Roasted Garlic Cauliflower Mash

Name: Roasted Garlic Cauliflower Mash Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 24 oz cauliflower (I buy these in a bag, pre-cut); 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 1 tsp 24 Herbs Sprinkle Seasoning (Salt-free); 1 tsp Natural Ancient Sea Salt; 1/4 tsp Black Pepper (1/8 tsp is just a dash of black pepper); 4 cloves Garlic; 2 tbsp Butter; 1 oz Cream Cheese; 1/2 cup heavy cream (add 1/4 cup at a time until you reach your desired consistency.)

Last Updated October 27, 2021. Published July 25, 2021 By Davinah

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This Roasted Garlic Cauliflower Mash recipe is super easy to make. It has a rich, creamy texture that satisfies my mashed potato cravings. Enjoy this with popular recipes on the site like my pot roast and gravy. Perfect if you’re looking for things like keto mashed potatoes or low-carb cauliflower mash. Enjoy this with a pat of butter or loaded with shredded cheddar and pieces of crispy air fryer bacon!

a close up of a bowl of mashed cauliflower with butter and herbs on top

Why Make This:

Low-carb and keto alternative to regular mashed potatoes
Tastes delicious and a kid-approved recipe
5g net carbs per serving compared to 20g net carbs

Ingredients in Keto Mashed Cauliflower

Mashed cauliflower has a lot of the same ingredients that traditional mashed potatoes do. But, because it uses cauliflower instead of potatoes, it has about 5g net carbs per serving.

The ingredients you’ll need for keto mashed cauliflower include:

Cauliflower
Olive oil
fresh cloves of garlic
Herbes de Provence or 24 Herbs Sprinkle Seasoning
Sea Salt
black pepper
heavy whipping cream
melted butter
softened cream cheese

How to Make Cauliflower Mash

One of the best things about this keto-friendly roasted garlic mashed cauliflower is that it is about as easy to make as mashed potatoes. In fact, in some ways, it’s actually easier since you don’t need to dice or peel the cauliflower before cooking it.

This recipe has a few simple steps:

Toss the cauliflower in olive oil and spices
Oven Roast or Air Fry the Cauliflower
Add the remaining ingredients to a blender or food processor
Pulse until it resembles mashed potatoes

a photo collage for how to make cauliflower mash keto-friendly

Top Tips & Cooking FAQs

Add more or less heavy cream to get your desired consistency
Roast the cauliflower in the oven at 400 degrees for 10-15 minutes per side if you don’t have an air fryer
Make these “loaded” by topping them with shredded cheddar cheese and pieces of air fryer bacon

Can you eat mashed potatoes on keto?

Keto isn’t a food, but a metabolic state. So, many keto people opt out of eating certain foods to stay in ketosis. A cup of potatoes has about 20g of carbs. Since most people following a strict keto way of eating aim for 20g net carbs per day, mashed potatoes doesn’t fit. With that in mind, that’s why I made this recipe.

Making These Ahead & Storage

Just like mashed potatoes, you can make this ahead of time and reheat. I often make it with my Pressure Cooker Roast which feeds my family for two days. We reheat the roast and mashed cauliflower in microwave the next day.

If you are preparing it ahead or have left overs, place the mashed cauliflower in an airtight container in the fridge. You can store it for a few days if needed.

Can you freeze keto mashed potatoes?

Though you can definitely make mashed cauliflower a few hours or even a day or two ahead if you needed, I don’t recommend freezing it. Mashed potatoes have a lot of starch, which helps them freeze better. But, cauliflower has a lot of liquid in it, which can alter the taste and texture of the mashed cauliflower if frozen.

Recipes to Serve this with

Mashed cauliflower goes with anything that mashed potatoes goes with. Some of my favorite pairings include: