An slow recipe for creamy mashed cauliflower "potatoes" with roasted garlic. Serve this cozy & salubrious vegetable side dish amongst your favorite chief course of instruction to satisfy a starchy spud craving with fewer carbs. It makes a elementary improver to comforting weeknight dinners, yet is fancy plenty for vacation gatherings! (gluten-free, low-carb & keto with paleo & whole30 option)
Yes, low-carb & keto diets are insanely pop correct now, but I hope I'm non posting almost cauliflower mash to ride some nutrient tendency wave.
This recipe is genuinely an oldie but goodie from my 2013 spider web log archives (back when saturated fats were starting to locomote less demonized & kokosnoot fossil oil was the "it" matter - only for reference).
I was brainstorming recipe ideas using cauliflower in addition to heard yous could brand simulated mashed potatoes that sense of savor almost just similar the existent matter with fewer calories & carbs. So I gave it a try.
Don't acquire me wrong, I honey potatoes in addition to sweet potatoes (especially Colcannon and potato soup) but sometimes all that starchy goodness sends me into sleepy time mode, particularly if it's morning or midday. Can yous relate?
I too wanted to know if I could fool my squash-and-sometimes-other-veggies-hatin' boyfriend into thinking they were the existent thing.
Five years afterward in addition to he's silent enjoying cauliflower mash every bit a side when I acquire to a greater extent than or less to fixing it. :)
Does Mashed Cauliflower Really Taste Like Mashed Potatoes?
The skeptics in addition to veggie haters desire to know: tin ship away it locomote past times 100% for regular mashed potatoes? Almost.
It definitely meets the cozy & thick "mashed veggie" criteria when you've got some creamy elements added (like butter + buttermilk, yogurt, sour cream, etc.) in addition to it tastes pretty dang similar once all those yummy elements are mixed in.
BUT, the texture isn't identical.
Mashed cauliflower is a combat grainier. So, if you're trying to fool somebody completely, it may or may non work. However, the expert intelligence is they'll silent similar it.
Is Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes a Healthy Side Dish?
I recollect so! Of course, "healthy" is totally subjective (you tin ship away read to a greater extent than almost my food philosophy to acquire more); however, cauliflower every bit a vegetable has quite a few benefits.
Some Benefits of Cauliflower:
- good amounts of Vitamins C & K + Fiber
- good amounts of phytonutrients & antioxidants (you tin ship away read to a greater extent than almost what's inwards cauliflower here)
- low inwards carbohydrates & calories (helpful to folks who acquire blood refined saccharify spikes from starches & grains)
- mild tasting (use it inwards recipes to cut back carbs & calories without impacting the overall flavor)
- gluten-free & grain-free (so tin ship away live used with shredded cheese every bit a pizza crust without having to mess with specialty flours)
What Makes This Mashed Cauliflower Recipe Different?
Instead of boiling or steaming the cauliflower, we're roasting it inwards the oven! This ensures that the cauliflower doesn't locomote watery (can easily occur when boiling) in addition to gives it means to a greater extent than flavor.
We're too throwing a head of fresh garlic onto the canvass pan to roast along with the cauliflower florets, which will add a slightly sugariness & savory chemical component to the mashed cauliflower. I don't know almost you, but the to a greater extent than garlic, the merrier inwards my case!
Back to the roasting. It's my favorite means to create almost all veggies since roasting brings out thence much extra season in addition to is pretty hands off. Easy peasy is expert when it comes to vegetables, right? It increases the likelihood you'll swallow them to a greater extent than oft (in theory).
