Sometimes I think of an awesome joke seconds too late. And then the moment is gone and I’m sad because there’s no going back. Last week we were driving home from Utah (Eric went backpacking, kids and I went cousin-ing) and we stopped for lunch at Costa Vida. There was this teenage kid in front of me in line wearing an EFY wristband. EFY stands for Especially For Youth. It’s a church camp in Utah, I went when I was a teenager too. (So much fun!) I asked him how he liked EFY and his eyes got kind of wide and he was like, “How’d you know I was at EFY?” I pointed at his wristband.
But what I SHOULD have said was that I could sense an aura, some kind of glow coming from him, and just knew that it had to be from spending a week feeling the spirit at EFY. It would have been so funny to see his face. Why don’t I think of awesome stuff like this at the right time?? I mentioned on my recent Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie post that my favorite sponsor here at The Food Charlatan, Blue Diamond, is partnering with the USA Volleyball Team. (How awesome is that?) So they asked me to come up with some healthy recipes that will help you “Serve Up Your Best.” I must say I feel like this Caulifredo Sauce totally qualifies. After trying it out I was basically doing fist pumps. I’m eating a vegetable right now!! I wish we could get all vegetables to taste like creamy Alfredo sauce. (Or get them to taste like brownies. I’m down with that too.) Instead of feeling like you just ate an entire house after eating fettuccine alfredo, now you will be able to run marathons. (Or play volleyball :) Using almondmilk instead of regular milk cuts calories ever more.
If you like cauliflower soup, you will like this sauce. In fact, if you have leftover sauce you could just eat it with a spoon, it’s that good. Or you could put it over your pasta, or as the sauce on your next pizza, or add it to lasagna, or make baked ziti with it, or basically any Italian dish that sounds good with white sauce.
Here’s a quick refresher on how to chop cauliflower:
Don’t bother keeping the cauliflower in floret shape. You’re just blending it anyway! Let me know if you try out the recipe! Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram | Twitter
This post is sponsored by Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Almondmilk. Almond Breeze believes in the best. That’s why we only use Blue Diamond Almonds to make our almondmilk and why we’re proud to be an official sponsor of USA Volleyball. Visit www.ServeUpYourBest.com for a chance to win $5,000 for the ultimate beach day, learn fun volleyball moves, get Almond Breeze coupons and smoothie recipes! Here are some other fun ways to eat cauliflower! Asian Cauliflower “Rice” « Not rice. But whenever I prepare this alongside rice, this always disappears first. Goes amazing with this Asian Pork Tenderloin with Ginger Glaze!
Easy Cheddar Cauliflower Soup « This soup is in my top 5 personal favorites. So good!
Cauliflower Rice Skillet with Zucchini and Kielbasa « a great healthy summer dinner!
More cauliflower recipes: Cauliflower Corn Cucumber Salad from Valentina’s Corner Cauliflower Fried Rice from Iowa Girl Eats Chicken Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomatoes in a Creamy Cauliflower Sauce from Julia’s Album
