Creamy Cheesy Vegetable Bake - a simple and delicious vegetable side dish that's is so good you may want to eat it as your main.
Whenever you put the words creamy and cheesy together we automatically think it's off bounds on any healthy eating plan. But not with this delicious Cheesy Vegetable Bake, with a few healthier swaps to make a perfect vegetable side dish that you will be adding to your menu often.
It's pretty much a dump and bake kind of dish, nothing complicated, no chopping, no using various different pans and best of all, is it can all be ready and on the table in less than 40 minutes. The perfect amount of time for you to make the main dish to go along with this.
Add it to your Sunday Dinner along with some of these other perfect Sunday Dinner Recipes:
- Best Ever Roast Potatoes
- Gravy
- Stuffing
- Slow Cooker Whole Chicken
- Sauteed Shredded Garlic Brussels
- Maple Glazed Carrots
or head on over to my Full Recipe Index with over 850 delicious Slimming and Weight Watchers recipes all fully searchable by meal type, ingredients and smart points etc.
But do you know what my favourite recipe is to serve these Creamy Cheesy Vegetable Bake is? It's my amazing flavoursome Balsamic Braised Beef. Seriously heavenly!!
View this post on Instagram
I don't know why I love that combination so much, but its so good.
Really though, cheesy anything will go with a wide range of different meals. Another favourite is Pulled Pork. Think of pulled pork with Mac and Cheese, but keeping it healthier with lots of veggies.
But how do we get a creamy cheesy sauce without using heaps of calories and cream and flour AND butter?
Simple really - I use some light cream cheese, stock and then a little starch for thickening. It works perfectly and is my go to when I need a creamy sauce for anything.
How about ⅓ veggies in this Cheesy Vegetable Bake?
Totally covered with this recipe, I mean the bulk of the ingredients are vegetables, so it's a great side dish if you are doing a day instead of pasta, rice, potatoes etc and because it's creamy AND cheesy it feels like a treat.
Occasionally I will add in some carrots or sliced leeks too for additional vegetables. How good does that sound? Don't be afraid to try different vegetables.
If you are fussy about vegetables but think these Cheesy Vegetable Bake will encourage you to eat more, add all kinds of vegetables to try and vary it up. Eating vegetables doesn't mean they have to be boring, over boiled and tasteless.
Kitchen Items used in this Cheesy Vegetable Bake:
LET'S CONNECT!!
Find me ON FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | PINTEREST | TWITTER | and YOUTUBE, come and follow me TO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP UP TO DATE ON ALL NEW RECIPES.
You can also subscribe to Slimming Eats so that you never miss any new updates.
IF YOU TRY THIS RECIPE, LET US KNOW! LEAVE A COMMENT, RATE IT AND TAG US IN YOUR PHOTOS @SLIMMINGEATS ON INSTAGRAM
See the handy Pinterest image below if you wish to pin this for later 🙂
Recipe Card
Creamy Cheesy Vegetable Bake
Creamy Cheesy Vegetable Bake - a simple and delicious vegetable side dish that's is so good you may want to eat it as your main.
Ingredients
- 750g (26.5oz) frozen broccoli and cauliflower florets
- 240ml (1 cup) of chicken or vegetable stock
- 2 tablespoons of garlic and herb light cream cheese
- 1 tbs of cornstarch (or arrowroot, tapioca powder)
- 1 clove of garlic, crushed
- fresh chopped Italian parsley
- 90g of cheddar
- salt and black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200c or 400f (gas mark 6)
- Place the frozen veg in a baking dish.
- Add the hot stock to a jug, with the cream cheese and whisk until it is all melted.
- Stir in the crushed garlic.
- Mix the cornstarch with a couple of tablespoons of water and whisk into a slurry, whisk this into the stock.
- Pour over all the veg and season well with salt and black pepper.
- Top with the grated cheese
- Place in the oven and bake till cheese is melted and golden (approx 30 minutes)
- Then place under the grill for 5 mins, just to brown the top.
- Sprinkle with fresh chopped parsley and season with salt and black pepper.
- Serve and enjoy!!
Notes
Please see below for full nutritional info and additional details about recipe:
- Calories - scroll down to nutritional info box
- WW Points and other Slimming or Weight Loss programs - due to plans regularly changing and updating, we recommend calculating with the official tools you get as a member to those plans to ensure accuracy of values.
If you wish to share this recipe, then please do so by using the share buttons provided at top of this post.
DO NOT COPY AND/OR PASTE FULL RECIPES OR SCREENSHOTS OF ANY CONTENT FROM SLIMMING EATS TO ANY SOCIAL MEDIA OR WEBSITE, IT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
ALL IMAGES AND CONTENT ON SLIMMING EATS ARE COPYRIGHT PROTECTED
Nutritional information etc are an estimate and are to be used for informational purposes only. Ingredients can vary in values from brand to brand and therefore it would be impossible to give accurate information. It is always advised that you calculate values yourself by the ingredients you use and the tools provided to you as a member of the programme you are following.
It is the responsibility of the Reader to assure the products or ingredients they use in any recipes from Slimming Eats are allergen-free (gluten-free, egg-free, soy-free and/or dairy-free, for example). Slimming Eats assumes no liability for inaccuracies or misstatement about products, opinions or comments on this site.
Check Legal section, for Full Disclaimer, Disclosure and Privacy Policy.
Recommended Products
As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Nutrition Information
Yield 3 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 214Total Fat 11.3gSaturated Fat 7.4gCholesterol 38mgSodium 429mgCarbohydrates 15.9gFiber 5.9gSugar 4.1gProtein 11.5g
Nutritional information is an estimate and is to be used for informational purposes only. Ingredients can vary greatly from brand to brand and therefore it would be impossible to give accurate information.
Christy says
Absolutely lovely!
I had some fresh vegetables left; Broccoli, carrots, courgettes and blanch it as you said and it was lovely!
Thank you! 😀
Christy
Christy says
btw... when I do Cauliflower cheese, after the sauce goes on, I put cherry tomatoes (cut in two) and raw onions (not to much) and scatter this around the dish and than put it in the oven.
I got that from the SW magazine somewhere in 2005/7. So simple, but the taste is just that little extra!
Take care,
Christy
Tracey Marshall says
Yet another delicious recipe. Had this with chicken and the syn free gravy. Have never seen my kids eat so many helpings of vegetables!
Samee lea says
Had this for lunch today with extra kale and pasta, it was so yummy Leila be making again
KATIE AKRIGG says
Can you use cheese triangles instead of cream cheese? Thank you x
Jen says
Very tasty, a great alternative to the usual recipe using a fattening roux.
I'm in Perth WA and can't get the garlic cream cheese so just added my own to light Philadelphia.
My 7 year old grandson couldn't get enough of it. Will definitely be making this with every roast from now.
Thank you so much.