Eating my vegetables

Cauliflower Biscuits (adapted from Cooking Light)

1 cauliflower head, leaves removed

3 garlic cloves, minced

1/3 cup nonfat Greek yogurt or sour cream(I had sour cream)

1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

2 eggs

2 egg whites

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Preheat the oven to 400°F or 375 F if using a dark coated pan like I did. Steam cauliflower for about 12 minutes or until very tender, then transfer to a food processor. Add minced garlic and pulse several times until smooth and creamy.

Transfer mashed cauliflower into a large mixing bowl. Add in two whole eggs, cheddar cheese, Nonfat Greek yogurt, salt and pepper and mix together.

In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff. Then, slowly fold the egg whites into the cauliflower mixture.

Coat a mini muffin pan VERY WELL with cooking spray.Then fill the cups to the top with the cauliflower mixture. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until golden brown.

Remove from the pan, and set on a cooling rack.

Baked Tomato Slices 

I have a few tomatoes to use so I drizzled fat slices of the biggest tomato pictured above with really good olive oil, sprinkled on fresh ground Himalayan pink salt and fresh ground pepper and a few Panko crumbs mixed with an equal amount of shredded Parmesan cheese and tossed them in the oven alongside the biscuits! 

Asian Green Beans

I had just enough green beans from the garden today, about 1 1/2 cups,  that I broke into one inch pieces and cooked until just tender. In the meantime I sautéed up a small container of Baby Bella mushrooms with two diagonally cut ribs of celery and some slices of red onions until crispy tender. I added the beans and saved a cup of the water and added 1 T. of good soy sauce and 1 T. cornstarch to it and tossed that in for a nice sauce that cooks up in about a minute. Toss in 1/2 cup slivered or sliced almonds and a little fresh ground pepper to taste and you are done! I usually add sliced water chestnuts too but I didn't have any.

All in all a great vegetarian meal to use some of these garden vegetables. 

Tomorrow.....eating tomatoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner.