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  This creamy mashed cauliflower recipe is an easy, healthy, and delicious side dish! Roasted garlic and a little butter fill it with rich, nutty flavor. FALL  /  SIDE DISHES  —  JUMP TO RECIPE When I asked Jack to sample this mashed cauliflower recipe, I told him it was  mashed potatoes.  Call me cruel, but I wanted his honest opinion. He loves mashed potatoes more than anyone I know! He wasn’t completely fooled (“I was standing next to you when you bought the cauliflower…”), but he did happily enjoy bite after bite. Since then, he’s devoured several bowls of this mashed cauliflower and accidentally called it “mashed potatoes” more than once. I’ll take it! In the past, I’ve made cauliflower mashed potatoes with a mix of potatoes and cauliflower. But this year, I decided to skip the potatoes entirely. I often use cauliflower to make  creamy sauces  and  soups , so I had a hunch that it could turn into a delicious mash too. Sure, it’s not  quite  the same as the sour cream-laden potatoe