Do you want to enjoy potatoes but don't want the extra starch and carbs? Do you want the kids to eat vegetables but feel like you have to disguise them? This easy and healthy low carb, low cal, alternative to mashed potatoes uses cauliflower in place of the potato. If you never told the people they were not eating potatoes, they'd never know. It's easy to make them vegan by replacing milk with a plant based milk and substituting vegetable stock or olive oil for butter.
This recipe is found on page 124 of my cookbook Comfort Food From the Campbell Family
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Ready In: 35 minutes
Yields: 6 servings
INGREDIENTS:
12 oz. Cauliflower
2 tbsp. Vegetable stock (optional)
2 tbsp. butter, or vegetable stock
1/4 cup skim milk or coconut milk
1/4 cup grated white cheddar (optional)
DIRECTIONS:
Place cauliflower and vegetable stock (or water) in medium saucepan and cook over medium to low heat for approximately 30 minutes until tender
remove from heat
add butter, milk and cheese then mash or puree
add salt/pepper to taste
FOOTNOTES:
This will be slightly thinner than regular mashed potatoes but the taste and texture are remarkably comparable.
You can dress these faux potatoes just as would your regular potatoes. It's great with sour cream instead of milk or garnishing with bacon or chives.
If you want to reduce the moisture you can place the mixture in a casserole dish in the oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. I don't find it necessary though.
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