Mashed Cauliflower

Looks like mashed potatoes. Tastes like mashed potatoes. Not mashed potatoes. And a lot healthier for you!

I grew up eating cauliflower, usually stir-fried with pork Chinese style. I'm not sure if it was my Chicago-born and raised mother's idea, or my paternal grandfather's. But, I had never had them mashed. when I set my eyes upon the healthy, large, organic white cauliflower on sale at Whole Foods and tasted the mashed cauliflower with garlic and chopped parsley, I snapped up a coouple heads to mash for myself.

TherRecipe is simple:

Make your favorite mashed potato recipe, substituting cauliflower for potatoes. You can either steam or boil your cauliflower, cooking 20-30 minutes until tender to the fork. I used garlic, butter, milk, salt and pepper. I sampled some mashed cauliflower at our local Whole Foods last week. This one was prepared with garlic and chopped parsley.

For a vegan reiteration of this recipe, substitute olive oil for butter, and vegetable stock for milk. I ate mine with brown rice the first night and tossed with nooldels in the second. Mmmmm! cauliflower never tasted so good.