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Cauliflower Mashed Potato Recipe

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Adding cauliflower to mashed potatoes is an easy way to reduce the carbs and calories. This easy Cauliflower Mashed Potato recipe is a slightly healthier side dish to add to your Thanksgiving menu.

Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes | Adding cauliflower to mashed potatoes is an easy way to reduce the carbs and calories. This easy Cauliflower Mashed Potato recipe is a slightly healthier side dish to add to your #Thanksgiving menu.

I borrowed this idea for Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes from Oprah. She recommends adding some cauliflower to your mashed potatoes to make the dish a little bit healthier. If it is good enough for Oprah, I think we can get on board with this idea. I took my classic Thanksgiving mashed potato recipe and updated to incorporate cauliflower and to make healthy ingredient swaps without sacrificing flavor.

Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes | Adding cauliflower to mashed potatoes is an easy way to reduce the carbs and calories. This easy Cauliflower Mashed Potato recipe is a slightly healthier side dish to add to your #Thanksgiving menu.

Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes are made with one part cauliflower to two parts potatoes. You can’t really taste the cauliflower, it just gives the mashed potatoes a lighter consistency.

I added reduced fat sour cream, 1/3 less fat cream cheese, Parmesan and a touch of butter and garlic to my Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes. The result was light fluffy creamy and cheesy cauliflower mashed potatoes – and you couldn’t even taste the cauliflower.

Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes | Adding cauliflower to mashed potatoes is an easy way to reduce the carbs and calories. This easy Cauliflower Mashed Potato recipe is a slightly healthier side dish to add to your #Thanksgiving menu.

You can make cauliflower mashed potatoes a day to two in advance. The trick is to add too much sour cream since the cauliflower mashed potatoes will dry out as they reheat in the oven. I like to add about ½ cup extra sour cream.

I was able to find a 12-ounce bag of cauliflower florets that you steam right in the bag at Whole Foods. This was a timesaver – but you could simply boil the cauliflower if you are not able to find it in the steam and serve bags.

Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes | Adding cauliflower to mashed potatoes is an easy way to reduce the carbs and calories. This easy Cauliflower Mashed Potato recipe is a slightly healthier side dish to add to your #Thanksgiving menu.

If you want to try some more traditional Thanksgiving mashed potato recipes, I recommend this recipe for Brown Butter and Parmesan Mashed Potatoes, and this recipe for Classic Thanksgiving Mashed Potatoes. You could even try adding some cauliflower into those recipes!

How to make Cauliflower Mashed Potato:

Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes | Adding cauliflower to mashed potatoes is an easy way to reduce the carbs and calories. This easy Cauliflower Mashed Potato recipe is a slightly healthier side dish to add to your #Thanksgiving menu.

Cauliflower Mashed Potato Recipe

Yield: 8 servings
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes

Adding cauliflower to mashed potatoes is an easy way to reduce the carbs and calories. This easy Cauliflower Mashed Potato recipe is a slightly healthier side dish to add to your Thanksgiving menu.

Ingredients

  • 5 large Yukon Gold Potatoes
  • 12 ounces (or one large head) of Cauliflower
  • 1 tablespoon of Butter
  • 6 ounces of 1/3 less fat Cream Cheese
  • 1 – 1 ½ cups Reduced Fat Sour Cream
  • 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan
  • 2 cloves of Garlic
  • about ¾ teaspoon Salt
  • about ¼ teaspoon Pepper

Instructions

First you want to peel your potatoes and loosely chop them. Place them in a pot and cover with cold salty water. Bring the water to a boil and cook the potatoes until soft.

While the potatoes cook, either steam the cauliflower in the microwave or boil until soft. You want the cauliflower to be very soft so that it mashes well.

Once the potatoes are ready, drain the water and then return them to the pot or place in the bowl of an electric mixer. Add the cauliflower, butter, cream cheese, sour cream, and Parmesan. Crush the garlic with a garlic press and add it. Then either mash by hand or use an electric mixer to whip the potatoes and cauliflower. I like to add the salt and pepper little by little tasting it along the way so that I add just the right amount.

You can either serve the cauliflower potatoes right away or you can place in a buttered dish and bake in the oven. You can prepare cauliflower potatoes two days in advance. If doing this, I recommend adding ½ cup extra sour cream so that the potatoes do not dry out too much while they reheat in the oven. I like to add a good amount of butter to the dish so that the edges of the potatoes get crispy.

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Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes | Adding cauliflower to mashed potatoes is an easy way to reduce the carbs and calories. This easy Cauliflower Mashed Potato recipe is a slightly healthier side dish to add to your #Thanksgiving menu.

Miz Helen

Tuesday 9th of October 2018

Your Cauliflower Mashed Potato Recipe looks great, I can't wait to try it! Thanks so much for sharing your post with us at Full Plate Thursday, we have really enjoyed it. Hope you have a great day and come back soon! Miz Helen

Jann Olson

Monday 8th of October 2018

I know that this is really popular. I haven't brought myself to try it yet. :) Thanks for sharing with SYC. hugs, Jann

thekittchen

Tuesday 9th of October 2018

You really can't taste the cauliflower in this recipe since it is still mostly potatoes :)

Sheri

Monday 8th of October 2018

Thanks for sharing at To Grandma's House We Go DIY, Crafts, Recipes and More Wednesday Link Party. I pinned this! Hope to have you join again next week!

Judi Graber

Sunday 7th of October 2018

Cauliflower is one of my favorite veggies - thank goodness as you can do so many things with it. Mashed potatoes is a great idea and you still keep the main ingredient - potatoes. I might have to give these a try... Happy Fiesta Friday and thank you for sharing.

thekittchen

Sunday 7th of October 2018

Thanks Judi! Yes - I love sneaking in an extra veggie!

Donna Reidland

Thursday 4th of October 2018

This looks delicious. My daughter in law has served these and they were very good.

thekittchen

Sunday 7th of October 2018

Thanks Donna!

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