What do you make with cauliflower?

I just get about 2-3 cups of cauliflower and boil it. After boiling, I sprinkle a little bit of black pepper on it. You can add a little olive oil or butter, but that depends on your fitness goals. Other than that, boiling is one of my favorite ways to go.

Cauliflower fried "rice". You can actually buy cauliflower crumbles here in the produce section, but if you have a head you can cut the stalks off and pulse it in a food processor or blender and then fry it up in some butter with soy sauce and I use garlic and pepper:) yum!

bioklutz wrote: »

I recently roasted some cauliflower and it was tasty! I usually just eat it raw. I love cutting it up and putting in the fridge in a bowl. It looks like I have a bowl of tiny brains.

Yes! Roasted cauliflower is great! I like to add a little olive oil and Luzianne Cajun seasoning.

I like a simple version Buffalo cauliflower. I've been making it on the grill: garlic powder, tons of Frank's Red Hot, and butter, wrap everything in a foil packet and cook til done.

Someone mentioned putting it in the food processor. I do that, add an egg and dried minced onion with salt and pepper. Make small patties like hash browns in the skillet with oil. Be very gentle when flipping them. They make great potato substitutes this way with eggs. Don't miss the potatoes.

I tried making cauliflower mash but it didn't satisfy that potato craving at all. I'm looking forward to seeing more uses for cauliflower.

I've known to use cauliflower rice to bulk out a risotto. I cut down the amount or rice by 1/3-1/2 and then add cauliflower rice. I've served it to other people and they haven't been able to tell the difference. I also like to do the same thing with mash. 1/2 and 1/2 potato an cauliflower. You can definitely tell the difference between cauli mash and potato mash but 1/2 cauli 1/2 potato doesn't taste that different to full potato.

I roast it and eat it plain or I add it to a pasta sauce or a stir fry or include it in a soup. Sometimes I add it to a salad or just dip it in some hummus or eat it raw and plain. I love cauliflower.

I don't make things with it, though -- I've never seen the point and it seems like a pain. Plus, I prefer the texture unmashed and don't miss mashed potatoes that much (if I did I'd make them more often than I do -- I prefer roasted potatoes with the skin, but potatoes aren't that high cal if you eat a normal serving size and don't add lots of fat). Foods masquerading as other foods always seems sad and unpleasant to me.

Oh, I love it roasted, sprinkled with salt. I have also pulsed it and subbed it for rice in stirfries, and it is very good that way. I have mashed it with some onion chip dip for mashed potatoes and its good - just plain mashed cauliflower is very bland so it has to be spiced up. I hav3e made pizza crust with it - not good enough to give up real pizza crust for!! But if you are lo carbing, its worth a try. Of course soup - yummy in the winter. I usually have some in the freezer at all times, but once frozen, the texture seems to change and all i do with it is soup. Actually, I should buy a bucket load of it now while it is in season and cheap, and freeze it for later in the year when it can get stupid expensive.

I have always loved cauliflower. It's so versatile. Sadly I really like it simple fried with a squeeze of a lemon, or as a casserole with tahini garlic sauce. Both options are quite high in calories. No wonder I gained weight.

You can make it into easy fritters or tots. It tastes amazing like that. I dry them, but you could bake them with only a brush of oil. Curried roasted cauliflower with sesame seeds and mustard butter is nice and low calorie if you go light on the butter. You can add it to soups, curries, casseroles, I even made it into a tart once with caramelized onions (pretty calorie dense though)! It's so versatile and takes on whatever flavors you mix with it.