{"id":17569,"date":"2014-02-05T00:45:47","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T05:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=17569"},"modified":"2014-02-04T23:42:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T04:42:48","slug":"got-eat-mashed-cauliflower-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/02\/05\/got-eat-mashed-cauliflower-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"I Got Them to Eat My Mashed Cauliflower Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/final.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17568 aligncenter\" alt=\"final\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/final-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/final-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/final.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recently, I attended a dinner party with my husband that served what I thought was mashed potatoes (which has never been my favorite). \u00a0Much to my surprise it was not <em>potatoes<\/em>, but mashed <em><strong>cauliflower<\/strong><\/em>&#8212;and I loved it.\u00a0 Prior to that, I had found several recipes for this dish, but was not brave enough to serve to my family, who love mashed potatoes but are not thrilled to try new vegetables.\u00a0 However, since my husband loved them as well, I thought I would combine a few recipes and add my own twist. Could I get my family to eat my mashed cauliflower recipe in the name of mashed potatoes? (not a lie, just not telling the truth).<\/p>\n<p>As my daughter sat down at the table with excitement, as she always does at the sight of mashed potatoes, I waited with anticipation for the first bite.\u00a0 Her words, &#8220;Mom, you did something different and they are really good.&#8221;\u00a0 Yes! \u00a0But too early in the game to tell her the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the recipe that my 9 year old daughter and husband loved.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ingredients: (4 servings)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 head of Cauliflower<\/li>\n<li>3 Tablespoons of skim milk<\/li>\n<li>1 Tablespoons of I can\u2019t Believe It\u2019s Not Butter<\/li>\n<li>2 Tablespoons of light cream cheese<\/li>\n<li>1 Tablespoon of garlic<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup of shredded cheese<\/li>\n<li>Salt and pepper to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Directions:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boil your cauliflower until tender about 15 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Boiling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17572 aligncenter\" alt=\"Boiling\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Boiling-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Boiling-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Boiling.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add all ingredients and blend or mash to your desired consistency.\u00a0 I have done them in a blender as well as mashed by hand and both were well received.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/blender.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17573 aligncenter\" alt=\"blender\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/blender-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/blender-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/blender.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sprinkle with cheese and bake 10-15 minutes at 350 degrees to melt cheese; serve hot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/final.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17568 aligncenter\" alt=\"final\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/final-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/final-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/final.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\u00a0This easy and quick side dish at only130 calories, 11grams of carbs and 6grams of protein, is not only tasty, but a great way to sneak in a serving of vegetables to your diet and home.<\/p>\n<p>I did come clean with my daughter a few days later when she explained to me how much she did not like vegetables.\u00a0 I could not resist but to inform her that she does like cauliflower. With the confused look on her face, I reminded her of the tasty mashed potatoes and let her in on the secret.\u00a0 It was a proud moment for me to know I got her to eat my mashed cauliflower recipe.<\/p>\n<p>In Good Health<\/p>\n<p>Crystal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I attended a dinner party with my husband that served what I thought was mashed potatoes (which has never been my favorite). \u00a0Much to my surprise it was not potatoes, but mashed cauliflower&#8212;and I loved it.\u00a0 Prior to that, I had found several recipes for this dish, but was not brave enough to serve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":17568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2399],"tags":[3038,185,2475,2256,1287,425,5336,2314,5335,5337],"class_list":["post-17569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-wellness-fitness","tag-at-home-w-gch","tag-cauliflower","tag-coaching-with-crystal","tag-crystal-breaux","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-low-calorie","tag-low-carb","tag-mashed-cauliflower","tag-quick-cauliflower-recipe","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/final.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-4zn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17569"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17598,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17569\/revisions\/17598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}