Mashed 'Potatoes'

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Ingredients:

• 1 head of cauliflower, trimmed, washed and cut into chunks
• Butter
• Cream or sour cream
• Salt and pepper to taste

Steam the cauliflower until well-cooked. Add 2-3 tbsp. of butter and mash it up. If you like it a little chunky, use a potato masher or a mixer. If you like it very smooth, use a stem/wand-type mixer. Add cream, a tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency. Salt and pepper to taste.

Variation: Twice-baked not-potato casserole. Add grated cheddar cheese, crumbled bacon, a beaten egg and put in a casserole dish. Broil until top is browned.

This recipe is an unpublished work of Rani Merens, Steve's wife. Rani is an accomplished chef and also hosts a low-carb cooking chat at Thrive@aol.com

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