Mashed Cauliflower

[ungreen]

I made this last night but with just a few modifications.  Rather than boiling, I steamed one chopped head of cauliflower, one chopped russet potato (skin and all), and half a bunch of kale, destemmed and chopped. I then mashed all of this with a little Earth Balance margarine and pepper and served it with a batch of mushroom gravy.  Super Yummy!

A word of caution, though: this is my second time making mashed cauliflower, and the first time ended in total disaster because I added a little soy milk before mashing. Don't do this or you will get a pile of watery ick! The cauliflower already retains so much moisture that, unlike with potatoes, you don't need to add any extra liquid.

[Tiink777]

I've been making this for quite some time. I use frozen cauliflower, vegan cream cheese, garlic powder, and tons of freshly ground pepper! I just throw the whole thing into a cereal bowl, nuke it for about 6 minutes, and mash it with a fork. Such an improvement on regular mashed potatoes!   

[Allychristine]

This was my first time to try this..and my husband and I thought it was good. I thought the texture would be different (maybe I was thinking about mashed potatoes), but it was still good. I steamed the cauliflower, and just added EB, salt and ,pepper (Patrick put soy sauce on his). It's a good recipe to have in my vegetable repertoire. 

[iowachick95]

I keep seeing mashed cauliflower recipes, but never been brave enough to try one...might have to give this a shot!

[lovecows420]

 
ive been wanting to try mashed cauliflower forever and i finally did...and it was great!  i highly reccomend this recipe, i followed it exactly and it came out great

i even impressed my sister who hates veggies!

[GlitterMoonGdes]

I use a food processor for a really smooth, whipped texture. I add 1/4 tsp garlic powder and 1/2 tsp salt (but I steam the cualiflower, not boil in salted water). My hubby and my dad are huge potato addicts and they absolutely love this. If only cauliflower were as cheap as potatoes!

[Melissa2525]

Absolutely fantastic!! I will be making this very often, beautiful flavor and really lite. You can even cut down on the eb if you wanted. Thanks for a great recipe

[erinmonster5]

Amazing!  I can't believe I haven't made this before now.  I mean, my mom made it for me once back when we were doing some low carb thing and I didn't care for it - I think it was a texture thing....but I must say, I'm a little obsessed with this right now - I'll probably be making it constantly.  I steamed the cauliflower for about 10 minutes and mashed it with EB, a little FYH Mozzarella, salt, pepper, and garlic powder.  Next time I'll try whipping it in the food processor so its a little creamier - mine was a little chunky, but I was just mashing with a fork.

[DCandCharlie]

This was really good. It was a little soggy because we didn't drain it well enough and it would have been better with soy cheese which we didn't have. C said it was perfect: "in between grits and mashed potatoes"
We added some paprika to the mix too.