Left over Turkey? Don’t fancy the traditional turkey curry or turkey and stuffing sandwiches – then I have a recipe for you…
There are numerous good things about this turkey in creamy cauliflower white sauce recipe…
1. It’s quick
2. It’s healthy!
3. You can throw in all your leftovers
4. You can serve it with whatever you fancy – veggies, pasta, mash potato – your choice.
And the list could go on. I’ve blogged about how amazing cauliflower is before but just to recap, it’s absolutely packed full of vitamins, it is good for digestion, good for brain health and lots of antioxidants to boot. So pretty much is brilliant for you. Eat more of it!
So here’s the recipe for a creamy cauliflower white sauce that will work wonders with your leftover turkey…I’ve added mushrooms and peas to mine (because you know me dear reader, peas with everything). But as I mentioned above, you can pretty much add anything you want – onions, carrots, beans, spinach – whatever takes your fancy (that’s why it’s so good!).
Oh did I mention it’s low calorie, sugar free and gluten free too?
1 large cauliflower (cut in to small florets)
2 cups of stock
4 cups of water
1/2 onion finely chopped
1/2 cup milk
6 cloves of garlic (mince or chop finely)
1 tablespoon of olive oil
2 tablespoons of butter
1/4 cup grated parmesan
Salt
Pepper
Method
Pour the stock and water in to a large pot before adding the cauliflower and bring to the boil. You need to boil the cauli until it becomes tender so around 10/15 minutes.
Whilst you’re waiting for the cauliflower to cook, melt the butter in a small frying pan and add the onion and garlic. Cook until soft.
Once the cauliflower is extremely tender, remove from the stock using a slotted spoon (Don’t drain the water as you’re going to need it) and add to a food processor. You’ll need to add your onion and garlic mix along with salt, pepper, olive oil, milk and 1 cup of the stock water.
Puree and add back to a pan to stir in the cheese. I like my sauces thick but if you like them wetter then you can keep adding stock water until you reach your perfect consistency.
The best thing with this sauce is that it’s totally adaptable too. You can add various flavours such as nutmeg, lemon, thyme etc to give it a twist. The sauce also freezes extremely well.
Enjoy x
We always have so much turkey left! This sounds like a fab idea though.
I love using califlower for a sauce, it prefect, this looks a great way to use leftover turkey 🙂
fab idea! I didnt have turkey this year but I still have loads of left over!
Looks so nice and creamy, may have to steal this recipe for my turkey!
That looks lovely! We had pork for Christmas this year but next time we have turkey I’ll try this. Looks yummy
This sounds lovely I am still using left over turkey x
This is such a versatile sauce and like you said you can personalize it with your fav veggies.
That looks delicious. I love creamy sauces so I know I’d enjoy eating this! Any going spare? 😉
Oh this looks fab! I love cauliflower, and creamy sauce. Thank you for sharing. Kaz x
The fish looks lovely. I use cauliflower not often enough, but next year I want to adapt to a low carb lifestyle again and I can use it as a substitute.
Ooh I love the idea of being able to chuck lots of left overs in! xxx