Mashed Cauliflower Fauxtatoes
Whip up some delicious low carb, creamy, low calorie, Fauxtatoes, or are they Mashed Cauliflower, or Mock Mashed Potatoes? Doesn't matter, Mashed Cauliflower Fauxtatoes are the ultimate in decadent low carb luxury, tasting just like real mashed potatoes, especially for the carb deprived!
So get off the carb train and on to the vegetable wagon and crank out a quick batch of Cauliflower Mash Fauxtatoes with this easy recipe with complete step by step directions and lots of photos! There are MANY recipes online for those of us who are following an uber low carb, GAPS friendly, paleo/primal (without the worldview) type of diet, but still get that little crave for regular mashed taters.
Cauliflower is a member of the Brassica oleracea, which includes it's green brother, broccoli, along with Brussel sprouts, kale, cabbage and collard greens. Cauliflower is loaded with Vitamin C, folate and as a cruciferous vegetable, indole-3-carbinol, which help the body process estrogen properly, helping slow cancer growth. Best of all, cauliflower looks like a brain!
Create an endless variety of Mashed Cauliflower Fauxtatoes from this basic recipe, take them into a Mock Garlic Mashed Potatoes by adding a little garlic. Roast the garlic for Roasted Garlic Fauxtatoes, or add sour cream, sliced green onions and bacon, for Loaded Baked Mashed "Potatoes."
Enjoy your cauliflower - it tastes great and there an endless variety of ways to prepare this super healthy vegetable, available year round.
- 1 head cauliflower, rinsed and cut into florets
- 2 cups boiling water
- sea salt to taste
- 1 Tablespoon of butter (to taste, can use bacon grease too)
Put water into a large saucepan and set to boiling. Meanwhile, thoroughly clean the cauliflower, then cut into florets. Cauliflower is such a cool vegetable, it is fun to cut it in half and think of the human brain!
Throw the florets into briskly boiling water and cook with lid on, steaming until tender.
Reserving the boiled water (perfect for adding extra nutrition to soups and broths), carefully take hot, steamed cauliflower and put it in your food processor. Add salt and a pat of butter and pulse to begin blending. Then turn food processor on and let it run for about a minute or two, until cauliflower florets are mashed like potatoes. Taste and adjust seasonings, and serve.
Mashed Cauliflower Fauxtatoes freeze beautifully, so grab extra cauliflower when you find it on sale, and make up a few extra batches. Store in the freezer, and use when you need a quick meal!
