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omnomnom2012-03-19 07:09 pm
hugh_mannity) wrote in omnomnom2012-03-19 07:09 pm
Cauliflower with bacon
I've got this Ethiopian spice mix which comes with a recipe for roasted cauliflower.
However, there's no way I'm going to run the oven for 1/2 a cauliflower and more than that would be too much. What I did instead was:
There was much nomming while I ate it. But next time, perhaps not quite so generous with the spice mix -- it's quite, well, spicey.
But a delicious, nutritious* dinner with maybe 8 grams of carbs? Definitely FTW! (Yes, I'm doing the low carb thing being a diabetic and all.)
Just don't overcook the cauliflower, it shouldn't be mush.
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*Yes really: organic cauliflower, artisan cheddar, and no-nitrate bacon
However, there's no way I'm going to run the oven for 1/2 a cauliflower and more than that would be too much. What I did instead was:
- Cut up and steam the cauliflower
- While it was steaming, cut up and cook some bacon
- When the cauliflower was al dente and the bacon about 1/2 way to crispy, tossed the cauliflower in with the bacon
- I rolled it all around to get a nice coating of bacon juice on the cauliflower
- Then sprinkled it with a generous amount of the spice mix
- When the bacon was crisp and the cauliflower a little bit brown, I turned off the heat and threw a handful of shredded cheese over it.
There was much nomming while I ate it. But next time, perhaps not quite so generous with the spice mix -- it's quite, well, spicey.
But a delicious, nutritious* dinner with maybe 8 grams of carbs? Definitely FTW! (Yes, I'm doing the low carb thing being a diabetic and all.)
Just don't overcook the cauliflower, it shouldn't be mush.
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*Yes really: organic cauliflower, artisan cheddar, and no-nitrate bacon