Missing potatoes much? Spuds are us!

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elisharenee149
elisharenee149 Posts: 5 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hey hey!

Far be it from me to knock anyone for cutting potatoes right out of their diet... But what about shepherds pie and potato-leek and bacon soup? Shall we kick such delightful morsels to the proverbial curb?!?!

I say HELL NO!

While there is certainly no absolute substitute for that fluffy, billowy texture of mashed taters or the thick and creamy consistency of them puréed in one of my many favourite soups... There is hope! And my friends, it lies in cauliflower!

Jokes aside, even before I was dieting, cauliflower stole centre stage in a few of my dinner menus selections. And not just because it's colour provides a kind of mental trickery in that I forget (the same way I try to trick my brain into margarine a la "I CANT BELIEVE ITS NOT BUTTER!!!") I'm not actually eating potatoes. The greatest thing about cauliflower is its rediculous versatility! Steamed, mashed, puréed, liquified, even pan seared or deep fried!

Ok wait a tick..,. I'm rhyming now.

Bottom line, is that there's some pretty darn creative ways to use the diet foods to trick your brain into being happier with the food you're eating. There's other foods that are part of this secret society though! I challenge you to seek them out! Or at least wait til I have time to post about them and how you can use em!

Friend me if you have cooking questions or if you simply need suggestions!

There's the rhyming again,,, must be my cue to go to bed. Goodnight all!

P.S. Potatoes... I got your number B****ES!!!
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  • KrisMartinsons2015
    KrisMartinsons2015 Posts: 8 Member
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    I have seen cauliflower pizza base, but have never actually tried to make one myself.
    hmm, maybe a task for this weekend? ;)
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
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    Cauliflour is delicious in a variety of preperations...but what's wrong with potatoes? Also, can I have your potatoes if you're not eating them?
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,134 Member
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    Passive-aggressive potato hate? It's too early for this.
  • fobs13
    fobs13 Posts: 1,080 Member
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    I'm Irish so would never eliminate potatoes from my diet lol. I lost 33 pounds while eliminating no food. Moderation in all things is my motto!
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
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    Cauliflowers are nice. Potatoes are nice.

    But they aren't replacements for one another, they are what they are.
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrQVFZx7XX4
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,302 Member
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    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrQVFZx7XX4

    boil them, mash them, stick them in a stew. . . .this video will literally make people get in a fetal position and ask for their mommy.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
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    If you want to cut the carbs and calories a little in your soups and stews, try turnips instead of potatoes. They hold up well to the long cooking and are very tasty.

    According to the USDA Nutrition database,
    100 g. turnips (raw): 28 calories, 6g carbs, 0 fat, 1g protein, 67 mg sodium, 2 g fiber
    100 g red potatoes, raw with skin: 70 calories, 16g carbs, 0 fat, 2 g protein, 18 mg sodium, 2 g fiber

    Both are very healthy and tasty but if you need to make cuts somewhere, this is one good option. The lowly turnip needs more respect!
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
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    earlnabby wrote: »
    If you want to cut the carbs and calories a little in your soups and stews, try turnips instead of potatoes. They hold up well to the long cooking and are very tasty.

    According to the USDA Nutrition database,
    100 g. turnips (raw): 28 calories, 6g carbs, 0 fat, 1g protein, 67 mg sodium, 2 g fiber
    100 g red potatoes, raw with skin: 70 calories, 16g carbs, 0 fat, 2 g protein, 18 mg sodium, 2 g fiber

    Both are very healthy and tasty but if you need to make cuts somewhere, this is one good option. The lowly turnip needs more respect!

    Hm, I might have to try that; I can't stand the flavor of cauliflower.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
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    evil whole food potatoes....
  • cmtigger
    cmtigger Posts: 1,450 Member
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    I still eat potatoes. Carbs are not my enemy. Everything in moderation. dtex4tevhtqh.jpg
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
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    Turnips are excellent in stew! Puréed cauliflower also serves as the base for many of my chowders.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,426 Member
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    Cauliflower is great to eat and versatile but potatoes are fine to eat too even when you are trying to lose weight.
    I enjoy mashed cauliflower, zucchini noodles, etc on occasion as a way to enjoy more vegetables in my diet not as a trick.
  • elisharenee149
    elisharenee149 Posts: 5 Member
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    Potatoes will never be an elimination food for me but I gatta cut back on em - moderation is absolutely the key; but as far as them being bad - bad isn't the issue.... It's choosing when to enjoy them and when it's still tasty to substitute them for something else that's not gonna weigh ya down.... Mind you, I always felt worse eating them personally - no matter how much I love them
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
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    Life without po=ta-toes?

    Yeah I don't think so.

    I like cauliflower too but I don't need one kind of food to pretend it is another kind of food. I like to eat all of the foods.... in moderation. :)
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
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    So cauliflower with butter and cream > potatoes with butter and cream. Got it.

    I'm going to stop drinking water, because pop contains water.

  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
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    This thread made me crave cheesy mashed potatoes... guess what's for lunch? :D
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    jennifer_417 wrote: »
    Cauliflour is delicious in a variety of preperations...but what's wrong with potatoes? Also, can I have your potatoes if you're not eating them?

    This.

    Also, I don't eat diet food. I eat regular food. Cauliflower is not a diet food created to pretend to be foods it is not. It's a lovely regular food that I eat because it tastes good.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited September 2015
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    earlnabby wrote: »
    If you want to cut the carbs and calories a little in your soups and stews, try turnips instead of potatoes. They hold up well to the long cooking and are very tasty.

    According to the USDA Nutrition database,
    100 g. turnips (raw): 28 calories, 6g carbs, 0 fat, 1g protein, 67 mg sodium, 2 g fiber
    100 g red potatoes, raw with skin: 70 calories, 16g carbs, 0 fat, 2 g protein, 18 mg sodium, 2 g fiber

    Both are very healthy and tasty but if you need to make cuts somewhere, this is one good option. The lowly turnip needs more respect!

    I eat lots of root vegetables, including turnips. (Also kohlrabi, carrots, sunchokes, parsnips, celeriac. I'm not as sold on rutabagas, but I'll likely get some of them in my CSA box soon, so will take a run at them too.) Anyway, I have no favorites, but turnips are up there.

    I do a include a mix, with potatoes or sweet potatoes, though. But I also will choose my mix depending on how many calories I want, and I agree that the lower cal stuff fulfills the starchy side dish role perfectly well (and work great in a stew).

    I don't usually mash anything, other than on a rare occasion like Thanksgiving.
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
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    I love baby potatoes roasted whole with a knob of butter and crushed garlic, my idea of heaven!

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