Rockin’ Good Smashed Cauliflower with Garlic

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) package frozen cauliflower
• 4 cloves garlic, peeled
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives or more to taste
• 3 tablespoons light cream
• 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan-Reggiano cheese
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Cover and bring the water to a boil. Place cauliflower and garlic in steamer and steam until soft, 10 to 15 minutes.

Remove garlic cloves and smash with a fork; place smashed garlic with cauliflower into a pot.

Smash butter and chives into cauliflower and garlic with a fork or potato masher until smooth.

Stir light cream into smashed cauliflower mixture.

Sprinkle Parmesan-Reggiano cheese onto cauliflower mixture; season with salt and black pepper.

Cook the cauliflower mixture over low heat to absorb the cream and melt the butter, about 12 minutes.