(Source: Brock Davis)
I've skirted cauliflower in the past -- always gravitating towards its "brother from another mother" (i.e., broccoli).
Well, life changed this weekend. I discovered that cauliflower can be morphed into delicious things with more nutrients & fewer calories (1 point for Tamara)
I've been missing out.
Exhibit A: Cauliflower Soup.
Alan & I bought the terminator of cooking machines with a referral bonus from work. It's called the Thermomix -- French-designed and German-engineered (thankfully, not the other way around). It does 23 things in one machine. Yes, it's likely also sold on the Home Shopping Network.
Anyways, I rocked a creamy cauliflower soup this weekend in under 30 minutes. It reminded me a bit of polenta (or a "sister from a higher fat mister"). In case you bought the same crazy gadget, here's the recipe:
Ingredients:
- 30 g parmesan
- 600 g water
- 800 g cauliflower
- 20 g oil
- 2 tsp flour
- 20 g butter
- salt to taste
Steps:
- Grate parmesan (10-15 sec on speed 8) & put aside
- Place water, cauliflower & salt in TM bowl. Cook for 15 min, Speed 1, 100*C
- Add flour, oil & butter. Cook for 5 min, Speed 1, 100*C
- Blend for 1 minute by slowly moving from speed 1 to speed 8
- BOOM. Taste your low-fat polenta (and sprinkle on some parmesan for being so good)
Exhibit B: Pizza crust.
I've pledged to be healthy this week after a decadent trip to Sydney (see example here). This means lots of veggies, fish, fruit, legumes and nuts. It also mean no breads, meats or desserts (bye, bye Messina).
To fix a craving for pizza, I tried this recipe out from The Lucky Penny. It was awesome, so awesome I ate the whole pizza myself (that might have defeated the purpose, oh well). Since the crust already includes cheese, I topped mine with basil, tomato and mushroom instead (next time, I might try some balsamic).
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