My Misadventures in Cooking :)

Yesterday I was inspired to try to make the infamous mashed cauliflower that I've been seeing so much about on Paleo websites.  My only concern was the fact that I don't own a food processor and the recipe calls for using one.  Just to be sure, I checked with a few friends who are much more skilled in the kitchen than I am and they assured me that using my blender would be fine, it just might take a little longer to get the consistency I wanted.  So with my newly instilled confidence, I headed straight home to marinate some steak and then start work on the cauliflower. 

After steaming the cauliflower and adding all of the other ingredients, I placed it all into my trusty blender and went to town.  It definitely did take longer than I would like because I kept having to stop the blender and push the unchopped cauliflower to the bottom where the blades were.  I did this probably 6 times and then got tired of it, so I figured I could keep the blender running and use my spatula to scrape down the sides of the blender a bit....BIG WHOOPS!!  Seconds later I hear the blender strain and my hand holding the spatula vibrated a bit.  I immediately turned off the blender and pulled the spatula out to find that a sizable chunk of it was missing.  At this point, I had to empty out the blender and pick my way through the mashed cauliflower to find small pieces of blue rubber.  Fun! 

Other than the fact that I was hesitant to swallow until I bit down on every piece of cauliflower (just to make sure it wasn't rubber), I was pretty happy with the way it turned out.  The only changes I made from the recipe were that I didn't use roasted garlic (I just minced fresh garlic) and I used green onion instead of chives (only because I didn't have chives in my fridge).  I also think I'll probably leave the thyme leaves out of the recipe next time, just because I didn't think it added much to this dish.  Below I've included the link to the cauliflower and the steak I made...both very easy!!  I will definitely attempt the cauliflower another time, but not until I get a food processor!

http://detoxinista.com/2012/11/mashed-cauliflower-vegan-paleo/
http://www.marthastewart.com/314940/grilled-sirloin-steak-with-herbs

Mashed Cauliflower (sans spatula)

Perfectly Grilled...in my opinion, of course!