Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Mashed Cauliflower - Potatoes Be Afraid!

I am a huge..HUGE potato fan but my fiance and I started a new diet where we eat no white potatoes (okay maybe the occasional Wendy's french fries..I am weak!). Tonight I tried making mashed cauliflower as a substitute for mashed potatoes. I had heard about people making this and it turning out great but I had my doubts. I took a bag of frozen cauliflower and added it to boiling water with some salt. I drained the cauliflower and put it in my blender with some butter, half and half, salt, and pepper. It blended well but I noticed the consistency was a little bit too watery (it was like cream of wheat) so I added some bread crumbs to soak up the excess moisture. It worked like a charm. I served the mashed cauliflower with some left over chicken gravy I had from last night's dinner and it was AWESOME. I asked my fiance and his brother how they liked the cauliflower and they didn't know what I was talking about. If I hadn't mentioned it they probably would have gone on thinking they were eating potatoes. Cauliflower..mission accomplished.

1 comment:

Rebekah Scott, M.MFT, LPC, LMFTA said...

hey how is the job? I don't know your email anymore but you know mine!!!