Rice v califlower rice

[Dwermer]

Hi
Been looking at dietry changes and wondered what opinions or taste option, people have experienced with perhapes moving to califlower rice and compared to basmatti brown rice flavour

If moved to califlower rice, was it done for sugar levels?

thanks

 

[Martin.A]

I've been using riced cauliflower since diagnosis in dishes such as Chilli Con Carne, Chasseur or Stroganoff and found it be fine. I can't taste any cauliflower as the sauces dominate.

A 200g pack of FullGreen, my preferred choice, is 4g carb. The equivalent weight of Basmati rice is almost 60g carb, so it's a massive carb saving when you're trying to stay under 130g carb per day.

I average 6 post-meal for Chilli Con Carne and mid-5 for Chasseur and Stroganoff.

 

[grovesy]

I just do without rice .

 

[Dwermer]

I've been using riced cauliflower since diagnosis in dishes such as Chilli Con Carne, Chasseur or Stroganoff and found it be fine. I can't taste any cauliflower as the sauces dominate.

A 200g pack of FullGreen, my preferred choice, is 4g carb. The equivalent weight of Basmati rice is almost 60g carb, so it's a massive carb saving when you're trying to stay under 130g carb per day.

I average 6 post-meal for Chilli Con Carne and mid-5 for Chasseur and Stroganoff.

Yeah, I thought as much in looking at it. I will give cauliflower a try, if I can get it at my local morrisons Thanks

 

[rebrascora]

Have to be honest I was never a fan of rice so I don't miss it. I used to have chilli with a baked potato and curry with a naan but of course both those options are out of the window too now. I usually have coleslaw with my curry and chilli now and extra veg like broccoli and cabbage and courgettes. Coleslaw is a staple on my shopping list as it is a great way to add cabbage to almost any meal. I obviously have it with salads and a nice steak, or curry/chilli as mentioned or omelettes. I also find jars of pickled beetroot really easy for adding extra veg and extra flavour and zing to my plate.

Anyway, I can't comment on cauli rice because I simply haven't tried it but cauli works well mashed with a good dollop of cream cheese and a teaspoon of mustard as a mashed potato alternative with bangers or burgers or chops and makes a great topping for shepherd's/cottage/fish pie topped with plenty of grated cheese of course.

 

[Martin.A]

Yeah, I thought as much in looking at it. I will give cauliflower a try, if I can get it at my local morrisons Thanks

It's possible to make your own of course but I prefer the convenience of popping a pouch into the microwave for 2 minutes.

 

[Deb_l]

I just do without rice .

Yes, so do I

I loved rice but thanks to the powers of finger pricking discovered it didn't like me very much. In fact it was, without doubt the absolute pits when it came to elevating my BG. I have cauli rice in the freezer but I generally just go without now and will do a chilli or spag bol with just the sauce.

 

[Dwermer]

Have to be honest I was never a fan of rice so I don't miss it. I used to have chilli with a baked potato and curry with a naan but of course both those options are out of the window too now. I usually have coleslaw with my curry and chilli now and extra veg like broccoli and cabbage and courgettes. Coleslaw is a staple on my shopping list as it is a great way to add cabbage to almost any meal. I obviously have it with salads and a nice steak, or curry/chilli as mentioned or omelettes. I also find jars of pickled beetroot really easy for adding extra veg and extra flavour and zing to my plate.

Anyway, I can't comment on cauli rice because I simply haven't tried it but cauli works well mashed with a good dollop of cream cheese and a teaspoon of mustard as a mashed potato alternative with bangers or burgers or chops and makes a great topping for shepherd's/cottage/fish pie topped with plenty of grated cheese of course.

ohh loved your idea of mashed cauliflower with cream cheese ty

 

[Leadinglights]

I have a recipe for fried cauliflower rice which is a meal in itself.
Cauli rice, bacon lardons, minced ginger, diced carrot, peas, corn kernels, spring onions, garlic, soy sauce or tamarind, cashews or almonds, with a chopped omelette on top.

 

[rebrascora]

ohh loved your idea of mashed cauliflower with cream cheese ty

You have to drain the cauli really thoroughly before you mash it, but it beats peeling spuds and cooks and mashes quicker and easier and tastes pretty good too. It does work really well on cottage pie as it spreads on the top of the mince easier. Just make sure to be generous with the grated cheese on top.
One of the great things about going low carb is that you don't need to be so concerned about fat content of foods.because that fat is going to provide you with slow release energy that will last you all day instead of the carbs which give quick release energy that is nearly gone in 2 hours, even supposed low GI foods like porridge act like rocket fuel for some of us. It all depends on your digestive system and mine treats Low GI food as a challenge that it needs to beat.

