Keto cabbage au gratin is going to be your new St. Patrick’s Day favorite! Oh, who am I kidding, you are going to want to add this one into your monthly or weekly meal rotation. This one is not just for the holiday because it is D E L I C I O U S!
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Keto Cabbage Au Gratin
Even if you aren’t a cabbage fan, hopefully, you can agree that cheese makes everything better, right? I happen to love cabbage, but I can certainly attest to the fact that cooking cabbage in this cheesy recipe knocks it right out of the park!
This Keto Cabbage Au Gratin has a great texture and is bursting with flavor! Dare I say, the perfect side dish?
What is Needed to Make Keto Cabbage Au Gratin?
This is a relatively simple recipe that doesn’t require much in the way of tools and kitchen supplies, but it sure tastes like it’s complicated. Here are the items that you will need to create this mouthwatering dish:
- Ingredients (listed below in the recipe)
- 9×13 baking dish
- Knife for slicing cabbage into wedges
- Skillet
How to Make Keto Cabbage Au Gratin
Heat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9×13 baking dish. Add the cabbage to a baking dish. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake for 40 minutes.
While the cabbage is baking, add the butter to a skillet over medium heat, and saute the onions until softened. Add in the garlic and saute for 30 more seconds or until fragrant.
Pour in the heavy whipping cream, Italian seasoning, fresh thyme and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer until the sauce thickens and then remove from heat.
Pour the sauce over the roasted cabbage and bake for another 30 minutes.
Top with the cheese and broil for 2-3 minutes.
(optional) Garnish with bacon pieces, Parmesan cheese and chopped parsley.
Is Cabbage Keto Friendly?
Cabbage is a nutrient dense vegetable that is packed with Vitamin C and tons of fiber! It is also keto friendly with just 2 net carbs per serving.
This recipe, however, has a bit more carbs than that, so while it can fit into your keto diet, you want to be sure and not overdo it. This recipe makes 8 servings and each serving has 6 net carbs.
How Long Does it Take to Make Cabbage Au Gratin?
This recipe can’t quite be considered quick, but we can’t always have quick recipes, right? Trust me, the 1 hour and 35 minutes you spend (cooking and prep time) on making this will definitely be worth it.
To clarify, the prep time on this recipe is just 20 minutes, but the recipe does need to bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Perfect doesn’t happen instantly, but patience pays off!
What Are Some Other Keto Cabbage Recipes?
Are you looking for more cabbage recipes? Many cabbage recipes that are floating around on the internet are surprisingly high in carbs so it’s important to make sure that you are looking for keto friendly cabbage recipes, such as this delicious keto coleslaw!
What Other Veggies Can You Eat on Keto?
There is some confusion as to what veggies are good to eat on keto, but don’t worry friends. There are a lot of vegetables that you can eat while sticking to your keto diet.
The following list includes just some of the healthy vegetables that you can incorporate into your eating plan to ensure that you are getting lots of vitamins, nutrients and fiber.
- Lettuce
- Asparagus
- Spinach
- Cucumber
- Zucchini
- Cauliflower
- Broccoli
- Avocado
- Kale
- Peppers
A general rule to keep in mind is that you should avoid below the ground vegetables (root vegetables) as they are typically higher in carbs. Or save them for your cyclical keto days like I do!
You can read this post to get a little more information on foods you should or shouldn’t eat on the keto diet.
Tips for Making Keto Cabbage Au Gratin
Check Your Bacon for Sneaky Carbs
With this recipe, you use bacon as a garnish to this recipe. While it may not seem like much, you still need to be mindful of this sneaky carb possibility.
As always, when preparing a keto recipe that includes bacon, be sure to double check the sugar/carb count in your bacon. You’d be surprised by how many carbs you sometimes find in bacon.
I happen to raise my own pigs so I don’t have that problem!
Eat it Up
You can store these leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days, but I don’t recommend eating them after that. The texture will just be all wrong.
Use Fresh Cabbage
I always try to use produce that is as fresh as possible and this recipe is no different. This recipe turns out much better when your cabbage is fresh. You can shop your local grocery store produce department or better yet, grow your own!
Keep in mind next gardening season that cabbage is a great vegetable to grow in your own garden.
Keto Cabbage Au Gratin
Ingredients
- 1 head cabbage cut into wedges
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ½ onion chopped
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
- 1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream
- 4 ounces shredded gouda cheese
- Bacon pieces and Parmesan for garnish
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9×13 baking dish.
- Add the cabbage to a baking dish. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper
- Bake for 40 minutes.
- While the cabbage is baking, add the butter to a skillet over medium heat, and saute the onions until softened.
- Add in the garlic and saute for 30 more seconds or until fragrant.
- Pour in the heavy whipping cream, Italian seasoning, fresh thyme and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer until the sauce thickens and then remove from heat.
- Pour the sauce over the roasted cabbage and bake for another 30 minutes.
- Top with the cheese and broil for 2-3 minutes.
- (optional) Garnish with bacon pieces, Parmesan cheese and chopped parsley.
Nutrition
Trina Krug is a Holistic Nutritionist, Integrative Health Coach and host of the Carbless Conversations Podcast. With a Master’s Degree in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, her single mission in life is to facilitate self-healing in herself and those around her through awareness, lifestyle shifts and low-carb eating. As a current Doctor of Science student, she continues her studies in functional nutrition.