Picking up vegetables this week was fun! Not only did I get a little more organized for our pick up, but we also got some beautiful food. This orange beauty is called Cheddar Cauliflower. Now I was the silly one that actually asked, "Does it have a cheese flavor?" FYI...It doesn't :-)
I was very excited to get this piece of our CSA home to cook.
#1 Because it's beautiful
#2 Because I found a recipe a couple of months ago that uses cooked cauliflower and turns it into Alfredo sauce.
Cauliflower Alfredo Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cauliflower head
- 1/2 cup hot cooking water
- 1/2 chicken broth
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- salt and pepper, to taste
- garlic salt (optional)
Instructions
- Clean the cauliflower head from green leaves, and chop it into reasonably large but manageable pieces. Place it in the big sauce pan with water, bring to boil and boil for 30-40 minutes until cauliflower is really soft. Remove from heat and drain cauliflower from water. You should have about 3 and 1/2 cups of cooked and sliced cauliflower pieces. Do reserve some cooking water.
- Reserve 1/2 cup of cooking water.
- In a food processor or blender, combine drained cooked cauliflower and 1/2 cup of chicken broth. Pour cooking water into blender until it is the thickness you like. Add 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese, and 1/4 teaspoon of salt, and process really well, until a very creamy sauce forms:
- Transfer sauce into a large sauce pan and keep it warm on the stove top. I add chicken or broccoli at this point. Season with salt and pepper, and garlic salt (optional), to taste.
- Pour over noodles.
Happy Healthy Eating
Lindsay