 

[Dwermer]

Have to be honest I was never a fan of rice so I don't miss it. I used to have chilli with a baked potato and curry with a naan but of course both those options are out of the window too now. I usually have coleslaw with my curry and chilli now and extra veg like broccoli and cabbage and courgettes. Coleslaw is a staple on my shopping list as it is a great way to add cabbage to almost any meal. I obviously have it with salads and a nice steak, or curry/chilli as mentioned or omelettes. I also find jars of pickled beetroot really easy for adding extra veg and extra flavour and zing to my plate.

Anyway, I can't comment on cauli rice because I simply haven't tried it but cauli works well mashed with a good dollop of cream cheese and a teaspoon of mustard as a mashed potato alternative with bangers or burgers or chops and makes a great topping for shepherd's/cottage/fish pie topped with plenty of grated cheese of course.

hi did you use 1/2 cauli to make the mash or more?

 

[rebrascora]

hi did you use 1/2 cauli to make the mash or more?

All cauliflower. I tend not to eat any high carb foods at home, so no bread, potato, pasta, rice etc. so don't cook with them and just a little of those things when I eat out as a treat..... not that I consider pasta or rice a treat at all. I can happily live without them but I did used to love home grown potatoes (don't grow them anymore) and really nice wholemeal/seeded/granary bread. Just recently I have been tempted by Lidl Plus rewards to get their low GI multiseed cob (can't resist a bargain) which I know is delicious but my problem is that once I start, I can't stop eating it and one slice leads to another and then another, all generously slathered with butter and before I know it the whole loaf is gone! I have found the only way to resist the temptation is to leave it on the shelf in the shop!

 

[rebrascora]

hi did you use 1/2 cauli to make the mash or more?

Just realised you perhaps meant half a cauliflower for one person as oppose to half cauli half potato. You can always have the remainder the next day if you do a whole cauli.

 

[Drummer]

Hi
Been looking at dietry changes and wondered what opinions or taste option, people have experienced with perhapes moving to califlower rice and compared to basmatti brown rice flavour

If moved to califlower rice, was it done for sugar levels?

thanks

I don't eat any grain as it is too high carb, but I don't rice the cauliflower, these days I use mostly frozen, defrost and then steam it or put it in the pressure cooker in a separate unperforated container to keep it dry.
It is low carb and seems to fill a gap for something bland to go with curry, and I really like the cauliflower cheese I make - so di other people .

 

[paultrose]

Im weird cos i dont like riced cauli but love cauli mash.....specially if you make it 50/50 with celariac

Great on top of a cottage pie

 

[saffron15]

I've found this in morrison. Full Green broccoli and cauli rice.

https://groceries.morrisons.com/pro...GW3dKlJKndcC8YP3mr_vue44NItK30m#reviews-title

I bought it in Holland and Barrett. One of the reviews says it works in stir fry.
I haven't tried it yet because if I have a meal with sauce I tend to do veg in microwave and put the sauce on top of cooked broccoli cauliflour etc.with carrot or beans on the side. In winter swede or squash work. You can cook a whole swede in the microwave and scrape filling out.

As far as pouch is concerned it doesn't need to go in freezer but once open use in two days.

Find what you like and what is convenient.

 

[debs248]

I've found this in morrison. Full Green broccoli and cauli rice.

https://groceries.morrisons.com/pro...GW3dKlJKndcC8YP3mr_vue44NItK30m#reviews-title

I bought it in Holland and Barrett. One of the reviews says it works in stir fry.
I haven't tried it yet because if I have a meal with sauce I tend to do veg in microwave and put the sauce on top of cooked broccoli cauliflour etc.with carrot or beans on the side. In winter swede or squash work. You can cook a whole swede in the microwave and scrape filling out.

As far as pouch is concerned it doesn't need to go in freezer but once open use in two days.

I've bought one of those to try too. Currently £1.50 at Sainsbury's with Nectar. I found the plain cauliflower one a bit tasteless, the one with broccoli is supposed to taste slightly nutty.

 

[Lucyr]

Some supermarkets have cauli rice in the freezer which is smaller portions and cheaper for single people than these pouches

 

[zuludog]

When I was a boy in the 1950s & 60s my Mum would chop/mash sprouts or cauliflower into a sort of rough mash or puree
But of course in those days vegetables were usually cooked to become very soft anyway

I haven't got a food processor so I tried grating raw cauliflower but that's fiddly and awkward to clean, so now I cook cauliflower very briefly then dice it on a chopping board; but you have to be careful in case it spreads everywhere
It's not as fine as cauli rice, but it does the job; sometimes I don't even do that, I just cut off small florets and use those
Depending on the price of fresh cauli I often use frozen, so I don't have to eat a load of cauli before it goes black on me

I have yet to try bought frozen cauli rice, but I will do one day soon

 

[silver minion]

I usually prefer cauliflower florets in a curry rather than served as a rice substitute. I rarely have rice now but I am partial to a couple of small poppadoms with my curry.