For real, I'm obsessed with roasting veggies, thence if yous require some side dish inspiration or desire to roast some vegetables inwards mass for repast planning, banking concern check out to a greater extent than of my recipes:
- Balsamic Roasted Green Beans
- Balsamic Oven-Roasted Root Vegetables
- Savory Roasted Butternut Squash
- Roasted Green Beans with Bacon & Onions
- Roasted Tomatoes with Fresh Herbs & Garlic
- Oven-Roasted Green Beans with Coconut Oil
- Roasted Brussels Sprouts & Broccoli
- Twice Baked Japanese Sweet Potatoes with Walnuts & Dates
Are yous seeing a theme here? Green beans are i of my favorite veggies in addition to balsamic vinegar is my undercover weapon for making veggies sense of savor fifty-fifty improve without whatever extra work.
Option: Making These Mashed Cauliflower "Potatoes" Dairy-Free
For the creamy element, I honey to exercise lotsa grass-fed butter and buttermilk for a tangy kick (it's i of my favorite ingredients for regular mashed potatoes).
However, if buttermilk's non your matter OR you're avoiding dairy (like for the whole30 program), in addition to yous require other options: I've got yous covered.
Simply substitute grass-fed ghee (clarified butter) in addition to and then a tangy creamy ingredient like apparently or Greek yogurt, crème fraîche (French cultured sour cream), or dairy-free yogurt or sour cream. (I've heard Kite Hill is i of the best for dairy-free & uses almond milk every bit the base of operations + they civilization it thence it has a tang.)
If yous can't exercise whatever shape of butter whatsoever, swap it for kokosnoot fossil oil instead. It may create got a slight kokosnoot taste, but it volition sense of savor delicious!
Note: Keep inwards hear that when yous swap out the buttermilk with some other ingredient with less liquid, your cauliflower mash volition plough out thicker in addition to your blender volition create got to function a picayune harder.
Can I Make Mashed Cauliflower Without a Food Processor?
Absolutely! I don't fifty-fifty ain a nutrient processor. (gasp) I'm certain it would brand recipes similar chimichurri sauce in addition to pesto a lot easier, but thence far I've managed to acquire along only fine without one.
If you're fixing them sans nutrient processor, you've got iii basic selection for blending them (all volition yield unlike smoothness/texture):
- high-speed or regular electrical blender
- immersion stick blender
- mashed past times hand with a spud masher or whatever random utensil yous create got hanging to a greater extent than or less (these volition live a picayune rougher inwards texture but silent super tasty!)
Mashing cooked cauliflower is similar to potatoes. The terminal texture volition depend on:
- how yous cooked the veggie (method)
- whether it was fresh or frozen earlier cooking (I abide by frozen veggies tend to give off a ton of liquid)
- how good yous blitz/blend the cooked veggies
- and how much liquid is added during/after blending (this volition touching the thickness)
Can Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes Be Frozen?
Yep! I've eaten several unlike types of cauliflower dishes that went remove from freezer to oven or stove (thank yous Trader Joes) in addition to they turned out delicious.
In this case, the cauliflower mash volition live completely cooked through (just similar mashed potatoes) thence you'll desire to shop it inwards the freezer inwards a tightly sealed container (I prefer ziplock bags for portioning into smaller amounts that I tin ship away flatten downwards thence they create got upward less space).
When you're almost ready to swallow it, thaw the bag/container inwards the refrigerator overnight, in addition to and then reheat the cauliflower mash inwards a saucepan on the stove OR inwards the oven (spooned into a baking side & covered with foil - the latter helps to forestall it from drying out) at 350-375 degrees until warm.
What To Serve With Cauliflower Mashed "Potatoes"
Gravy, gravy & to a greater extent than gravy?! Yes, it stands upward good to that savory liquid goodness. And it'd function non bad every bit a topping for cottage pie or Shepherd's pie instead of regular taters. Also...
Melt-in-your-mouth saucy chief dishes like:
- Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Onion Soup Mix
- Whole30 Mississippi Pot Roast
- Butter Chicken
- Crock-Pot Beef Stew
- Easy Crock-Pot BBQ Ribs
- Cuban Picadillo
- Beef & Chorizo Chili
- French Onion Chicken
Comforting Main Dishes like:
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