Mashed Cauliflower

Looking for a new way to enjoy mashed potatoes without the white potato?

Cauliflower mash is where it's at.

Here's my version:

Mashed Cauliflower
1 head of cauliflower
1-2 T low fat cream cheeese
1 T or so butter, adjust to your taste
1 t to 1 T minced garlic
Salt and pepper
Optional: grated Parmesean cheese

Cut cauliflower up into small pieces and boil in salted water until extremely tender. Drain and pat cauliflower as dry as possible with a clean kitchen towel or paper towels. Before returning cauliflower to hot pot, drop in a couple of spoonfuls of cream cheese and garlic to melt/heat up. Return cauliflower to hot pot, add butter, salt and pepper. Use immersion blender to mash up the whole works. (If you don't have an immersion blender, put the whole lot of it in a food processor.) Add grated cheese if desired.

The consistency is a little looser than real mashed potatoes and the amount of mix-ins depend on the size of the head of cauliflower. But it's a good substitute if you're doing the no/low-carb thing.