I grew up eating mashed potatoes with lots of butter and sour cream. Oh boy were they good. They made me happy….and now I know why! Blood sugar spike! The white mashed potatoes are just like eating candy. Now that we have basically adopted a Paleo lifestyle, I had to find a replacement for my potatoes. Well, I found one that is not only delicious, but also nice to the old blood sugar. Cauliflower fauxtatoes to the rescue.
Ingredients:
- 2 heads cauliflower
- 6 Tbsp grass-fed butter (more or less, depending on how much you love butter) — we use this kind
- salt and pepper to taste — we use this salt
Directions:
- Steam the cauliflower
- In a food processor, puree the cauliflower until nice and creamy
- Add butter, salt and pepper and continue to blend until well combined
- Serve immediately
- This also freezes well in individual pyrex containers, for a quick grab-and-go lunch idea!
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Anastasia Carpenter
January 29, 2014 at 7:10 amHi Kate, those fauxtatoes look delicious! I was reminded of when my son was little, it was so hard to get him him to eat veggies so I would sneak cauliflower into the mashed potatoes! I’ll have to try this recipe 🙂
Trish
January 29, 2014 at 2:22 pmYum looking and these are Low-Oxalate as well!
Naz (@CinnamonEats)
January 31, 2014 at 12:21 pmSo simple yet so delicious! Love it 🙂
Rachel Ball (@grokgrub)
May 26, 2014 at 11:58 pmWell, this looks flawless! I can never get mine to turn out so nicely.
Stacey Crawford
May 27, 2014 at 5:35 amI love making mashed cauliflower in place of potatoes. This recipe looks super delicious, and I can't wait to give these a go. 🙂
My Heart Beets
May 27, 2014 at 5:35 pmThis looks delicious! 🙂 Can't wait to try 🙂 ~Ashley (My Heart Beets)
Adrienne Urban
May 28, 2014 at 12:14 amI've been eating a TON of cauli recently. LOVE this!
Sylvie Shirazi (@gourmandeinthek)
May 28, 2014 at 4:38 amCauliflower mashed potatoes are one of my favorite sides!
Susanne Runion
May 28, 2014 at 11:31 pmKate,This looks so good. I can't wait to try it. Sometimes I really crave potatoes but don't want the carbs so this is perfect. Thanks.
Tina T.
May 28, 2014 at 7:46 pmThat is some delicious lookin’ mashed cauliflowers!!
Arsy
May 30, 2014 at 3:13 pmOne of our favorite recipes around here!