Sometimes meals just happen. I get a request from my husband for a certain kind of dish and ideas flood my brain. For a while now, friends have been telling me about a carb substitute that, until yesterday, I have never tried to make. And now, I want to make it every week.

Cauliflower rice. You may have heard of this. It’s simply cauliflower pulsed in a food processor to the consistency of rice. From there, you can do anything you want to it. Sauté it until is becomes slightly tender or take it a little further to crisp it up.

Low carb was the name of yesterday’s dinner game, and will be for the next couple weeks in preparation for my sister-in-law Stephanie’s first visit with her family. She has been killing it with exercise and diet and has truly inspired my husband and I to step up our game…