Cauliflower rice

[Phil65]

......tried this last night after reading about it on this forum, have to say,I liked it......and hard to believe my curry with the collyrice was virtually carb free.....same couldn't be said for the poppadom and nan!

 

[DeusXM]

Glad it worked for you. Look on the bright side - by cutting out the carbs from rice, you'll find it easier to enjoy the carbs from the poppadom and naan which you can't substitute.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I really must try that one day.

I've heard so many good things about it!

 

[trophywench]

It's fab Mike, honest!

Don't use an elderly cauli in the bottom of the fridge you forgot about though, otherwise it's tastes too much of cauli! LOL

 

[DeusXM]

It works particularly well for Chinese dishes if you fry the 'rice' in toasted sesame oil with a bit of garlic. The flavour's brilliant.

 

[Dory]

i really must try this now. I have beef stew in the fridge for tonight. Would it be wrong to have cauli rice with that??!

 

[Dory]

how long am I cooking it for again after I've blitzed it?

 

[Phil65]

i really must try this now. I have beef stew in the fridge for tonight. Would it be wrong to have cauli rice with that??!

.....that sounds good....my wife blitzed the cauli in a food processor to rice like consistency fried it in olive oil with some chopped onion for about 7 mins.....result! 🙂

 

[Dory]

mmmm!! all hail cauli rice!! blitzed and fried in some fry light with smoked garlic. goes SUPERBLY with stews!!! thoroughly recommended! oh if only you could see my dinner! fit for a king and LOW LOW LOW carbs!! 🙂

 

[Phil65]

mmmm!! all hail cauli rice!! blitzed and fried in some fry light with smoked garlic. goes SUPERBLY with stews!!! thoroughly recommended! oh if only you could see my dinner! fit for a king and LOW LOW LOW carbs!! 🙂

ha,ha......i didn't think it would taste very nice without a big dollop of cheese sauce over it....but I was wrong, it's really quite nice and virtually carb free! 🙂......going to try cauli/potato mash next

 

[MeganN]

Cauliflower mash is my favourite! Don't add any potato personally just mash the cauliflower with butter and a bit if cream cheese. Mmmmmmmm

 

[Ewelina]

I made cauliflower pizza few days ago and it was great. Never though about using cauliflower rice. Nearly carb free meal🙂

 

[bennyg70]

Ive jumped on the bandwagon and made some last nigiht, using duesx's advice... Some garlic and toasted sesame seed oil. I also added a little chilli. It was lovely, I had it with some beef tacos. I had a monsterous plate of food and it cost me something like 40g carbs! Where as if Id of had normal rice or a few chips it would have been near 70 or 80.

I enjoyed it that much i made some more for my lunch today with the remaining taco mince meat!

 

[Phil65]

Ive jumped on the bandwagon and made some last nigiht, using duesx's advice... Some garlic and toasted sesame seed oil. I also added a little chilli. It was lovely, I had it with some beef tacos. I had a monsterous plate of food and it cost me something like 40g carbs! Where as if Id of had normal rice or a few chips it would have been near 70 or 80.

I enjoyed it that much i made some more for my lunch today with the remaining taco mince meat!

.... a big plate of food with WAY less carbs and tasty too...winner! .....better get down the supermarket to buy some caulis ......this forum is global and there maight be some panic buying! 😉

 

[DeusXM]

If you're on a budget or can't be arsed with the faff, this probably works with the frozen florets you can buy too. I use these for mash as you need to boil them anyway. I think probably as long as you thaw the florets first the texture will still work out right but I haven't tried this myself yet.

I'm intrigued by cauliflower pizza though. What's that?

Cauliflower mash is my favourite! Don't add any potato personally just mash the cauliflower with butter and a bit if cream cheese. Mmmmmmmm

Try it with grated cheese and chopped bacon!

 

[Dory]

somebody has GOT to report back to me on cauli mash! I need to know whether it's like mash or not! (and I'd probaly use a blob of quark - my fat free version of cream cheese - great idea!)

 

[trophywench]

If you have a food processor, you can actually 'grate' frozen florets for 'rice'.

 

[DeusXM]

somebody has GOT to report back to me on cauli mash! I need to know whether it's like mash or not!

It's very, very similar. It's a little softer and can be damper than 'real' mash if you don't drain the florets out properly (I tend to start mashing in a sieve over the sink. However, stick enough butter/cream in it and it's hard to tell the difference - particularly if you serve it with sausages and onion gravy! Put it this way, I've served this stuff to people without telling them and they haven't realised. I'm now known for my 'magic mash' that basically has no calories.

You do need quite a lot of cauliflower though - I find 3/4 of a bag of frozen florets covers two hungry people.

Also, don't feel ALL the mash has to be cauliflower - you can just do a half and half with potato so although it's not quite as low-carb, it goes a bit further and could be slightly closer in texture.

 

[Dory]

thanks Deus, all helpful (although I did get worried when i mis read it as needing '3-4' bags of cauli for 2 people ooops)!

reason I'm so interested in cauli based alternatives is I am on slimming world's original plan (reduced carbs) so normal mash is out - as is rice - which is why I'm stupidly excited about the joy of cauliflower (that would be a good title for a documentary on this!)

 

[LeeLee]

I'm giving cauli rice a go tonight as I'm on an 'original' SW day today. Having mine with spicy chicken thighs and the Mediterranean sauce I posted in the recipes thread. Yum (I hope)!