Garlicky & Cheesy Carrots and Cauliflower Tots
Sep 04, 2015, Updated Jun 14, 2024
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These garlicky and cheesy cauliflower tots are baked to crispy perfection. Made with a flavorful blend of cauliflower and carrots, they offer a delicious combination of healthy and indulgent.
If you’re looking for more delicious and healthy recipes, try my garlic parmesan cauliflower salad or these tasty zucchini fritters. Both are crowd-pleasers and a great way to sneak in some veggies!
Carrots and Cauliflower Tots are SO good and SO healthy!
It’s Fry-Daaaaay! Happy Happy Day! But we’re not fryin’. We’re bakin’! And we’re skipping the potatoes…
Looks like Fryday doesn’t live around here. Not today. But these cauliflower tots are the perfect impostors. Just don’t let anyone know what’s actually IN ’em. People, especially kids, tend to scoff at the thought of cauliflower. My kids call it “the brain-looking vegetable,” but they don’t mind it when it’s in the form of air fryer buffalo cauliflower. That’s how I came up with making these tots!
I was as skeptical as some of you might be right now when I first heard about these cauli-tots. I was all like, Heck NO! EW! Tater Tots are my life! It’s the only memory I have of Elementary School!
However, an episode on the food network changed my beliefs.
That’s right. I’m jumping on the bandwagon of the internet and making cauliflower tots just like everyone else!
I have to admit, though. Friends, cross my heart, these are a thousand times better than I could have imagined. I played around for a while with ’em, adding broccoli one time, asparagus another time… feta, spinach, etc…, but in the end, THIS version was the best one. Garlic and Cheese for the WIN! With a sprinkle of carrots. Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, vitamin B8, and the rest, WELCOME to dinner!
And because I’m a nice person and I love to share, I want you to have this great recipe for Cauliflower Tots, too! I’m so kind, ain’t I?
It can be ready in about 40 minutes with some prep, and it only requires a few simple ingredients, and it’s healthy. AND your food processor does most of the work!
Let’s do the right thing and make these right now! Is 10 am too early??
ENJOY!
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Carrots and Cauliflower Tots
Ingredients
- 4 cups water
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 small head cauliflower, cut into florets
- 2 large carrots
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced, white parts only
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- ½ cup grated reduced fat sharp cheddar cheese
- ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ cup finely chopped fresh parsley
- salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400˚F.
- Lightly spray a baking sheet with cooking spray and set aside.
- Place water in a large pan; add salt and bring to a boil.
- Add cauliflower and carrots; par boil for about 5 minutes.
- Drain and rinse with cold water; pat dry with paper towels, set aside and let cool.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine sliced green onions, garlic, breadcrumbs, egg, cheeses, oregano, garlic powder, parsley, salt, and pepper.
- Add cooled cauliflower and carrots to your food processor; pulse several times or until uniformly chopped – you don’t want to get it too fine.
- Add cheese mixture to the food processor; pulse about 5 to 6 times or until all is well combined.
- Spoon about 2 tablespoons of mixture in your hands and shape into ovals.
- Transfer to prepared baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes; flip the tots and continue to cook for 9 to 10 minutes, or until golden browned.
- Remove from oven and let stand several minutes.
- Serve with dipping sauces; ketchup, mustard, yogurt, etc…
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.
Thank you for this recipe. I Made this for dinner tonight for my 22 month toddler… what a SUCCESS! She absolutely loved them!
The only things I modified were that I only used a bit of dry garlic and no fresh garlic. I also added a bit of fried onion as I had no green onion.
So your little cutie toddler loved it? A toddler?! That means I am winning! haha ๐ SO happy about that. Thank you!
Your Blog, writing and receipts are amazing! I’m going to cock this one for sure
Have you ever tried using frozen cauliflower? Just wondering for an even quicker version ๐
Would need to replace bread crumbs. Following a low carb diet. No bread, crackers or cereal. What about a little more cheese? Or just skip entirely?
Hi Linda! The bread crumbs act as a binder, but if you can add a bit more cheese, then why not!? Cheese is waaaaay better than bread. ๐
These look like they would be really good. Do you have any suggestions to replace the bread crumbs?
Hi Deb! How about crushed crackers? Or crushed cereal, even?
Wow, I am very sure that we could make a whole meal out of these.
I love these little servings and I also like the fact that you state the calories, fiber, etc.
These cheesy little bites look AHH-MAZING! The perfect snack!
These look amazing I would love to make these ASAP however I do not own a food processor, is there any other way I could do this without one? Any suggestions welcome!!!
Hi Nadine!! Yep! You can just chop it all up with a knife – it needs to be finely chopped, so this will take a bit longer, but I think it’s worth it! ๐
These^^^crazy awesome. You’re a genius.