Cauliflower Rice

Stir fried cauliflower rice - dry, until slightly browned

I got a bunch of different vegetables and chopped them so up so they were ready to be cooked when I was ready to cook them.  A whole head of cauliflower was one of them.   While I was busy eating all of the other vegetables, the cauliflower started getting old.  I didn't want it to get wasted, so I chopped it up and froze it. In addition to that, I couldn't find any pre-made frozen cauliflower in the store at the time.  So this worked out great.

Chopped cauliflower is also known as cauliflower rice or riced cauliflower and is often used in place of rice when practicing a low carb diet or lifestyle.  It does not taste like rice or have the texture of rice.  It's still a vegetable.  It is a mind game you have to play with yourself.

The picture above is cauliflower rice, stir fried until slightly browned.  Nothing was added to it - no oils or seasoning.

Watch me make it.

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Cauliflower Sushi Rice

 

Cauliflower Sushi Rice

I made a vegetable platter for Halloween.  The main feature of the platter was a skull made out of cauliflower.  Although it was cute and festive, it wasn't practical because it's not easy to eat.  Since the head of cauliflower was mostly held together and not cut into ready-to-eat pieces, nobody ate it, including myself.

The next day, my friend invited me over for a girls sushi night.  She was going to get some poke (raw, seasoned, fish cube salad is the best description I have for people who don't know. lol.), cucumber, and roasted seaweed.

This was perfect!  I told her I'd use the cauliflower skull to make cauliflower sushi rice.  I had made this "rice" for them before and they enjoyed it.

An internet search will bring up a variety of recipes for cauliflower sushi rice.  This is the version that I make. I use apple cider vinegar as a substitute for sushi vinegar just because I always have that around.

I haven't tried it without the cream cheese, but I think it's mostly to hold the pieces together to mimic the way real rice is slightly sticky.

To save time, you can substitute riced, frozen cauliflower for fresh.  It's super convenient and sold in most grocery stores.

Ingredients:
1 head cauliflower, riced
1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 Tbsp white sugar
1 oz cream cheese

Instructions:
1) Cut cauliflower into florets. Pulse in food processor until it is about the size of rice grains.
2) Stir fry riced cauliflower in dry, heated pan until most water is cooked out and cauliflower begins to brown.
3) Add remaining ingredients and mix well.

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