If you’re like me cooking a holiday meal usually takes up every burner. So having a side dish I can prepare in my slow cooker really helps tremendously. This slow cooker cheesy cauliflower and broccoli side dish is perfect for holiday entertaining.

Make the delicious sauce a few days in advance and store in the refrigerator. Then on the day of your dinner put everything together and let the slow cooker do all the work. Top with crunch Ranch Almonds *recipe below.

Slow Cooker Cheesy Cauliflower and Broccoli

Yield: Serves 10

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 7 hours

Total Time: 7 hours 30 minutes

Ingredients

For the Cheese Sauce:

2 cups milk
4 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups Fontina cheese, shredded
2 cups medium Cheddar cheese, shredded
1 tablespoon minced onion
1/2 cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt

For the Vegetables:

4 cups cauliflower florets
4 cups broccoli florets

For the Ranch Almonds:

1/2 cup silvered almonds
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1 teaspoon dry ranch seasoning

Instructions

For the Cheese Sauce:

Heat milk in a small saucepan, BUT DON'T BOIL IT.
In a separate medium sauce pan melt butter and add flour.
Cook over low heat for 2 minutes, stirring with a whisk.
While whisking add the hot milk, stock, thyme and cook for a minute or until thickened and smooth.
Remove from the heat, add the cheeses, salt and pepper.

For the Vegetables:

Add the florets to a 3-1/2 to 5 quart slow cooker.
Pour prepared cheese sauce on top.
Gently mix the cheese sauce with the florets.
Cook on low 6 to 7 hours or until vegetables are tender.

For the Ranch Almonds:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a small bowl mix together almonds, butter and ranch dressing.
Pour onto a baking sheet.
Toast in preheated oven until lightly browned.
Right before serving the Cheesey Cauliflower and Broccoli sprinkle nuts on top.

Notes

This is a LBC original!

MORE GREAT SLOW COOKER RECIPES

Name: Slow Cooker Cheesy Cauliflower and Broccoli
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 7 h
Total time: 7 h 30 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 2 cups milk; 4 tablespoons butter; 1/4 cup all-purpose flour; 2 cups Fontina cheese, shredded; 2 cups medium Cheddar cheese, shredded; 1 tablespoon minced onion; 1/2 cup chicken stock; 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 4 cups cauliflower florets; 4 cups broccoli florets; 1/2 cup silvered almonds; 1 tablespoon butter, melted; 1 teaspoon dry ranch seasoning

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Comments

Slow Cooker Cheesy Cauliflower and Broccoli — 7 Comments

Jackie Avery on November 27, 2013 at 7:53 pm said:

You don’t mention adding the onion/thyme or chicken stock. Hope it goes in the cheese sauce because that is where I added them.

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- Sheryl on November 27, 2013 at 9:07 pm said:
  
  Hi Jackie,
  Thank you! I forgot to add those ingredients to the directions. Added. 🙂
  
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Shelley on November 29, 2014 at 10:20 am said:

i would love to try this for our family Christmas pot luck. We are feeding 26 can this recipe be doubled or even tripled?

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- Sheryl on November 29, 2014 at 2:03 pm said:
  
  Hi Shelley,
  Sure, I would separate it into two slow cookers or three if you’re tripling the recipe. That way the cooking time is the same.
  
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  - Shelley on November 29, 2014 at 2:34 pm said:
    
    Great, thank you!
    
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Nic on December 23, 2014 at 7:01 am said:

Can you use frozen cauliflower?

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- Sheryl on December 23, 2014 at 8:16 pm said:
  
  Hi Nic. Sure!
  
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