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Cauliflower Instead Of Potatoes

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Whenever I roast a chicken, I add a head of cauliflower to the pot and roast them together. It's a great substitute for potatoes, and oh so delicious when roasted.

- Submitted by PAMATX 12/6/2010 in Healthy Eating | 3 Comments

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Cauliflower is my best friend

I tried a recipe where you substituted cooked cauliflower for mashed potatoes and it was wonderful. Now I substitute cauliflower in all my potato recipes. So I thought, why not see what other things I could substitute cauliflower for that would be as good. I now use cauliflower as a substitute for pasta, with a low fat pasta sauce it is every bit as good as spaghetti or macaroni. This saves hundreds of calories and is really good.

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To substitute for mashed potatoes, just boil up a head of cauliflower, drain and mash. For a pasta substitute cook flowerettes, drain and use your favorite low fat sauces. Top with a bit of Parmesan.4

- Submitted by KATLIN48 12/6/2010 | 5 Comments | View Secret

2 low calorie dinners

Use ground turkey instead of ground beef. Mash potatoes, use fat-free milk instead of whole milk & trans-fat-free margarine instead of butter. Mash steamed cauliflower into your potatoes. Steam green beans & season with a little curry & pepper, then top with a few slivered almonds instead of butter, or do a stir fry with any combination of green beans, broccoli, carrots, zucchini, onion, snow peas, red, yellow, green peppers, baby corn and then sauté in low-sodium soy sauce with garlic. Enjoy

- Submitted by SUNSHINE6442 12/6/2010 | 0 Comments | View Secret

Mashed Cauliflower

After cooking the 12 oz. bag of cauliflower, I added minced garlic, one Laughing Cow Light Blue Cheese and 2 T of non-fat Greek yogurt. I mashed it using a potato masher(and mashed it and mashed it.) It was just as good and just as comforting as mashed potatoes for less than 75 calories per serving.

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I am going to try using a potato ricer which will give the cauliflower a fluffier texture.

- Submitted by MARTELLA3 12/6/2010 | 0 Comments | View Secret

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