Cauliflower Soup

1 small cauliflower
1 carrot, cut into small cubes
1 onion, chopped
100 g corn, frozen
2 tbsp flour
200 ml milk
2 tbsp butter
salt, pepper
Saute onion & carrot in a saucepan with butter & 4 tbsp water.
At the same time add the cauliflower florets into the 1 l boiling water & cook until half way cooked, ca 2-3 minutes.
Add the carrots to the soup.
Mix the flour with cold milk until completely dissolved, stir gently into the soup.
Add corn, season.
Bring back to boil & cook for 5-10 min or until soup is ready.
Serve with chives & parsley.

Pasta & Cauliflower Cheese Bake

300 g pasta
1 big cauliflower
100 -200 g smoked streaky rashers or cabanossi sausages
1 onion
500 ml milk
1-2 tbsp flour
50 -100 g cheese
1-2 tbsp breadcrumbs
0,5 tsp rose pepper,freshly crushed

Boil pasta in salted water until al dente.Drain.
Bring the cauliflower florets to boil in salted water for about 5 min or less if you like it al dente,drain.
At the same time fry chopped onion & sliced rashers or sausages with butter.
Make the sauce:
At first heat the flour on the pan,cool.Mix it with little milk.Pour the flour mix through the sieve to the rest of the milk,stir.Bring the sauce to boil,season with salt & pepper.Add grated cheese.Stir until sauce is looking lovely smooth,season if you need to.
Mix together cauliflower & pasta,place it into the shallow baking dish.
Pour the sauce all over,sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
Bake in the preheated oven at 180C for 30-40 min.
Best served with boiled beetroot or dill pickles..

My 5y son is terrified of broccoli,so he eats cauliflower with caution as well.This meal went down well & he asked for more,so it was the good sign.
Once he said,being very disappointed,"why they even  sell the broccoli in the shops if they know that kids don't like it & everybody has kids!"

Baked Buttery Cauliflower

1 big cauliflower
100 g butter,melted
~100 ml fine breadcrumbs

Boil the cauliflower in the salted water until half cooked.
Gently lift it out onto the baking dish.Pour over the melted butter & cover with breadcrumbs.
Bake in the preheated oven at 220C until golden brown.