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.

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.

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. 

STUFFED PEPPERS

-Cut of the tops of the peppers and remove the seeds.
-Stuff with cream cheese, grated cheese, tomato, cooked ground meat, onion, garlic and what ever you fancy.
-Sit them standing up in an oven baking dish.
-Cover and bake at 180dC for half an hour.
-Open and bake for another 15 minutes until brown.

CAULIFLOWER MASH POTATOES

-Steam or boil in water the cauliflower florets until soft and tender.
-Mash with a potato masher or blend in a food processor.
-Add butter, salt, pepper and a bit of cream.

BAKED CAULIFLOWER AND BROCCOLI

Chop broccoli and cauliflower into florets
Chop onion into pieces
Slice green onion
Feta cheese
Cream
Grated cheese
Spicy sausage cubes or salami
Salt and pepper

-Mix all the ingredients (except the grated cheese and green onion) in a bowl and scoop into baking dish.
-Sprinkle grated cheese over.
-Bake at 180dC until brown.
-Sprinkle with green onion before serving.

MACARONI AND CHEESE

-Steam allot of cauliflower until it is tender. Pack in oven baking dish sprinkle with salt and pepper.
-Cut cream cheese in cubes and heat in microwave on medium heat until soft.
-Pour over the cauliflower and bake in oven at 180dC until crisp and brown.

ZUCCHINI FRIES

-Cut zucchini into chip fingers
-Coat with mayonnaise
-Sprinkle with finely ground almonds
-Spread out on a baking sheet and sprinkle with dried herbs and salt
-Bake at 180dC until brown and crisp.

ROASTED VEGETABLE MEDLEY

-Slice or cut vegetables in bite size pieces - eggplant cubes, carrot slices, zucchini fingers, mushrooms, cabbage wedges, red or green pepper strips, onion wedges etc.
-Toss with olive oil and the spicing of your choice.
-Spread on a baking sheet.
-Bake at 180dC for an hour.

BROCCOLI AND CAULIFLOWER WITH BUTTER

-Steam broccoli and cauliflower florets, drain.
-Toss with butter and sprinkle with cheese.

EGGPLANT LASAGNE

-Slice eggplant in strips, brush with oil and bake in oven on 180dC for half an hour.
-Mix ricotta cheese with cream cheese, mix with eggs.
-Brown beef in a pan and add ketchup or chopped tomatoes. Cook through.
-Layer the baked eggplant, cheese egg mixture and meat with tomato.
-End with a good sprinkle of grated cheddar cheese.

Bake at 180dC for 45 minutes.

EGGPLANT OPEN SANDWICHES

-Slice the eggplant in big circles. I think the round eggplants will work better to make these sandwiches.
-Brown both sides in butter.
-Top with ketchup, cooked ground meat and sprinkle with cheese.
-Bake in oven at 180dC  until cheese are melted and baked.

ZUCCHINI FRITTERS

-Grate zucchini/baby marrows with their skin on about 3 cups
-Mix in 2 eggs and 1 cup of cheese
-Drop spoonfuls onto an oiled hot pan
-Fry in a bit of olive oil on  both sides

Delicious with mayonnaise or herb dip (look at dips here on the blog)

BROCCOLI CHEESE

-Steam broccoli pieces
-Stir in grated cheese or feta cheese
-Salt and pepper

CABBAGE AND BACON

My teenage daughter is actually in the kitchen now as I write this recipe making this very easy tasty cabbage dish. Hmmm she will probably bring her mama a bowl of this too ;)

1 head of green cabbage sliced into thin strips
2T olive oil
salt and pepper
bacon bits or fried bacon pieces

-Heat the olive oil in a pot fry the bacon until brown if you are using fresh bacon.
-Add the cabbage and stir fry until wilted.
-Add the salt and pepper.
-If you are using dried bacon bits sprinkle over.
-Enjoy!

CAULIFLOWER RICE

CAULIFLOWER RICE

Directions:

1. Chop cauliflower until it resembles rice.
2. Put in a pot on low heat. You could add a T of butter or olive oil and a touch of salt.
3. Mix occasionally until hot.
4. Turn off heat and let sit for a minute. 
5. Enjoy with your favorite low carb sauce.