Nov 012020

Cauliflower is Truly the Wonder Food!

As we are approaching the two year anniversary of quest to eat healthier and become more physically fit, we reflected this week on the wonder food. That’s right. It’s cauliflower. I seriously don’t know if we could have been as successful as we’ve been without it.

Here is a list of recipes I’ve made that have used cauliflower to replace the main, and less healthy ingredient. I lovingly refer to these as “faux” dishes.

  1. Mac & Cheese
  2. Garlic mashed potatoes
  3. Pizza Crust
  4. Baked Ziti
  5. Shrimp and grits
  6. Loaded mashed potatoes
  7. Egg mustard potato salad
  8. Chipotle-style bowls with rice
  9. Fried Rice

I have not had pasta, rice or bread in two years. Don’t get me wrong, I could sit down with a warm loaf of sourdough bread and a dish of melted butter and finish off the whole thing, but cauliflower has been a good replacement for rice and pasta. It doesn’t replace bread, but it makes a pretty darned good pizza crust!

Here’s a picture of the fried “rice” we had this week. S loved it and his only complaint was that there wasn’t more of it.