How to Make Faux Tatoes with Cauliflower

Mashed potatoes are tasty, but they can be murder on the waistline, particularly if you are on Atkins or other low-carb diets. Toss away your potatoes and learn how to make faux-tatoes instead, using cauliflower and a few other simple ingredients.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• One head cauliflower
• 3 oz cream cheese
• 1 tbs butter
• salt
• pepper

1. Cut the cauliflower florets off the stem, removing the leaves.

2. Steam or boil the cauliflower until it is very soft. Steaming preserves nutrients that boiling can remove, but either method works well from a cooking stand-point.

3. Blend the cauliflower, cream cheese and butter in a blender or food processor. Blend to your personal preference. Some people like their mashed potatoes lumpy, some like them smooth. It's the same with mashed cauliflower.

4. Add salt and pepper to taste.

5. Serve as you would mashed potatoes. Each half-cup serving provides just one gram of carbohydrates, compared to 30 for mashed potatoes.

Tips & Warnings

• Remember that Atkins is a high-fat, not high-protein, diet. Feel free to add more cream cheese or butter to taste.
• Boiling vegetables can remove nutrients that steaming preserves.

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