For those that suffer from diabetes or just trying to lose weight, this is a substitute for my favorite high glycemic white food: POTATOES. Can I ever give up the earthy, velvety , crunchy, boiled ( I don't care how you cook it, it survives) vegetable that brings up childhood memories of St. Patrick festivals and Polish cooking, and German fairs? Potatoes and banannas have high potassium levels which help keep blood pressure down. This may explain why I'm an anomaly to my doctor who says I have low blood pressure despite being overweight and one who pours salt on her food like snow in the middle of a Buffalo blizzard.
Maybe not, but here's a good attempt:
2 frozen bags of cauliflower
2-3 strips of precooked bacon warmed up in microwave or small frying pan
1/2 bag of frozen peas
1/2 cup parmesean cheese
1 large white onion sliced and diced
1/4 cup milk or soymilk
2 packets Splenda
dash of hot sauce
1/2 cup Duke's mayo ( a favorite down South with no sugar in it)
some dill or parsley for color if you have it
Blanch Cauliflower and frozen peas for 5-7 minutes in boiling water. Save 1/2 cup of hot water. Mix together the rest with saved water and salt & pepper to taste. Put in fridge. Open door 2-4 hours later. Pretend it's potato salad.
Fake Mashed Potatoes:
Frozen bag of cauliflower, boiled, food processed or mashed with milk, butter, garlic, salt and pepper until it looks and feels like my favorite side dish at Thanksgiving. The nice thing about this, if you used potatoes in a food processor, it would come out like glue, not so with cauliflower.
Maybe not, but here's a good attempt:
2 frozen bags of cauliflower
2-3 strips of precooked bacon warmed up in microwave or small frying pan
1/2 bag of frozen peas
1/2 cup parmesean cheese
1 large white onion sliced and diced
1/4 cup milk or soymilk
2 packets Splenda
dash of hot sauce
1/2 cup Duke's mayo ( a favorite down South with no sugar in it)
some dill or parsley for color if you have it
Blanch Cauliflower and frozen peas for 5-7 minutes in boiling water. Save 1/2 cup of hot water. Mix together the rest with saved water and salt & pepper to taste. Put in fridge. Open door 2-4 hours later. Pretend it's potato salad.
Fake Mashed Potatoes:
Frozen bag of cauliflower, boiled, food processed or mashed with milk, butter, garlic, salt and pepper until it looks and feels like my favorite side dish at Thanksgiving. The nice thing about this, if you used potatoes in a food processor, it would come out like glue, not so with cauliflower.
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