Cauliflower Mash Recipe

Renae is back today sharing one of my dinner recipe staples. I LOVE cauliflower mash!

Mashed Cauliflower Recipe

The fun thing about this recipe is you can dress it up however you like. You can add cheese, chives, and sour cream, or cream cheese and butter (my personal fav), any number of herbs and spices.

You can even just flavor it with garlic salt if you like. The sky’s the limit on dressing this up.

Renae uses fresh cauliflower and a microwave.

As an alternative I use frozen cauliflower florets – I buy at Walmart for $0.98 a bag:

…and it has nothing in it but the cauliflower (I checked).

I steam mine in my fancy (lol not really) contraption that I LOVE – it’s so easy:

13.7QT Electric Food Steamer

Let’s get started:

Renae’s recipe:

Ingredients

• 1 Head Cauliflower
• 1 Clove Garlic, pressed
• 1 Tablespoon Butter
• 2 Tablespoons Milk (more or less)
• 1 oz. Non-Fat Cream Cheese
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Cut the head of cauliflower to detach the florets.
2. Place the cauliflower and garlic in a steam pot or microwave safe dish.
3. Steam the cauliflower florets until soft. I steamed them in the microwave for about 8-9 minutes.
4. Use a potato masher to break up the cauliflower florets.
5. Add butter and milk.
6. I used a hand blender to mix the cauliflower and make it smooth.
7. Add in the non-fat cream cheese, salt and pepper.
8. Mix until smooth.

Tips

• If you’re apprehensive about trying  just cauliflower, mix in some mashed potatoes.
• Steaming is better than boiling the cauliflower. Boiling vegetables takes some of the nutrients out.
• Mashed Cauliflower would be wonderful served with our meatloaf muffins!