When I was a teenager, I worked at Wendy’s (a fast food chain). For 99 cents, you could get a baked potato with sour cream and chives. To a hungry, cash strapped teenager, this was one of the most glorious things EVER. I feasted many a night upon this potato. Fast forward to now, I don’t eat blood-sugar-spike inducing potatoes and have switched over to the glory that is cauliflower.
The below recipe for cauliflower mash is so simple. Not a new or novel recipe, but a strong contender for most appreciated low carb substitute out. I used cream cheese, as it is thicker than sour cream and helps keep the mash from being too goopy/liquidy.
Om nom nom
Cream Cheese and Chive Cauliflower Mash
Ingredients
- 1 head Cauliflower
- 3 ounces Neufchatel/cream Cheese
- Chives
- 2 tablespoons Butter
- Salt And Pepper
Instructions
- Coarsely chop cauliflower and steam until very, very tender (steaming ensures a smooth versus gritty cauliflower mash)
- In your handy, dandy food processor (a low carber's best friend), blend the cauliflower, butter and cream cheese. Heavily salt and pepper to taste
- Finely mince up the chives and sprinkle on top of the mash when serving
So easy that it feels like cheating, but it’s so tasty and really evokes the ‘sour cream and chive’ baked potato taste. My dad exclaimed that he couldn’t even taste the difference (and he’s a hard core carb addict).
I served the mash with baked haddock, beet greens and a beet cauli mash.
The “Pretty in Pink” Beet CauliMash recipe can found over at GiryaGirl.com, where I guest blogged for this amazing fitness and health queen!
Homeschooling6 Mom says
I have a Vitamix (no food processor) if I pulse do you think it will or will it come out overly smooth? Any suggestions?
Thanks so much!
Linda<
Sparky says
Oh, good question.I love my Vitamix but haven’t done a lot of ‘chunky’ in it. Nothing too wrong with smooth – keep it around a ‘4’ or ‘5’ and mush it with the mush-stick (not sure what that thing is called LOL)? I think it’ll come out good, no worries.
Homeschooling6 Mom says
Thanks so much!
Charlie says
I just made this (without the chives) for Thanksgiving dinner. Worked out great, and even the potato-eaters liked them! This is the first time I’ve done anything with cauliflower besides the Normandy frozen veggie mix, so thanks for not scaring me away from it! 😀
Sparky says
Hi Charlie,
Thank you SO much for letting me know the caulimash worked out so well that even the potato eaters like them! And WOW rock on for you for branching out and busting out the impressive cooking skills. I also made the same thing (sans chives as well) and everyone gobbled it up.
Rock on!
Sarah