Cauliflower Rice

Watching your carbs? Cauliflower rice can be a lifesaver for those of us who are trying to eat more vegetables, or trying to avoid too many carbohydrates. It's relatively quick, depending on your method, completely simple and a really delicious way to get the experience and feeling of rice without all the calories. 

If you don't have a fancy-dancy food processor, you can use any old cheese grater you've got laying around and the result is the same. It's a little more word, but hey, if you go the cheese grater route you're burning more calories to boot. Win-win. 

This recipe is great because cauliflower rice can be used as a foundation for lots of other recipes, like cauliflower crust pizza, egg-fried cauliflower rice, or even chicken and "rice" soup. The possibilities are endless. 

Cauliflower Rice

Gather:

1 head of cauliflower

1 small onion, finely chopped

2 tbsp butter

1-2 tbsp of coconut oil

salt and pepper (or seasonings of choice) to taste

Method:

If using food processor, chop cauliflower into small pieces and then place in processor. Pulse until cauliflower is reduced to the size of rice. 

If using grater, select the right size grater, and grate until entire head is tiny rice-sized pieces.

After cauliflower is rice sized/shaped:

-Sauté onions in pan with butter and coconut oil

-When onions begin to soften, add cauliflower rice and stir everything to mix in the butter and oil evenly. 

-Season "rice" with preferred seasonings

-Place a cover on the pan and allow "rice" to cook and soften, about 5-7 minutes. 

Done! This makes a lot of servings. It can be eaten on its own, or as a base for dinners and meal-prepped lunches. Feel free to spice differently based on whatever meal you are having. Cauliflower rice tastes great with soy and teriyaki sauce too (almost better, IMO)

Eat healthy!