When you think ‘health food’, the word mashed potatoes usually doesn’t exist.  When I found out those words could co-exist in the same recipe I ran home and made a batch.  I think it’s been about 8 years since I first made them, and they are still a go to recipe.

This recipe is simple and translates into any mashed potato use you can think of.  I have used it on top of Shepherd’s Pie.  I have made ‘potato’ cakes.  Of course you can eat them in their simplest form too.

Regular mashed potatoes, made from scratch have a calorie count of 239 calories, for one cup.  A whopping 79 calories are from added fat.  The carb count comes in at 35.5g and the sugar content is 3g.  It would take you 27 minutes of jogging to burn off the spuds.

For the same amount of cauliflower mash, there are 90 calories.  40 of them are from healthy fat, the carb count is 5.1 g, fiber 3.3g and sugars are 1.7.  This version only takes approximately 10 minutes of jogging to burn off. Kind of a no brainer nutritionally.  Especially because this healthy version of the mashed taters will have you saying “potato who?”.

Recipe

Serves 6 – 8

1 head of cauliflower, core removed and florets pulled apart into smaller portions

4 tablespoons Smart Balance butter

salt & pepper to taste

Steam the cauliflower florets until they are soft enough to mash.

When cooked, put the florets into a food processor with the remaining ingredients and process until it reaches your desired consistency.  I like mine a little chunky.

Servings: 4

Calories: 94 • Fat: 5g • Carb: 2 g • Fiber: 1 g • Protein: 1g • Sugar: 1g Sodium: 99mg • Cholest: 0mg