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Cauliflower is an amazingly nutritious veggie. It has amazing cancer-fightingproperties that should make it a staple in all diets. Today, I am bringing you some of my favoritelowcarb cauliflowerrecipes that I made myself and some from awesome blogger friends.
Low Carb Cauliflower Recipes
Cauliflower Breakfast Recipes
15 Low Carb Cauliflower Recipes
Cauliflower Breakfast Recipes
Here are some awesome low carb cauliflower breakfast recipes to make while you are on a low carb or Ketogenic Diet.
TheseLow Carb Egg Muffinsmade with Cauliflower & Parmesan is the ideal make-ahead meal that you can eat all week for breakfast. Each egg muffin is made with whole eggs, parmesan cheese, and fresh steamed cauliflower. If you want to make this even more healthy, you can make it with half egg whites and half whole eggs with the yolk.
Cauliflower Side Dishes
Make these amazing cauliflower side dishes when you are on a low carb diet or bring to a pot luck.
Parmesan Cauliflower Casserole Recipe
This cauliflower casserole is the bomb - so cheesy and amazing. My mom took the recipe and makes this a few times per month for herself.
Instant Pot Cauliflower Mash Potatoes
You can make Cauliflower mashed potatoes in the instant pot! These creamy mashed potatoes will make you forget you are eating cauliflower.
Easy Buffalo Wing Cauliflower Recipe
Keto Thanksgiving Sides
Keto Cauliflower Mac and Cheese
Julia Child Cauliflower Au Gratin
This amazingcauliflower augratin recipeis actually from Julia Child’s Cookbook – Mastering the Art of French Cooking. In the book, you have to read through several recipes to make the dish, but here I went through and have it all in one post.
It is a yummy dish that is somewhat low carb, but in general, there are better almost no carb dishes from this list that you may want to try first. Just saying!
Cauliflower Rice Recipes
Skip the carbs that come with eating rice and instead opt for cauliflower rice. It is a yummy alternative that can be made at home or bought fresh or frozen at the grocery store. It has become really popular lately. They have a ton of options at Trader Joes and other stores. Look for it at the store and ask the grocer if you cannot find it.
Cauliflower Dessert Rice Pudding
Photo Credit:pinchandswirl.com
Easy Cauliflower Fried Rice
This Cauliflower fried rice looks amazing and is extremely low carb and high protein with the fried egg on top. Get the recipe fromPinch and Swirl.
Photo Credit:newsouthcharm.com
Bacon Chive Cauliflower Rice.
Are you looking for a yummy easy dinner recipe for a weeknight or something to bring to a low carb dinner party? This bacon chive cauliflower rice is great choice.
Cauliflower Soup Recipes
Vegan Cauliflower Potato Soup Recipe
Photo Credit:www.deliciousmeetshealthy.com
Easy Cauliflower Soup
Photo Credit:laraclevenger.com
Bacon Cheddar Cauliflower Soup Recipe: Low Carb | Keto
Get this yummy recipe from my one of my favorite blogger and nutritionistLara Clevenger.
Photo Credit:kristineskitchenblog.com
Easy Cauliflower Leek Soup
Cauliflower and leek together make for an extremely healthy soup recipe. Get this low carb recipe from the Kristine's Kitchen Blog.
Cauliflower Main Courses
Photo Credit:www.dinner-mom.com
Cauliflower Grits and Shrimp Recipe
Shrimp and grits, but the grits are cauliflower. Interesting, right?
Cauliflower Fried Rice
Cauliflower Fried Rice
Yield: 4 cups
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
This cauliflower fried is made on the stovetop with low carb ingredients that are gluten free. It makes a great side dish.
Ingredients
- 1 head Cauliflower
- 1/2 cup green beans
- 1 red pepper
- 1/2 yellow onion
- 2 Green onions
- salt
- pepper
- 2 tbsp coconut aminos
- 2 tbsp avocado oil
- 2 eggs
Instructions
- Break the eggs into a bowl and beat until combined.
- In a frying pan, add avocado oil.
- Scramble the eggs and set aside.
- Clean the frying pan.
- Dice the green beans, red peppers, and onions.
- In the frying pan, start by adding avocado oil.
- Then, add the red peppers and yellow onions.
- Saute' for 10 minutes on medium until the onions are translucent.
- Add crushed garlic. Saute for 2 minutes.
- Then, add green beans. Cook for 2 minutes
- Next, add the cauliflower rice, salt, pepper, and coconut aminios.
- Mix the ingredients and cook for 2 minutes.
- Serve hot with green onions to garnish.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 105Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 62mgSodium: 226mgCarbohydrates: 8gFiber: 3gSugar: 5gProtein: 4g
Healthy Benefits of Cauliflower
Cauliflower contains something called sulforaphane, a sulfur compound that has been shown to kill cancer stem cells, thereby slowing tumor growth. Also, cauliflower is an essential source of dietary fiber for digestive health. Did you know that high fiber diets are supposed to help lower cholesterol?
Most of us need more nutrients in our body to function better. Eating cauliflower regularly is a simple way to get these much-needed nutrients into your body. For instance, one serving of cauliflower contains 77 percent of the recommended daily value of vitamin C.
Cauliflower also a good source of vitamin K, protein, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, magnesium, phosphorus, fiber, vitamin B6, folate, pantothenic acid, potassium, and manganese. Learn more about the health benefits of cauliflower here.
I am not a nutritionist, but I know that cauliflower is a choice I feel good about on my low carb diet.
