CREAMY ZUCCHINI NOODLES

-Run zucchinis through mandolin grater to form strips and create noodles.
-1T olive oil
-2 cloves garlic
-1 cup cream cheese
-I lemon's juice
-salt and black pepper to taste
-chopped tomatoes
-parmesan cheese or cheese of your choice for garnish at the end

-Fry garlic in olive oil, melt cream cheese and season with salt and pepper.
-Add noodles and cook for 3-4 minutes.
-Topp with the chopped tomatoes.
-Garnish with cheese.
-Serve hot.

FELAFEL MOCK BALLS

1 cup raw cauliflower pureed
1/2 cup ground almonds
1T ground cumin
1t ground coriander
1t salt
1/2t cayenne pepper
1 clove garlic minced
2T fresh parsley finely chopped
2 large eggs mixed well
3T coconut flour (you could take coconut flakes and grind it well in the food processor)

-Mix all the ingredients well.
-Form balls or patties and fry in olive oil until brown.
-Serve with ranch dressing for a dip.

CAULIFLOWER EGG FRIED RICE

1 head cauliflower
1T sesame oil
1T soy sauce
2 eggs
1/4 cup fresh chopped green onion

-Boil the head of cauliflower in water with salt until soft.
-Drain the water and mash with a hand masher until the consistency of rice. Be careful not to make mashed cauliflower.
-Heat up the sesame oil in a pan.
-Add the eggs and stir fry in oil until cooked.
-Add the cauliflower and soy sauce cook through.
-Do not over stir it will become mushy.
-Sprinkle green onion over and serve as a side dish to chicken or beef.

CHEESY CREAM OF BROCCOLI SOUP

1 small cauliflower chopped into florets
4 cups chicken broth
3T cream cheese
1t minced garlic
black pepper
1 medium head of broccoli chopped
1 cup cheese grated
a pinch of nutmeg
2T lemon juice

-Add all ingredients in a pot and boil together until soft. Add more water if needed.
-Blend together with hand blender or just mash with hand masher.
-Mix well and add the cheese at the end just before serving.
-Garnish with green onion.

ROASTED CAULIFLOWER

1 head cauliflower
2T olive oil
2t ground garlic
1/2t salt
1/2t pepper
juice of half a lemon about 2T
parmesan cheese or any cheese of your choice to sprinkle over at the end of baking.

-Cut up the cauliflower into florets.
-Toss all the ingredients together.
-Spread out onto a baking sheet.
-Bake for 10 minutes in hot oven, stir and bake for another 10 minutes.
-Remove, cool and toss with parmesan or other cheese.
-Serve hot.

LAYERED SALAD

Layers:  chopped cabbage, dressed with a mixture of mayonnaise and a touch of vinegar, next layer is grated cheese, one green pepper and one red pepper cubed, finely chopped cauliflower, red onion chopped, bacon (I used a spicy sausage as bacon do not exist where I live). Topped off with pieces of chicken. I added a sprinkle of green onion for a bit of extra color.

This was one delicious salad. Enough to feed a crowd.

CAULIFLOWER RICE SUSHI ROLLS

I love sushi rolls and Korean kimbab rolls. In low carb white rice is off limits. I really missed eating these tasty seaweed delights dipped on soy sauce. THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY LOW CARBING!

I boiled a whole head of cauliflower in salted water until soft.
-Drain the cauliflower well and mash until the texture of rice.

Making the fillings:

-Make 3 eggs into an omelette and slice in thin strips.
-Slice cucumber in thin strips.
-Slice carrots in juliene strips and cook in a bit of butter until soft.
-You could use thinly sliced cooked chicken or beef strips, tuna or salmon.

Lay a sheet of seaweed on a flat surface and spread the cauliflower rice onto it, arrange the filling in a line on the cauliflower. Roll up and slice in circles with a sharp edged knife.

Serve with soy sauce for a dipping sauce.

ZUCCHINI CRISPS

Slice the zucchini in circles

Place them single layer on parchment paper on a baking tray

Base them with olive oil and flavoring

I used barbecue salt and cayenne pepper

It was too spicy for me, next time I will use paprika for the color

A sprinkle of garlic would be really nice too.

Put in preheated oven on 180dC until brown and crisp. I turned off the oven and let them sit until they were cooled down. They were so good served with ranch dressing as a dip. 

SPINACH CHEESE FLATBREAD

I used about 250g frozen spinach and defrosted it in the microwave. 

Squeeze the water out of the defrosted spinach.

Use 5 large eggs

1 1/2 cups grated cheese

salt and black pepper

1t garlic powder

1t mixed Italian herbs

and a pinch of paprika

-Mix the ingredients well

-Spread onto parchment paper in a baking tray

-Bake in a preheated oven on 180dC until brown and crisp.

It was surprising tasty. When it came out of the oven my first thought was that it tasted a bit eggy. After it cooled down and I made a sandwich with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, cold meat and mayonnasie it was so good.