Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes

If you’re craving a side dish change, skip the spuds and try these Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes. It’s an easy way to eat more veggies and they taste almost as good as the real thing!

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Recipe ingredients:

Ingredient notes:

• Cauliflower: You can use fresh or frozen cauliflower in this recipe.

Step-by-step instructions:

1. Boil or steam the cauliflower until very tender.
   
2. Drain off the cooking liquid and mash the cooked cauliflower with a ricer, potato masher, immersion blender, or food processor. Stir in the butter, fresh herbs, and salt and pepper.
   

Recipe tips and variations:

• Cheese: Stir in grated Parmesan, shredded cheddar, or whatever cheese you are craving.
• Cream cheese: For thicker mashed cauliflower, reduce the butter to 3 tablespoons and add 6 ounces softened cream cheese.
• Garlic: Add a few cloves of roasted garlic for even more flavor.
• Sour cream and chives: Stir in a spoonful of sour cream and some snipped fresh chives to taste.

More delicious vegetable recipes:

• Roasted cauliflower
• Best mashed potatoes
• Roasted butternut squash
• Twice baked potatoes

Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes

A big bowl of Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes is almost better than the real thing; in fact, it might be the greatest all-vegetable comfort food in the world.

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 30 mins

Servings 8 (¾ cup) servings

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Calories 119

Ingredients 

• ▢ 3 pounds cauliflower about two medium heads, cut into florets (see note 1)
• ▢ 3 cups water
• ▢ Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• ▢ 6 tablespoons butter cut into 1/2" cubes
• ▢ 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme (or 2 teaspoons dried thyme)

Instructions 

• In a large saucepan, add cauliflower florets , water, and 1 tablespoon salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer until easily pierced with a knife, about 15 minutes.
• Drain well and return cauliflower pot. Mash well, then stir in butter, thyme, and salt and pepper to taste (I like ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper).

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Notes

1. Cauliflower: You can use fresh or frozen cauliflower in this recipe.
2. Cheese: Stir in grated Parmesan, shredded cheddar, or whatever cheese you are craving. 
3. Cream cheese: For thicker mashed cauliflower, reduce the butter to 3 tablespoons and add 6 ounces softened cream cheese.
4. Garlic: Add a few cloves of roasted garlic for even more flavor.
5. Sour cream and chives: Stir in a spoonful of sour cream and some snipped fresh chives to taste.

Nutrition

Calories: 119kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 3gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 131mgPotassium: 516mgFiber: 4gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 304IUVitamin C: 83mgCalcium: 46mgIron: 1mg

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