Does This Gross You Out?

Recently I have been teasing a Single Dad Friend about his meal planning for his girls. Not that he does a poor job by any means - just that he often times confuses starches for vegetables. Course - so many people do. He and I debate weather Corn and Potatoes served at the same meal with a meat really does cover all the basic food groups. He swears it does - and if the potatoes have cheese on them..........well that gives you dairy too.

And since I have been bugging him about it (in a nice way) I have also been paying attention to the veggies we eat - not that I am worried we are covering them correctly - just that I want to make sure my kids get the "fun" and "useless" vegetables like Corn too. Because even though I see them as a waste of my eating time - they LOVE them.

Yet at the same time I try to add in vegetables made in a way that might confuse my kids (and BigGuy) into thinking that they are eating the "fun" veggies - when they aren't. Like Faux Mashed Potato - or Mashed Cauliflower. Does that gross you out?
It is really easy to make:
1 head Cauliflower
1 steamer (I love my Pampered Chef Microwave cook pot)
a few Tbs of Butter (we use Smart Beat - which isn't butter, but they don't know that)
Salt or Pepper to taste
4oz of FF Cream Cheese (if you want - we don't actually add this every time)
Mixer or Food Processor (or you can probably smash them by hand too)
** Whatever other seasoning you want - we have done Hidden Valley packets, Tastefully Simple Dried Tomato Basil Pesto mix - whatever you like.

1) Steam the Cauliflower
2) Dump them into the food processor and process them until they are smooth - adding in butter and seasons as you go along
3) Serve - Ohmigoodness it is THAT SIMPLE!!

The other night I made these - then sliced up a few Summer Squash, an Onion and a Turkey Kielbasa - sauteed the Onion in Olive Oil until kinda softish - added in the Kielbasa & Summer Squash - cooked until they were hot, but the squash wasn't squish - and then served it on top of a scoop of Mashed Cauliflower -
YUM!!!

We have also done this thing where we use the Mashed Cauliflower in place of potato and make a Shepperd's Pie - again - YUM!!

SuperStar knows what she is eating, but I am not concerned because she is a 3rd generation Cauliflower lover - every time my mom is in town she asks us to make the Mashed Cauliflower. Yum!

Does it gross you out though?