Mashed Cauliflower tastes so much more delicious than mashed potatoes

A few days ago, I still had a cauliflower in the fridge and was looking for a side dish to prepare.

That’s when I read about mashed cauliflower, and absolutely liked the idea.

Before that day, we often had mashed potatoes as a side dish, but I read about nightshades not being too good for one’s health, and so I was happy to have an alternative to try.

Another great advantage is, that the cauliflower takes much less time to cook than the potatoes, so for me that’s 2:0 for the cauliflower.

The recipe isn’t very complicated and quite fast to prepare. Besides the already described advantage, you can also reheat the mashed cauliflower and it tends to burn much less than it’s potato-made relative.

So we’re at 3:0 for the cauliflower!

But let’s get started with the recipe:

Ingredients (as a side dish for 3 persons):

• 2 small or 1 big head of cauliflower
• 2 big or 4 small cloves of garlic
• 75 ml coconut milk
• 2 tablespoons of butter or margarine
• Salt, pepper and nutmeg to taste
• Parsley for decoration

Preparation:

Wash the cauliflower and cut it into small florets. Fill a big enough pot with water, add a bit of salt and the cauliflower. Peel and crush the garlic cloves and add them to the water, too.

Bring everything to a boil and cook the cauliflower florets and garlic cloves until they are tender. This should take about 10 minutes but depends a lot on the size of your florets.

Drain the cauliflower florets and the garlic cloves with the help of a sieve and let all the excess water drip off.

Fill the cauliflower florets and the garlic cloves into a pot, add the coconut milk, nutmeg, salt and pepper and blend everything with an immersion blender until it is smooth. I really like the taste of the nutmeg, so I add quite a lot of it, but it’s up to you how many spices you add.

Turn on low heat and stir the mashed cauliflower to heat it but prevent it from burning to the bottom of the pan.

Serve, add a teaspoon of butter per portion, drizzle with parsley and enjoy!

We had the mashed cauliflower as a side dish for our grilled chicken skewers and it tasted absolutely great!

Have you ever tried mashed cauliflower?
If so, what is your opinion about it?
Which one do you prefer? Mashed potatoes or mashed cauliflower?