Cauliflower Bread Caprese Grilled Cheese

Alright, so I'm a day late posting this but yesterday was national grilled cheese day and since I had no idea what I wanted to make for dinner I figured it would be a good night to try out a version of the cauliflower bread grilled cheese I started to see trending on Pinterest. I'd been curious to see how it would come out texture / taste wise. First thing I'll tell you right now is that it doesn't come out tasting like your normal bread, nor is it as sturdy. BUT on a positive note it tasted pretty darn good. I ended up eating it with a fork (even though you can technically pick it up, it's not super sturdy so it got a little crumbly after taking a couple bites). All in all it was interesting to try making and allowed me to feel like I was getting my grilled cheese without the white carbs. Plus, who cares if you need to use a fork? You still get the cheesy goodness and don't feel guilty afterward! 

YIELDS 2 SANDWICHES
333 CALORIES, 28G PROTEIN EACH

You will need:

• 1 head cauliflower
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup reduced fat shredded mozzarella
• 4 slices low fat mozzarella
• 1-2 tomatoes
• 4 tsp basil paste (or fresh leaves)
• Silpat (silicon baking mat) or parchment paper for baking on. 

Directions:

• Preheat oven to convection bake 425 (or 450' non convection). 

• Start by chopping cauliflower into florets and throwing out the stem portion. 
• Next you want to process the cauliflower until it is ground into "flour" - chunks smaller than grains of rice. 
  • If your food processor is as small as mine you will need to do the cauliflower in batches like pictured above. If you don't have a food processor you could try using a blender. 

• Put all the cauliflower into a MICROWAVE SAFE bowl. Place a couple layers of paper towel under the bowl in the microwave to keep plate from getting to warm. 
• Cook it in the microwave 5 minute intervals, 3 times. Stir every 5 minutes until you have cooked it for a total of 15. Be careful as the bowl and cauliflower will be hot, use your oven gloves! 
  • This whole process dries the cauliflower out so we can form it into bread. I can't take credit for this process, you can find different ways online to dry the cauliflower out!

• Add your egg, shredded mozzarella and sprinkle some garlic salt to the cauliflower mix and stir up until even. Divide "dough" into four even parts. 

• Use your hands to shape cauliflower into 4 pieces of "bread" on top of your silicon mat or parchment paper (silicon mat highly recommended!) and bake for 20 minutes. 
• Let cool for 5 minutes. 
• Leave the oven on. 

• Add a slice of mozzarella to two pieces and then on the other two (bottom pieces) spread a couple teaspoons of basil paste (or add fresh basil leaves). 
• Layer another mozzarella slice and tomatoes onto bottom piece. 
• Carefully use a spatula to flip and place top piece, cheese down to form the sandwiches. Do this gently! Cauliflower bread is delicate as I mentioned before. 

• Bake the sandwiches for another 5-10 minutes to allow cheese to melt the sandwich together. 

Enjoy!