Cauliflower rice

[Dory]

oh it will be Lee Lee! I had mine with beef stew and it went perfectly with the sauce.

Hot Tip: I threw some smoked garlic in and fried it for about 10 minutes using a mic of olive oil and butter frylights.

 

[DeusXM]

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!)

It makes bolusing far easier too!

 

[LeeLee]

Just a thought... for a fake 'pilau', you could include a tiny bit of courgette and carrot (finely blitzed).

 

[Northerner]

Serendipity! Cauliflower rice has just been featured on The One Show! 🙂

 

[Ewelina]

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

Its a base of pizza made with cauliflower rice. Recipe on my blog (link below). It was surprisingly tasty. nearly like real pizza!

 

[LeeLee]

Its a base of pizza made with cauliflower rice. Recipe on my blog (link below). It was surprisingly tasty. nearly like real pizza!

Hi Ewelina, is the cheddar in the base essential - i.e. would it fall apart without? Do you think it might work with sliced onion instead, with a bit of dried Parmesan for a cheesy flavour? I know I should really experiment for myself... but don't want to waste the ingredients if it all goes horribly wrong!

 

[MeganN]

What are the carb value of cauliflower??

 

[Ewelina]

Hi Ewelina, is the cheddar in the base essential - i.e. would it fall apart without? Do you think it might work with sliced onion instead, with a bit of dried Parmesan for a cheesy flavour? I know I should really experiment for myself... but don't want to waste the ingredients if it all goes horribly wrong!

I think you can put with cauliflower whatever you want but finely choped. Not sure if it wont fall apart without cheese but you may try. Maybe add 2 eggs instead. It will be omlette type then.Parmesan even better for flavour. Please let me know how it works if you try

 

[Ewelina]

What are the carb value of cauliflower??

in US 5 g/100g
in UK 3 g/100g

Ive just recently realised that you count it differently! How many times Ive checked on US websites thinking it was net value....

 

[trophywench]

No - USA they include the fibre which can be misleading if you happen to be diabetic. UK it is calculated nett.

 

[Dory]

Serendipity! Cauliflower rice has just been featured on The One Show! 🙂

are we now going to have mad panic rush buying of cauli in the shops much as petrol shortages, weather melt down threats, etc??!!! 🙂

 

[megga]

Goin to have to try it, i have never heard of it before 🙂

 

[Dory]

oh Megga you have to join the cauli club! it's marvellous. going to throw some into my veg pan fry tonight too.

 

[LeeLee]

I think it will be an occasional dish for me... I didn't have anything else that might have made me windy. (Might have been better to try it on the day I bought the cauli rather than 6 days later.) My granddaughter was remarkably forgiving today!

 

[trophywench]

Cauli DOES do that when it gets a bit old! however you cook it or if you eat it raw.

 

[LeeLee]

Hasn't had that effect with my cheese sauce recipe, and that's how I normally use the elderly bits. Maybe the overcooking in milk bit changes the chemical composition. Oh well, at least I know!

 

[megga]

How do you cook it?? dont it go mushy if you boil it??

 

[LeeLee]

For a cheese sauce, you WANT it to go mushy so that when you blitz it with the milk it makes a smooth base to stir the cheese into.

For cauli mash, it should be soft enough to mash without going watery.

With cauli rice, you blitz it from raw and then stir-fry.

 

[DeusXM]

You don't cook it like rice. As LeeLee says, either bop it in the microwave for a bit or stir fry it.

 

[Dory]

i am going to be all cauli-d out today: making cauli mash for me sausages for lunch and then making some cauli rice for my curry for lunch tomorrow.

Mmmmm!