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MORE THAN A PIZZA CRUST AND POTATO SUBSTITUTE: NEW USES FOR CAULIFLOWER YOU HAVEN’T HEARD ABOUT (AND SOME DELICIOUS RECIPES)
YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT CAULIFLOWER MAKES A GREAT PIZZA CRUST OR MASHED POTATO ALTERNATIVE. BUT AMY LACEY, AUTHOR OF NEW COOKBOOK CALI’FLOUR KITCHEN, SAYS THAT’S JUST THE BEGINNING OF USES FOR THIS VERSATILE VEGGIE.
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nless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve likely heard about the cauliflower craze. This superfood is enjoying a muchdeserved moment in the spotlight as more people discover its various uses. You may even be a devotee yourself, enjoying cauliflower-based foods like pizza crust or cauliflower mashed “fauxtatoes.” But believe it or not, cauliflower’s versatility doesn’t stop there!
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“Cauliflower substitutes are here to stay,” says Amy Lacey, author of Cali’flour Kitchen: 125 CauliflowerBased Recipes for the Carbs You Crave (Abrams, January 2019, ISBN: 978-14197-3596-7, $19.99). “People who can’t tolerate certain foods love being able to recreate their favorite dishes like pizza or mashed potatoes using a vegetable that’s actually good for them. But cauliflower’s uses don’t stop there. There are countless creative
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ways to transform it into foods you can enjoy without any guilt.” Lacey is the founder of Cali’flour Foods, a national brand famous for its grain-free cauliflower-based pizza crusts, crisps, flatbreads, pasta, and more. After being diagnosed with lupus and other autoimmune conditions, she used dietary changes to combat her pain, inflammation, and other symptoms. Upon giving up gluten and processed sugar, her health instantly improved. But Lacey wasn’t ready to forgo her favorite foods. Instead, she set out to recreate them using cauliflower—a versatile superfood with abundant health benefits—and began selling her crusts online and in stores, to national acclaim. Now for the first time, she is sharing her awardwinning recipes with the world.