Cauliflower...what do you do with it
 

Any good cauliflower recipes out there?

One of my favorite things to do with cauliflower is to use my food processor shredding attachment and make "rice" out of it. I throw in some pork chops, green onions and soy sauce and it makes a really good "pork fried rice" dish that's super easy to make.

Just ate cauliflower soup and it was delicious!

Same here!

roast it in the oven with olive oil and seasalt

I make the "cauliflower fried rice" also! I do soy sauce, chicken broth, garlic, green onion, s&p, chicken and egg. It's so delicious!

mashed cauliflower, my husband eats it now instead of mashed potatoes and doesn't even mind...infact he asks for it!

Roasted cauli is my favorite way to prepare it

I love cauliflower

Mahes cauli, cauli poppers, cauli pizza crust

The chicken fried rice recipe on here is really good. I've also started making pizza crust with it. Its edible, the problem is i never remember the way i made it before. Sometimes its just like a crust, sometimes more like a crusty mash - sounds appetizing :) The biggest thing is to squeeze as much moisture as you can out of it. Today is cauliflower on my spinach salad. I don't do a very good job of measuring while i'm at work but everything looked so fresh today on the salad bar.

Cauliflower is the most versatile vegetable there is on this diet.

I just made sushi with it, you can use it as a substitute to rice.

You can also use it as a substitute to potatoes, you can do mashed cauliflower as you do the potatoes.

You can make cauliflowers pop corn by cutting the cauliflowers into pop corn size, stir frying it with some spices or just salt.

The possibilities are endless, there are lots of recipes on this thread that use cauliflower.

I mostly do mashed right now, substituting no fat/low sodium chicken broth for the water I boil in to give it better flavour. I don't like how cauli usually tastes so this helps. A lot.

Spritz it with oil, salt/pepper, a little cayanne pepper and ROAST!

Um u eat it. Ok smart a** moment has passed. I just steam it, but have heard of using it in place of potatoes for mashed potatoes or as a soup thickener. I am just now starting to enjoy that veggie.

I usually roast mine but I made a version of chicken and rice soup with it.

I grated it, and added it to boiling chicken broth with 8oz of chicken (spiced the soup up with minced onion, parsley and pepper)...Was a good substitute for my comforting families chicken soup.

I use it so many ways:

Mashed
riced for "Fried" rice and chicken
riced in stuffed peppers with beef
Roasted in the oven alone or with other veggies (my fav)
Cauliflower crust pizza
Roasted in oven so it gets brownish for "popcorn"

We go through a LOT of cauliflower anymore!

I roast caulifower, chopped leeks, a head of garlic, half a package of celery for 45 minutes at 350 degrees. This is usually 3 full baking sheets. Cool, then puree. This mash then becomes my soup base for the next 7 days. I refrigerate this thick mash as is. It could also be used as a sauce on grilled or roasted protein of choice.

I put 3-4 heaping T of it in a 2 c measuring cup and add water to make 12 ounces (1 1/2 c), microwave for 2 minutes. Add salt, pepper and coconut oil (or olive oil). Enjoy.

If I am doing this at dinner, I might add my cooked chopped protein of choice to it. If I am extra hungry at lunch, I might add some miracle noodles to it.

Another recipe: roast your cauliflower, mash and then sprinkle with Popcorn Seasonings for incredible flavor (nacho cheddar, cheesy jalapeno, white cheddar, parmesan and garlic, cajun, chili lime, etc. ) see www.kernelseasonings.com if interested but be careful in measuring. They also have sweet flavors I haven't tried yet, will try with zucchini as an experiment. Have the savory ones. Measure carefully and don't over use. Go to the website and review nutritional stats for lots more info.

Disclaimer- I am not on IP so the recipe below may not be IP-friendly or you may be able to tweak it to suit your needs. It is a recipe for "alfredo" sauce using cauliflower cooked in chicken broth then pureed along with sauteed garlic and onions with a bit of parmesan, salt and pepper.

Though, I have to admit, it makes more for a convincing potato soup/chowder more than it does as an alfredo sauce.

Thanks everyone..ive never liked cauliflower so Im determined to find a few ways to use it. I cant eat cucumbers and peppers for ever!

I agree with many of the ideas posted above. One not mentioned is to use it for "potato" salad: thaw frozen cauliflower (soak in water for 10-20 minutes), drain, cut into uniform size pieces, dress with olive oil and vinegar, chopped raw onions & celery. Chill & Serve.

I love love love cauliflower :)

Aside from using it in soup, here are my many uses:

Mashed "fauxtatos"
Rice (fried rice, spanish rice, plain rice, in soup or on salad)
Roasted with salt and EVOO
Small florets roasted as "popcorn"
Hummus
pancakes (rice the cauliflower, mix with egg white, cinnamon and splenda)
pizza crust

How did you do it? Did you get the cauliflower to stick together? I tried using a recipe I found here, but it didn't work very well at all. Of course, this was my first time trying to make any kind of sushi period, so it could have been user error!