Making "Rice"

[Gremlin]

I stumbled across this earlier: http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/low.../caulirice.htm

And was wondering if anyone has tried it?? It looks promising and pretty easy!
I've tried cauli 'mashed potato' before, but never rice...!

I'll give it a whirl with my veg allowance tonight, maybe with some savoury mince and see how it goes and report back!

Was just curious if anyone had tried it....

[shuki]

Wow - fascinating - i think i may try it as well but will have to hand grate - and skip the butter.

[littlemiss]

this is so exciting...

except that I can't get cauliflower here.. but thanks for posting this! Will keep in mind when I am at home.

[Corbyns mum]

WOW just made the cauli rice (just chopped and stemmed nothing added) it is divine had it with hexi's Creamy paprika chicken add OMG im in heaven cant even tell it cauliflower

[Gremlin]

I made it tonight too. I grated the cauliflower (about 1/2 veg allowance) and micowaved it for about 2mins in covered microwave safe container.

Then I made a savoury mince dish using mince and tomato/onion/fresh garlic/zucchini for remaining veg allowance. Simmered it with water slowly for awhile with some italian herbs and a bay leaf. Served it with the cauli-rice and OMG it was one of, if not THE, best dinner I've had since I started.

Yay, I shall be cauli-rice-experimenting more I think!

[lil_doll]

I am interested in trying this! I love a bit of cauli and I enjoy a bit of a juicy meal! Does the cauli soak up any juice?

Oh and also, when you cook it (the cauli) does it get smaller? Or does it seem like a decent amount?

Thanks

xoxo
Missy

[Gremlin]

Heya Missy, it didn't shrink at all and looked just like a serve of rice. Rather than having one small hunk of cauli it felt like more! Was very filling and tasty. It didn't really sop up the juices, I placed it on top so it wouldn't get 'gluggy' and then I was scooping up some of the 'rice' and some of the juice and it was delicious!

How awesome is cauliflower??? I just found this link too (for those on maintainance) http://cleochatra.blogspot.com/2009/...uliflower.html

I am totalllyyyy going to try that when I'm done!!

[Belnatjas]

Yum, this looks great, I am going to give it a go tonight. I am a big fan of cauli!!!

[Gremlin]

Just so you get an idea of portions...I took pics of my lunch

One is the amount of cauli I started with (about 50g). The other is the raw grated cauli. And the last is the cooked cauli-rice served up with my yummy chicken curry.

I'm lovinggggg caulirice!!! I used to just have a few hunks of cauli in my curry...I liked it so much better this way

[Gremlin]

I'm obsessed

Here's dinner - savoury mince with 'rice' - smaller portion of the cauli this time because I used the big meat portion with smaller veg portion.

So yummy and filling....mmmMMMmmmmm.

[littlemiss]

gah. i'm so jealous.

[lil_doll]

O.M.G that looks SO good, Grem! I simply must try it!!!!!!!!!!!!

It really looks like rice!

xoxo
Missy

[giddyupgirl]

wow, that is unreal, hopefully I can get some cauli today, might make a beef stew tonight with your cool caulirice.

[Gremlin]

Haha, I've now had it with every non-breakky meal since I discovered it!
I wanna try it with a beef stroganoff type dish next week (already cooked the rest of this week's meals, boo!)....yummmm!

Just a hint, it's probably easy to grate a bunch up, then weigh it once grated. Otherwise you may lose a few grams, it tend to fly a bit and get stuck in the grater a little. I grated about 200g this morning, then portioned that out into 50g bags. Ready to go!

First time I weighed my cauli, then grated, and spent ages making sure I didn't miss a single speck of it haha

[shuki]

I'm off to try this with prawn curry....here i come!

[Laura77]

I had this last night!! A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!! I will now be a caulirice adict!!!

Now off to find some receipes to have with my caulirice!

[Coosasie]

This is amazing. Thanks Gremlin!

[mcpsych]

mashed and seasoned- makes an adequate replacement for mashed spuds

[Pommiegal]

I am so trying this cauli rice! Looks every bit as good as the real thing!

[wheresmygutgone?]

This is so exciting. I have process up a heap in a container. i will cook my first bit tonight with my meatballs. thanks!