Cauliflower Macaroni and Ground Turkey make this Recipe for Homemade Hamburger Helper a Healthy, Low-Carb Dinner or Lunch!
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Cauliflower is an awesome alternative ingredient when you're looking to cut out simple carbohydrates from your diet. With zero fat and only 25 calories, substituting bite-size chunks of cauliflower for regular macaroni is a significant nutrition boost. It's also a great source of Fiber, vitamins C and K, B6 and Folate, and even Potassium and Magnesium (see nutrition data). Cauliflower macaroni provides a great spectrum of vitamins in this healthy, hearty, homemade hamburger helper recipe.
Low Carb Diets: Using Cauliflower as a Healthy Alternative Ingredient
I love to use cauliflower instead of grains and legumes like rice and, in this case, pasta/macaroni. One cup of elbow pasta contains up to 45 grams of carbohydrates (source) compared to only 5 grams of carbs in a cup of cauliflower. It's also significantly lower in calories. There are 225 calories in a cup of macaroni compared to only 25 in cauliflower. It's really easy to use cauliflower as a low-carb, low-calorie substitute ingredient for healthy-eaters. Read this article to learn more.
Looking for a healthy dessert to go with this hamburger helper dinner? Check out another cauliflower-substitute recipe: my Healthy Rice Pudding!
Ingredients: Healthy Hamburger Helper
Instructions: Homemade Low-Carb Hamburger Helper
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