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100 calories or less, cauliflower, easy, fiber, frugal food, living cheap, low-carb recipe, recipe, stoveless, stovetop, stovetop cooking, vegetarian
So you may or may not have heard about the “baby food diet.” I tried it for about three hours, at which point I realized my jaws had a purpose. Either way, experimenting with purée is a lot of fun. Thomas Keller even does it sometimes (though he serves his asparagus purée with jumbo scallops)!
One of my favorite purées is anything broccoli or cauliflower. So when I stumbled across the South Beach Diet, which is a lil’ militant about starches and carbs, I found a treasure.
Oregano, Basil and Garlic-herbed Mashed “Potato” Cauliflower
1 head fresh cauliflower
3 cloves garlic, microwaved ’til slightly soft
pinch of fresh oregano/basil
1/2 t garlic salt
1/8 t black pepper
1 t butter buds (or olive oil)
1/2 C plain yogurt or cottage cheese
(optional) pinch o’ hot pepper or chili flakes!
1) steam cauliflower til it’s soft as a baked potato
2) cool it down and compile your other ingredients
3) BLEND IT ALL UP! (my favorite part)
There are myriad versions of this recipe here, here, and here. Best of all, it’s the perfect stoveless adaptation to energy-wasting and carb-loaded baked potatoes.
Find which suits you and riff away!
PS: each serving is EASILY under 100 calories for all you healthy people.
At it again!! Fantastic looking recipe. That Abbey gal looks a little thin; it’s a shame what girls go for these days.
I saw someone else making cauli-mash recently and it looked really good. I love finding things which are so much lower than potatoes in calories but can replace them so easily. I made a soup recently with jerusalem artichokes instead of potato which was really good. Now I need to try this cauliflower mash soon… looks really good
looks good- will have to give this one a try!