{"id":16328,"date":"2013-07-16T10:32:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T16:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=16328"},"modified":"2013-07-16T10:32:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T16:32:44","slug":"mashed-cauliflower-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2013\/07\/mashed-cauliflower-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Mashed Cauliflower Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cheesy<\/a>Thank you all so much for your kind words about our new house<\/a>!\u00a0 We are totally stoked to be able to get moved in soon and start a new chapter in our lives!<\/p>\n

But enough about that, let’s talk about mashed cauliflower.<\/p>\n

With certain diets that are trending right now, cauliflower has sprung up as a staple veggie and one that can be used in a lot of ways.<\/p>\n

A common way that I have been seeing it used is as a replacement for mashed potatoes.<\/p>\n

Say wha?<\/p>\n

Mashed cauliflower or cauliflower puree, if you’re trying to be fancy, is pretty simple to make and it’s been popping up everywhere.<\/p>\n

I decided to see what all the fuss was about and make my own.<\/p>\n

I made it the way I make mashed potatoes.\u00a0 The only difference being the cauliflower gets put in a food processor verses a stand mixer.<\/p>\n

I washed, and cut up a whole head of cauliflower and added it to some salted boiling water.\u00a0 I let it boil for about 5 minutes or until it was fork tender.<\/p>\n

I drained it and then put the cauliflower back in the hot pot to help get rid of excess moisture.<\/p>\n

In the food processor it went with milk, butter, and some cheddar for extra flavor.\u00a0 A little salt, pepper, and garlic powder added for seasoning.<\/p>\n

I pureed it until it got creamy and dished it up on plates.<\/p>\n

\"Cheesy<\/a>Both Scott and I really enjoyed this as a side dish.\u00a0 It had the consistency of really creamy mashed potatoes but don’t fooled, it doesn’t taste like mashed potatoes.<\/p>\n

It tastes like what it is, cauliflower.<\/p>\n

I would definitely make this again for an easy side dish and a great way to have another veggie on the plate.\u00a0 Would I use it as a sub for mashed potatoes?<\/p>\n

Not on your life.\u00a0 My Polish grandma would roll over in her grave and that is not the kind of juju I need.<\/p>\n

What about you, have you tried mashed cauliflower before?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have fun kids, and remember, always play with your food!\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thank you all so much for your kind words about our new house!\u00a0 We are totally stoked to be able to get moved in soon and start a new chapter in our lives! But enough about that, let’s talk about mashed cauliflower. With certain diets that are trending right now, cauliflower has sprung up as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,34],"tags":[36,16],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-4fm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}