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Cauliflower Rice madebyjayne.com

This is a new (to me) way of serving cauliflower. I had seen the term “cauliflower rice” used by foodies on twitter and initially thought it was cauliflower and rice! A little more investigation proved that it was a completely different way to serve cauliflower! The cauliflower is blitzed in a food processor until it resembles rice (more like bulgur if you ask me but it is small!). It wasn’t until I began my Whole30 that I decided to give Cauliflower Rice a try as a different vegetable side dish. Its fabulous and now my favourite way to serve cauliflower! There is something much more satisfying about the texture of cauliflower served like this to those of us avoiding carb side dishes, it really is like eating a bulgur/ cous cous type dish.

I had read that cauliflower prepared this way bears no resemblance to cauliflower at all. I decided to try this out and made it without telling my brassica hating husband what it was, I thought the smell may give it away as there was a definite brassica hint but my husband didn’t seem to notice and was fooled into tasting it! I can’t say he was all that impressed but even he had to admit that he didn’t know it was cauliflower and I can’t believe he tried it, I think with even more herbs he may be tempted to try it again!  I’ve tried adding various herb combinations and all have been good, it’s even good just straight up with garlic and onion.

If like me you are dining on this alone it freezes and reheats well.

Cauliflower Rice

ingredients

  • 1 medium cauliflower, washed and cut into florets
  • 2 tbsp olive oil (or coconut oil)
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 clove of garlic, crushed
  • salt and fresh ground pepper
  • (optional) herbs of your choice

flavour combinations

  • 1 tbsp lemon juice and 2 tsp  fresh lemon thyme leaves
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander and 1/2 a chopped red chilli
  • 1 tbsp chopped chives

method

  1. Put the cauliflower florets into a food processor and pulse until the cauliflower is in tiny pieces, this takes about 20 seconds (honestly!)
  2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the onions until translucent. Add the garlic and quickly stir until fragrant.
  3. Add the cauliflower pieces to the onions, turn down the heat a little and stir well.
  4. Cover and stirring occasionally cook for around 5- 10 minutes until the cauliflower has softened but retains some bite.
  5. Add any herbs you may be using, season with salt and pepper and serve immediately.


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