low-carb at all. But, with a few tips and tricks, this Easy Cheese Cauliflower Grits recipe is a fantastic grain-free and keto grits option. 

Cheese Cauliflower Rice Grits in a bowl with bacon and jalapeño

Why make grits with cauliflower?

I love savory breakfasts. Big plates of eggs and bacon with all the sides are a nice twist from things like Keto Pancakes or Keto French Toast Sticks.

Of course all those sides that go with bacon and eggs are generally full of carbs like home fries or my favorite creamy grits. But, grits don’t make the cut. 

Why?

Because traditional grits come from boiled cornmeal, a grain. And like most grains, cornmeal packs loads of carbs. This recipe for Easy Cheese Cauliflower Grits is my keto-friendly remake to cheese grits.

Instead of using cornmeal, I substitute cauliflower rice for the grits, making this low-carb and keto-friendly. 

How many carbs are in cauliflower?

One cup of cauliflower is much lower in carbs than one cup of grits. According to Fat Secret, a cup of cauliflower rice has about 5 grams of carbs. 

Because cauliflower is so much lower in carbs than most grains, cauliflower is very popular in the low carb and keto community. In fact, I wrote an entire post of low carb cauliflower recipes that incorporate this veggie into breakfast, lunch, and dinner! 

A bowl of food with Cheesy Cauliflower, an egg, jalapeño, and crispy bacon
How do you use cauliflower to make grits?

Use cauliflower rice to mimic the grains

The basis of this cheesy cauliflower grits recipe is cauliflower rice. Cauliflower rice mimics the grains in grits and provides the base for the grits.

You can either buy pre-made cauliflower rice like I do in the fresh or frozen vegetable section of the grocery store.

You can also make cauliflower rice yourself at home to save yourself a few dollars. If you want to make it yourself at home, you can do it several ways.

Some ways to make cauliflower rice

  1. Use a box grater and grate a head of cauliflower against it. The cauliflower will grate down nicely to make cauliflower rice.
  2. Use a food processor, which is probably the easiest way to make cauliflower rice at home. If you do it in a food processor, take the big center stem out. Then, cut the head of cauliflower into coarse pieces and throw it in your food processor. Pulse it until you get the desired texture, scraping the sides down until all the pieces are roughly the same size.

Use Your Riced Cauliflower to Make Low Carb Grits

Once you have your cauliflower rice, you can go ahead and use it to make your grits. Set it aside while you heat a pan over medium low heat. Then, add heavy cream, chicken stock, cream cheese, butter, salt, black pepper, cheddar cheese, and chives to the pan. The heavy cream and cheese will give you the creamiest consistency and makes these cauliflower grits feel so decadent.

When all your ingredients are in the pan, whisk them together until the cream cheese melts. Then, just add the cauliflower rice and let it cook in the velvety sauce until the rice is tender.

two bowls of Cheese Cauliflower Rice Grits with cheddar block

What to Serve this With:

Breakfast Options:

I’d recommend these Cheese Cauliflower Grits with an egg, homemade chicken sausage, or air fryer bacon for breakfast. I really like No Sugar Added Whole30 Jalapeño Bacon. I’m also a big fan of getting bacon and sausage shipped directly to me from Butcher Box.  

Dinner Options:

Besides breakfast, these are also one of my favorite dinner side dishes. I enjoy them with Pan-seared Shrimp or Air Fryer Salmon. These also help make an amazing low-carb substitute for my shrimp and grits recipe. 

More Keto & Low-carb Cauliflower Recipes

Because cauliflower is such a power player in the low-carb world, you’ll find tons of other cauliflower recipes on this site. Some of my favorites are:

  • Cauliflower Fried Rice
  • Cauliflower Mac and Cheese
  • Scallops and Cauliflower Rice Risotto
  • Loaded Cauliflower
  • Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice
  • Keto Mushroom Risotto

It also makes a great crust for pizza! You can check out my cauliflower pizza crust recipes.

A bowl of food with Cheesy Cauliflower, an egg, jalapeño, and crispy bacon

Easy Cheesy Cauliflower Rice Grits Recipe

Creamy cheesy cauliflower grits are the perfect keto substitute for carb heavy grits. With their perfectly creamy texture and rich taste, my cheesy cauliflower grits satisfy a grits craving while helping you stay in ketosis.
Prep: 5 mins
Cook: 15 mins
Ready in: 20 mins
Cuisine: American
Course: Side Dish
Servings: 5
Calories: 319kcal
Author: Davinah
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Ingredients

  • 1 lb Cauliflower Rice, ~4 cups
  • 1 cup Organic Heavy Whipping Cream
  • 1/2 cup Chicken Broth
  • 2 oz Cream Cheese
  • 2 tbsp Butter
  • 1 tsp Natural Ancient Sea Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
  • 1 tsp Dried Chives, scallions also work well
  • 1/2 cup grated mild cheddar cheese, you can add more cheddar cheese

Instructions

  • Heat a skillet to medium-low heat
  • Add heavy cream, chicken stock, cream cheese, butter, salt, black pepper, cheddar cheese, and chives to the pan. Whisk together until cream cheese is melted (~5 minutes)
  • Add cauliflower rice to the pan and cook in sauce until tender (~10 minutes was enough for me, but I’d check at 5 minute intervals).

Nutrition Details

Calories: 319kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 101mg | Sodium: 690mg | Potassium: 352mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 1080IU | Vitamin C: 50.2mg | Calcium: 121mg | Iron: 0.8mg

The nutrition facts come from entering the recipe ingredients into Spoonacular API, a database of food ingredients. They may vary for any recipe based on the exact product used. The keto sweeteners I use have 0g net carbs & are not included because sugar alcohols do not impact most people. This is provided as a courtesy, but you can do your own calculations if you wish!

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