Harry loves cheese! Anything that has cheese in it he will demolish!  This cauliflower and broccoli cheese bake is a great way to get vegetables into Harry when he is going through a fussy phase!

This recipe makes enough to serve this as a side dish for two hungry children.  You can always serve half to your little one and save the rest in the fridge or freezer for another day!

Ingredients

• A large handful of cauliflower and broccoli (I use frozen to avoid waste)
• 250ml whole milk
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• 25g butter
• 50g grated mature cheddar
• 1 tbsp breadcrumbs (you can make these really quickly and easily by toasting bread in the toaster then blitzing it in the food processor)
• Black pepper taste

Method

• Cook the broccoli and cauliflower in a pan of boiling water for 5 minutes until soft.
• Drain the cauliflower and broccoli and leave to one side.
• In the same saucepan, put the milk, flour, butter and black pepper.  Return to the heat and whisk constantly whilst the mixture simmers for about 2 minutes, until the sauce thickens.

• Once thick, remove from the heat and stir through most of the cheese until melted.

• Put the broccoli and cauliflower in a small ovenproof dish and pour the sauce over the top so the cauliflower and broccoli is completely covered.

• Sprinkle the rest of the cheese and the breadcrumbs on top.

• Bake in the oven for approximately 25 minutes at 180°c.
• Serve and enjoy! (It will need to cool for quite a while as it will be very hot when you first take it out of the oven!)