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Cauliflower bread sticks with fresh bruschetta

I made this recipe for a few friends the other night and it was delicious!!! Most couldn't believe it was starch-free. 


Ingredients:
4 cups cooked, riced cauliflower (see below)
4 eggs
3 cups grated mozzarella cheese
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
2 tbsp crushed garlic
1 tsp oregano
2 tsp parsley
1 tsp salt

I use a 2-qt covered dish and microwave the cauliflower (Don't add water) until it is cooked, 10 minutes. Using mitts, carefully pour water from the cauliflower. Allow to cool with lid removed.

Rice the cauliflower which can be riced in several ways:

1. Food processor
2. Santoku knife
3. Using a cheese grater
4. Using a ricer

Preheat oven to 450 degrees

Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray or olive oil.

In a medium bowl, combine cauliflower, salt, egg and cheeses (save 1/4 cup cheese for later). Press evenly into the cookie sheet about 1.5 inches deep. Sprinkle evenly with garlic, oregano and parsley.

Bake at 450 degrees for 22 minutes.

Remove the pan from the oven and let cool for five minutes. Looses with a spatula and flip over onto a stone counter or flat surface. Cut into strips with a pizza cutter or knife and place back on greased cookie sheet.

Place under a broiler at high heat just until cheese is melted (about 5 more minutes, oven temps vary)

Serve warm with your favorite bruschetta



Bruschetta:
1/2 of a 14 oz can crushed tomatoes
3 ripe chopped Roma tomatoes
6 roughly torn basil leaves
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
Salt and pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients in a small bowl and serve at room temperature.  Courtesy of Feasting on Fitness (read on for more in dept instructions): http://feastingonfitness.blogspot.com/2010/04/did-you-say-breadsticks.html

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous6/29/10, 9:40 PM

    It was so very tasty!

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  2. SD Strong Moms6/29/10, 10:37 PM

    Yeah, we really need to do a weekly test run w/ new recipes. You pick the next...

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  3. Ang2/16/11, 10:52 AM

    These look yummy! Dumb question: do you cook the califlower and then rice it, or vice versa? Thanks for the recipe!

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  4. SD Strong Moms2/16/11, 3:05 PM

    Hi Ang, you can rice it after it's cooked. Good luck! I hope you like it.

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BIO

I discovered at an early age that being active and fit feels great, so health and fitness have always played a major role in my life. When I was younger I was into dancing, track and field, rollerblading and bicycling. I enjoyed running and skiing all through my teens and twenties, and ran on the cross country team at CSU, Chico. After college, I trained for and ran several competitive races including the Silver Strand Half Marathon. Later I joined a big cookie-cutter gym, heavy on machines, where I designed my own workouts based on out-of-date methods I learned in college.

After my daughter, Marlie was born in early 2009, I really turned up the heat on my workouts to get back in shape. I followed my usual old routine including a moderate diet but was never able to quite get back to my original shape. A friend who was also a new mom invited me to her home a few times where they had a CrossFit garage gym. I was hooked after the first workout! It was different, intense, and best of all, not monotonous or boring. They were constantly doing something new. In only a few months, I had my pre-pregnancy body back and it was even better than before—this time I was stronger than ever, despite my previous attempts on the weight machines. Another great motivator is that the workouts are generally 30 - 45 minutes including warm-up and cool down, NOT 90 minutes like my old workouts. As a new busy mom, this is very important to me. It didn’t take long to realize this is the best thing I have ever done for my health.

I made more gains and improvements in my level of fitness during my first year of CrossFit than I had in the past 15 years of working out. I am now in my mid 30s and can easily say I am in the best shape of my life. I owe it all to two things, CrossFit and good nutrition. A healthy, well balanced diet that provides adequate sources of high quality protein, low glycemic index foods and the proper fats and oils will dramatically change your overall well-being and improve your workouts tremendously.

My successes inspire me to want to share this lifestyle with others. Health and nutrition have always been frontrunners in my life and those who value the same are invited to join us. I believe that if you’re going to do something, you should do it right; and when it comes to fitness training, that means CrossFit. CrossFit has been proven to work by measurable, observable, repeatable facts that we call “evidence-based fitness” so it's only a matter of time before you can see the results if you put the time in.

One of my mentors once told me I was training to “not suck at life.” I challenge you to do the same! Come by or email me and let’s get started!

Certifications/ Education-

- CrossFit Level I Trainer certification - 2009
- B.A: Journalism with an Option in Public Relations from CSU, Chico
- Minor: Health Sciences from CSU, Chico
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certified
- PADI Open Water Diver certified

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