Cauliflower Tortillas-Gluten Free and Paleo Friendly!

I am a big fan of Flour Tortillas! I have my favorite recipe in another post. But since we are eating low-carb and working towards a goal and still wanted to enjoy Tacos, these filled the flour tortilla shaped whole in my heart. Oh and look for our daily workout at the bottom of the post.

Ingredients

1 head Cauliflower

3 eggs

1 tsp kosher salt 

fresh cracked pepper

I'm providing some detailed pictures because if you're like me and you've always used flour and butter; this is a very different process. 

Here are the steps:

Yield 8 tortillas 

Prep time 10 minutes

Bake time 15 minutes

Griddle time 3 minutes
Hmmm...I feel like Hammer-time should be in here somewhere.

Nutritional Information: 
2 tortillas per serving
Nutrition Facts
Servings 4.0
Amount Per Serving
calories 105
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 4 g 6 %
Saturated Fat 1 g 6 %
Monounsaturated Fat 0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 139 mg 46 %
Sodium 596 mg 25 %
Potassium 636 mg 18 %
Total Carbohydrate 11 g 4 %
Dietary Fiber 5 g 21 %
Sugars 5 g
Protein 9 g 17 %
Vitamin A 5 %
Vitamin C 162 %
Calcium 6 %
Iron 8 %
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 

Place cauliflower florets into your food processor. 

A simple trick to getting the florets off the stem is to bang the head of cauliflower, stem down, onto the counter. This jars all of the florets off of the stem. Easy! You may still have to break it up a bit. But most of the hard work is done. Plus you just slammed a head of cauliflower on the counter. You're a beast! 

Next you will pulse it on high until you have small rice sized pieces like this...

You may have to do this in at least two batches depending on the size of you food processor.

Now you will need to transfer it to a microwave safe bowl. 

And cover it with plastic wrap. 

Microwave on high for two minutes. Take it out and stir, cover it up again with the plastic wrap. Microwave for two more minutes. 

Now comes the fun part! 

Pour the cauliflower onto a clean kitchen towel. 

Let it cool down just a bit. It's going to be hot. Then squeeze as much water as possible out. 

It will look like this...

Transfer it back to your bowl. Add three eggs, salt, and fresh cracked pepper and stir. 

It will be rather thin. 

Line a couple of baking sheets with parchment paper and using an ice cream scoop, portion out "tortillas" and flatten out the cauliflower tortilla mix. 

Bake in oven at 375 degrees for 10 minutes. Then, using a spatula, flip them over and bake another 5 minutes.

I got so carried away making them, I didn't take a picture of them on the griddle. I browned them on the griddle for 1 1/2 minutes per side at 375 degrees. 

Next, remove from griddle and keep warm in a clean tea towel. 

Just being honest, these are not

going to be as sturdy as their flour and lard counterparts. 

However, that's a small price to pay for the nutritional benefit of making the switch to these. We had them as soft, ground turkey tacos. When I went back for a second taco, I noticed that it held together just a bit better and I could eat it in true soft taco mode. So if you don't mind your taco more on the room temperature side, you can do the same. Served hot, they are a little more fragile and we needed to eat them with a fork. 

I plan to work on another recipe for tortillas to use on our next taco night. So come back often for updates!

The workout for today! A Kettlebell workout! Building muscle is the best way to change your body and burn more calories. Muscles burns fat even while you're at rest. So grab your weights and let's get started! 

This is a 30 minute Cardio Kettlebell Workout from Fitness Blender!
It got our heart rate up and left us in a pool of our own sweat...we like that!

Kettlebell Cardio Workout-Cardio and Strength Training Blend