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Originally Posted by iamkeri1
For dinner tonight I had homemade chicken stew leftovers with mashed cauliflower and green beans. The stew is a little high in calories, so as the base, I decided to try a low cal alternative that I have long heard of but never tried, hence the mashed cauliflower. I love cauliflower, and several people have told me over the years that it "tastes just like" mashed potatoes.
Folks, it does NOT taste just like mashed potatoes and it doesn't have the bulk of mashed potatoes either. It was good. As I said, I love cauliflower, but it really didn't go too well with the stew. I kind of had to turn my brain off to eat it. Bad news: I made up a second portion of everything into a frozen future meal before I tasted.it. I would have chosen an alternative had I tasted it first. Live and learn.
Ahh, I'm pink again!
Smooches,
Keri
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To me, mashed cauliflower tastes a lot like - not "just" like - mashed potatoes when you bulk it up with lots of milk and butter. This eliminates the benefit of being low calorie though, so I don't really bother with it; I just eat the potatoes, with a reasonable amount of milk and butter.
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Not sure what I'm having for dinner yet, but it's going to involve mashed potatoes, because now they're on my mind.