Baking Outside the Box brings you something that just might be new to you:
Cauliflower Hash Browns
I promised you a low-carb dish this week and today we are waaaay outside the box here.
I love these. No, really. When I was on a low-carb diet some time ago, (and yes, the lady with all the cookie jars and the dessert cookbook does have to be careful about treats like most other folks) I found this recipe. It was so crazy, and I was so desperate for potatoes, that I tried it*.
It was good. Really good.
As I continued to make it, it evolved in my kitchen, (Not not like a science experiment–that was the tofu cheesecake. -Never to be repeated-) You know what happened, because you do it too: I took a bit of this or that and changed it up till I was satisfied.
I made the discovery that the Cauliflower Hash Browns recipe could be used for other things too, ie; a base for a great morning mushroom scramble and I have even used it as a topping for shepherd’s pie. I’m truly grateful that someone thought of this crazy idea. Even when I’m not on a diet I make it. And yup, I serve it with ketchup.
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Nutrition Info for Cauliflower Hash Browns
Cauliflower Hash Browns Who Knew?
Ingredients
- 2 cups cauliflower , steamed and grated
- 1/2 large sweet onion , chopped
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese (leave out for strict Paleo)
- 1 egg
- 3 tsps olive oil (divided)
- pinch salt
Instructions
- Heat 1 tsp. olive oil in a 10” non-stick skillet and sauté chopped onion till light golden.
- Measure two cups of steamed and grated cauliflower into large colander or sieve and gently press excess moisture out.
- Place cauliflower in medium mixing bowl.
- Add onion and Parmesan to cauliflower and stir together.
- Stir in egg. Mixture will be quite thick.
- Warm 2 tsps. olive oil in pan and add cauliflower mixture and cook on medium to medium high heat for 3-5 minutes until hash browns are caramelized on bottom and then gently turn them over to brown for 2-4 more minutes.
- Serve at once. Yield: 4 servings. Don’t plan on leftovers.
Baker’s Secrets:
Hash Brown Scramble: add 2-3 eggs and 1/2 cup sliced and sautéed mushrooms.
Shepherd’s Pie: The mixture can also replace the potato topping on a Shepherd’s Pie.
*My thanks for the inspiration: ‘Cauliflower Hash Browns’ by Ksgillmore on food.com.
I have made these, and they are phenominal. I want to send this to my sister in Michigan but can’t find a way to E-mail it. There’s everything else to share, but no e-mail.
Hi thanks for letting me know about the missing button. (I am my own IT person. 🙂 ) I have installed it and it is just below the other share buttons at the top of the article. It should send a link.
Absolutely lovely! Now I am also going to make Sheperd’s Pie.
This was a great recipe! Thanks so much for sharing 🙂
How many carbs per serving in this please?
I have added the nutrition facts to the recipe as well as a nutrition graphic below it. Hope that helps!
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Lovely recipe and satisfied my carb craving – Thank you!