Wednesday, March 17, 2010

I Wicked Miss White Sauce (Short but Sweet)

White sauce is the ultimate in no-no. Cream, butter, and flour. Yeah, that's a nutritional void, if I ever ate one, and I have eaten many! But if you can't eat the good stuff, you have to replace it with something. Something good.

Instead of cauliflower in cream sauce or cheese sauce, this was lunch today. Evan--you're gonna like this one.

Cauliflower Tzatziki

1 head cauliflower, cut into florets
2 Tbs olive oil
Sea salt (Himalayan sea salt, to be exact, but who's that picky?)
1 6 oz. container of 0% fat or low fat Greek yogurt
1 clove garlic

Take the yogurt out of the fridge, so it comes close to room temp while you prepare the cauliflower.
Toss the cauliflower in the olive oil, sprinkle lightly with sea salt, and roast on a baking sheet in a preheated 425 degree oven for 15 minutes.
While the cauliflower is in the oven, use a garlic press to mash the garlic in all its glory into the yogurt and add a touch of salt. Mix.
When the cauliflower is done, toss it with the yogurt mixture and serve immediately.

This serves four as a side dish or one for lunch when you are distracted by facebook.

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