Fresh cauliflower
Seasoned meat sauce using the leanest possible cooked ground beef, lowest sugar canned tomatoes and tomato sauce, bell pepper, onions, celery. Also stirred in a can of enchilada sauce and extra chili powder.
I would have also added fresh chopped cilantro if I'd had it.
I let sauce simmer for awhile while I grated the cauliflower ( to look like rice) and microwaved for 5 minutes with a couple of tablespoons of water.
I then drained the cauliflower and added the meat sauce. I have to caution that this faux Spanish rice does not need a lot of the sauce. It does not absorb like real rice, so don't add too much sauce when you're mixing it all together. If you add too much sauce, continue to cook over low heat until desired consistancy is reached.
Also, leftovers are great, but the texture gets crisper (vegetably) after refrigeration. It's more like rice texture when you eat it soon after preparation. No matter when you eat it, this dish does not taste like cauliflower.
I topped with a little butter spray, parmesan cheese (canned) and salsa. Yum! You could add sliced black olives and a dollop of lowfat sour cream if you like. I ate it with a side of sliced cucumbers in fat-free Italian dressing.
As you can see, this recipe is totally lower carb; I eat low carb at dinner, for maximum weight loss.
SweetRose
