Cauliflower elote
Spiced roasted cauliflower folded into a lime, cilantro and cotija mayonnaise.
Lunch, Dinner · serves 5 · 1/5 of the batch (about 320 g, as the source portions it)
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Based on Canadian Nutrient File and USDA averages; your brand may differ.
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Foods not checked yet: Black pepper, Cauliflower, raw, Cilantro (coriander leaves), fresh, Cotija cheese, Cumin, Garlic powder, Lemon peel (zest), raw, Lime juice, fresh, Mayonnaise, Olive oil, Oregano, dried, Paprika, Salt.
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Foods not checked yet: Black pepper, Cauliflower, raw, Cilantro (coriander leaves), fresh, Cotija cheese, Cumin, Garlic powder, Lemon peel (zest), raw, Lime juice, fresh, Mayonnaise, Olive oil, Oregano, dried, Paprika, Salt.
Carbs per serving
Total carbohydrate12.1 g
−Fibrenot subtracted under this rule4.2 g
−Sugar alcoholsnot subtracted under this rule; none reported by these sources–
=Net carbs12.1 g
With fibre subtracted: 7.8 g. Shown for comparison only; the counting rule does not use it.
Counting rule: Interim, total carbsNothing is subtracted until the dietitian tells us what to subtract. Counting total carbs never undercounts.
Cauliflower, raw800 g“Cauliflower, raw 800g (can be riced or chopped)”
Olive oil100 g“Olive oil 100g”
Oregano, dried1 g“Oregano, dried 1g”
Cumin2 g“Cumin 2g”
Garlic powder5 g“Garlic, granulated 5g”Granulated garlic mapped to garlic powder.
Salt7 g“Salt 7g”
Black pepper1 g“Black Pepper 1g”
Paprika14 g“Smoked Paprika 14g”Smoked paprika mapped to paprika.
Mayonnaise140 g“Mayonnaise 140g”
Lemon peel (zest), raw1 g“Lime zest 1g (approximately the zest of 1 lime)”Lime zest has no database record; mapped to lemon peel (16 g carbs per 100 g, more than whole lime), so it never undercounts.
Lime juice, fresh15 g“Lime juice 15g (approximately the juice of 1 lime)”
Cilantro (coriander leaves), fresh25 g“Cilantro, fresh, minced 25g”
Cotija cheese100 g“Cotija cheese, crumbled 100 g”USDA SR Legacy queso cotija (the higher of USDA's two cotija records); the Canadian Nutrient File has none.
- Heat the oven to 375 °F (190 °C).
- Cut the cauliflower into small, corn-sized pieces; uneven sizes are fine.
- Toss it on a parchment-lined tray with the olive oil and all the spices and the salt.
- Roast 8 to 10 minutes, stir, then roast about 5 minutes more until browned. Let it cool.
- Whisk the mayonnaise, lime zest, lime juice, cilantro and cotija in a bowl.
- Fold in the cooled cauliflower. Serve, or keep in the fridge up to 3 days. Divide into 5 equal portions by weight.
| Fat | 47.9 g |
| Protein | 8.1 g |
| Energy | 496 kcal |
| Sugars | 3.7 g |
No fat, protein or energy targets are set yet (the dietitian decides).
Recipe from Boston Children's Hospital, ketogenic diet program (Keto Kitchen): Cauliflower Elote. Steps are in our own words; the app calculates the numbers from the grams and ignores the source's own figures.