It's cold and gray and I'm bored so I made one of the easiest lunches or dinners that I've had in ages using leftover chile verde (green) enchilada sauce and cubed pork tenderloin.


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Tater tots, mini bites of grated and deep fried potatoes, are a convenience food that make a tasty and fast side dish. A healthier version may be made with "cauli-rice" ...  cauliflower florettes briefly pulsed in a food processor. The recipe below is a simplified adaptation of the various techniques and ingredients found on line. Though I DID add ( Read more... )

Because Karen, of "Back Road Journal", posed an interesting question about getting a pizza crust, using cauliflower rice, that was firm enough to pick up ... and because I was bored, I decided to attempt a technique and recipe found hereThe recipe was scaled down to accommodate the reality that I only had 300 gm of cauliflower rice in the house. ( Read more... )

Reducing or avoiding carbohydrates in the diet is important for many people so, even though I enjoy mashed potatoes, rice, noodles or spaetzle/nokedli as a base for a dish of roast or paprika chicken, I decided to finally try 'rice' made out of cauliflower. Since cauliflower is not one of my go-to vegetable options, I had some concerns ( Read more... )

I've mentioned my vegi-phobia over the years, so I never thought that I'd make a post about THIS.


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