Alternative to potatoes and rice...

[Shotan]

Looking for some interesting ideas to replace potatoes and rice and pasta as the starch portion of my meals.

Anyone got anything they make regularly and can recommend? I don't care if its some prepackaged kit product or something you make from scratch...

[Lotwell]

I've just been eating a couple of slices of bread with some butter lately. Whole wheat. Or I splurge and get a loaf of french bread.

[Soygen]

Or I splurge and get a loaf of french bread.

Mmm...fresh french bread from the supermarket by me is so awesome. I'm trying to cut down on carbs, but I can eat an entire loaf of that bread!

[WiouXev]

no kidding. french bread is truely amazing. tastes good, filling, no bad taste, easy to chew, satisfying, and super easy and cheap to make.

gods gift to mankind.

[Lotwell]

I wonder if its really french.

[Soygen]

I prefer to call it Freedom Loaf.

[Tazer]

Mock Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients:

* 2 10oz pkgs frozen cauliflower (or fresh 3/4 head)
* 1 tsp chicken boullion granules
* 1/4 tsp white pepper
* 1 tsp minced onion flakes (optional)
* 2 Tbsp butter
* 2 Tbsp heavy cream

Preheat oven to 375°F. Cook cauliflower in microwave or on stovetop until it is VERY done — fall-apart fork tender. Drain well and mix cauliflower with all other ingredients except cream in food processor or with a powerful mixer (hand or stand). Mixing with mixer will give "lumpier" results than a food processor, but some people feel the lumps make it seem even more like mashed potatoes. Add cream slowly and mix again. (You must be careful adding liquid. If you add too much, you are in for trouble. Your dish may take a tiny bit more or less than the called for amount of cream.)

Spray an ovenproof dish with cooking spray and put mixture in. Add pats of extra butter or margarine on top if you like an extra buttery potato, and a bit of paprika sprinkled on top adds nice color as well. Bake 15 - 20 minutes until hot.

For those of you who think they would not like this dish because they are not fans of cauliflower, I implore you to try it - you'll be hard pressed to tell it from mashed potatoes - it does not taste like cauliflower at this point. Really.

Makes 4-6 Servings. 5-7 net grams of carbohydrate per serving.

ALTERNATE VARIATIONS: Instead of using cauliflower, you can also use Turnips! For this method, peel and dice turnips to very small squares and boil till extremely tender (just short of mush!). Use the method above, or skip the oven step if you prefer since they hold their shape better than cauliflower. They have a very potato taste also - you would not guess these started their lives as turnips! For a REALLY rich Mock Mashed Potato, add 2 oz Philadelphia Cream Cheese (softened) before adding to the mixer/food processor. Adjust carbs accordingly. Turnips have slightly LESS carbs than cauliflower (and more fiber) so there's no worry of over-carbing.