If you've been avoiding white foods (bread, potatoes, rice, pasta, and cream sauces) in an effort to eat more healthfully, here's one you can munch with abandon -- cauliflower. This cruciferous vegetable is full of fiber and a powerhouse of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents, and it could help to prevent cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. It's also loaded with Vitamins C and K, which can help keep your bones strong and healthy.
Eat it raw with Greek yogurt dip or roast it with olive oil, garlic, and rosemary. Boil or steam the florets, then mash them up or put them in your food processor to make faux mashed "potatoes" (honestly, you won't know the difference). Add it to a salad, soup, and stir fry, or eat it in place of rice or pasta.
White is IN!
2 comments:
I may have mentioned this before, but I often use a combo of frozen brocolli & cauliflower instead of pasta or rice for spaghetti sauce or a curry, or anything that you "must have" pasta or rice for. Then sometimes I combine the broc/cauli with the pasta or rice and just have less of the latter.
Thanks for those great tips, Anonymous, and don't forget about spaghetti squash with that red sauce for an occasional change of pace and taste.
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