loaded c-rice

Did your wife ever go on a diet and make you stop eating things you liked?  That happened here starting last February when the missus signed on to the “PhD nutritional program” (1).   I’ve not gotten deep into their weeds, but it seems their main focus is avoiding foods with a high glycemic index (potential to raise your blood sugar).  She’s enjoyed tremendous results, losing over 40# and getting down to the shape of the babe who caught my eye in ’82.  Hubba hubba!  But at the price of no potatoes, no bread, no rice.  But when the Lord closes a door, he opens a little window (2).  That for us was cauliflower rice.  Just buzz cauliflower in your Cuisinart till all you have left looks like rice.  There’s all sorts of things you can do with that stuff, like most any rice dish, realizing the c.rice won’t take as long to cook.

We indulge ourselves at breakfast.  “Most important meal of the day” dontcha know.  One of our favorite treats is loaded cauliflower rice with poached eggs.  What’s “loaded” is whatever is in the vegetable drawer.  Today’s combo was particularly good, so that’s what I’m including in the recipe.  Of course, there’s a lot of chop, chop, chopping. But it’s a pretty picture once you’re done and ready.

They remain pretty in the wok

Even adding the c. rice doesn’t dampen them much.

But they’re begging for poached eggs, requiring no more than a pot of almost boiling water, a little vinegar, and an apparatus to retrieve the egg (3).  Well worth the effort.

Should you wish to try:

As always, bon apétit!

References

1. PHD WEIGHT LOSS.  https://myphdweightloss.com/

2. Kinky Friedman When God Closes A Door (He Open A Little Window) 1975.  YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thm3LdIkb0o

3. Zauberman K and Goode G.  How to Poach an Egg.  The Pioneer Women 8/17/23.  https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a33279168/how-to-poach-eggs/