Cauliflower Mac and Cheese Bake

So, you've eaten most of the meat in the fridge before it goes bad, and now you have a cauliflower sitting there in the crisper, judging you, wondering when it gets a chance to shine.

This is a quick midweek dinner, and adds some delicious veggies to this rich pasta bake. It's filling, creamy and goooood. Think of a cross between cauliflower cheese and mac and cheese. Cheese is a great common denominator.

Now, it's vegetarian as a base recipe, unless you go and add bacon (which I did). I cooked the bacon in the oven and then added the sliced bits in at the end. But it would be perfectly lovely without that.

Lasagne Pasta Bake

So, there’s not much pasta to be had in the shops so you can’t be choosy about the type you’re using. My boyfriend casually mentioned yesterday that we hadn’t eaten lasagne in ages (probably years) and today I got a delivery from a local fresh food market who have had to close but are rolling with the punches and reinventing as a delivery service. We got onions, carrots, peppers and mince (among other lovely things) – so I had all the fresh basics for lasagne! 

Pre-cheese phase

Now we had  zero lasagne sheets in the house, but this lockdown requires adaptability and inventiveness. AND bonus, I prefer it with shaped pasta.