"arthur alexander" > wrote in message
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> The other day llanite told me she wanted mashed potatoes with
> cauliflower. For the possibly uninitiated, cooking cauliflower
> florets and them incorporating them into your mashed 'taters
> lowers the carb count per serving and still tastes great. On
> this occassion, I cut the florets quite small and sauteed them
> in that new Chinese skillet until they looked like the deep-fried
> ones. I then folded them into the mashed potatoes without
> crushing them. The flavor was enhanced, the dish looked
> nice enough, and proved to be a good alternative to mashed
> potatoes in the traditional style.

I wouldn't have thought that would be good since I can only take cooked
cauliflower in small amounts and only in something like soup. However,
daughter found some Ian's brand frozen potatoes that are mashed potatoes
formed into alphabet shapes and frozen that had added vegetables. We had
tried the plain ones but these had carrots, peas and cauliflower added. The
man at the health food store said they tasted just like French fries.

We bought them and tried them. They were very good. They did have an
additional taste to them and the three different colors tasted slightly
different but very edible.

My MIL used to make mashed potatoes with cabbage in them. FIL referred to
them as a waste of some perfectly good potatoes. Heh!