As I mentioned in my last post, I'm currently embarking on a culinary journey that excludes dairy (no!), grain (it can't be!), sugar (blasphemy!), and ... alcohol (several expletives!). That's right, I have not had a beer in 21 days. Not that I'm counting or anything.
It's actually been a truly wonderful experience. I'm learning more and more about what my body likes and I'm trying brand new foods, flavors, and ways of cooking. I've found that I'm much more sensitive to even subtle flavors, and I feel great. If you're curious, here's more info about what I'm doing.
Now onto the recipe! I have a huge soft spot for mashed potatoes- they've been perhaps the hardest thing to resist for me. So I made this purée with the hopes it would help curb that craving, and it totally did! It was savory, flavorful, and the texture was perfect. I hope you like it as much as I did!
Cauliflower and Carrot Puree
Serves 4
Ingredients
2 tbsp butter or ghee
1/2 head cauliflower, roughly chopped
1-2 carrots (depending on how sweet you want it), peeled & roughly chopped
1 tsp minced garlic
1/2 onion, roughly chopped
3/4 cup chicken broth
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 tsp Italian seasoning
Additional butter or ghee for serving
Directions
1. In a large stock pot, melt the butter or ghee over medium high heat. Add all remaining ingredients and stir to combine.
2. Bring the broth to a boil and reduce heat to medium low to simmer. Cover and let simmer for about 20 minutes, or until veggies are soft. Remove from heat.
3. Using an immersion blender, blend veggies and broth until all is combined and pureed. If you don't have an immersion blender, pour cooked ingredients into a blender in batches until all is pureed.
4. Serve hot with a little more butter or ghee on top. Enjoy!
Serves 4
Ingredients
2 tbsp butter or ghee
1/2 head cauliflower, roughly chopped
1-2 carrots (depending on how sweet you want it), peeled & roughly chopped
1 tsp minced garlic
1/2 onion, roughly chopped
3/4 cup chicken broth
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 tsp Italian seasoning
Additional butter or ghee for serving
Directions
1. In a large stock pot, melt the butter or ghee over medium high heat. Add all remaining ingredients and stir to combine.
2. Bring the broth to a boil and reduce heat to medium low to simmer. Cover and let simmer for about 20 minutes, or until veggies are soft. Remove from heat.
3. Using an immersion blender, blend veggies and broth until all is combined and pureed. If you don't have an immersion blender, pour cooked ingredients into a blender in batches until all is pureed.
4. Serve hot with a little more butter or ghee on top. Enjoy!
A perfect Whole30 recipe. Of course I would throw pistachios on top. But I would throw them on almost anything! Congrats on 21 days!!!
ReplyDeleteSo...I'm a little confused about your dietary change here. You said you won't eat dairy, grains, sugar and alcohol. However you WILL eat butter (a dairy product) and WON'T eat potatoes (none of the above)? Could you explain a bit better what your goal is?
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by! I'm actually not eating butter- I'm eating ghee, which is clarified butter (the milk solids are removed). This is the one dairyish thing deemed acceptable by the folks at Whole30. Potatoes are not part of the plan either. They do admit that this is somewhat arbitrary, and I was a little hung up on it at first.
DeleteI started doing this for several reasons. 1) Eating this way would force me to explore a whole new way of cooking. I don't get a ton of veggies in my diet and rely heavily on grain and dairy (and potatoes- they're totally my weakness!). So far, I have tried several new recipes and a bounty of new veggies & spices.
2) I wanted to "reset" my taste buds. Although I try to avoid it, there are a lot of processed, over-salty & -sugary foods in my diet and I wasn't super sensitive to natural flavors. Now, an apple tastes like candy!
3) I have pretty bad asthma, hay fever, and some food allergies and I've read that this type of diet helps you figure out what your body doesn't like, and cutting those foods out can help rid you of nasty hang ups like mine. Before, I had severe reactions to many fruits. Now, I find myself reacting mildly if at all to many of them. SO worth losing cheese for a few weeks!
4) I wanted to drop a few pounds and I've heard from many that this worked for them, and 10.5 pounds later I can say the same!
If you want to learn more, here's a link to their website: http://whole9life.com/category/whole-30/