Cauliflower roasted with bacon and caramelized green onions is an easy low carb side with knock-out flavor. 
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Cauliflower is the workhorse of a Low Carb keto diet.
Cauliflower serves as rice for our Indian and Thai dishes, as an accompaniment to our meats, it can be made into Chinese fried rice, pureed into mock mashed potatoes, and even used as a base for a low-carb pizza.
Although cauliflower is rarely the star of dinner, to me it is the unsung hero. It never steals the show. It never competes. It’s just there supporting all the other players and making sure that everyone else looks good. That is until now!

Cauliflower Roasted with Bacon and Green Onions
If you haven’t roasted cauliflower then you are in for a treat. Roasting cauliflower, or any vegetable, brings out natural sugars which brown and caramelize during cooking. This produces a rich and mellow flavor. It’s one of my favorite methods for cooking vegetables in the cooler months of the year. What I like about this roasted cauliflower recipe is that it’s so easy. It just takes a few minutes to cut the cauliflower, bacon, and green onions and the oven takes care of the cooking.

Letting the oven do all of the work for this side leaves plenty of time to fix a quick protein. I love my frying pan and usually opt for pan seared chicken or boneless pork chops. Another option is cooking your protein of choice on another sheet pan in the oven at the same...