Trader Joe's Cauliflower Rice Is So Popular There's Now a Ration

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Trader Joe's Cauliflower Rice Is So Popular There's Now a Ration
By Susmita Baral   Jul 13, 2017

 Cauliflower "rice" is so popular at Trader Joe's that select locations have placed a limit on how many you can buy. The low-carb alternative to traditional rice is being rationed — customers can purchase two cauliflower rice bags a day — at two locations in the Northeast: South Orange, NJ, and Fairfield, CT. While the former establishment told Well + Good a cap is in effect, the latter said they are not "actively enforcing" the ration.

Trader Joe's retails a 15-ounce bag of riced cauliflower for $2.49 and they sell riced broccoli — no news of of a ration here — as well. The affordable grocer previously revealed that they use leftover stems to create riced vegetables.

Continued: http://www.thekitchn.com/trader-joes-cauliflower-rice-is-being-rationed-247889

Multiple articles on this.

[Sanguine]

Sounds good.  I think I'll try making it.

[rodamala]

B&G Foods has a business model that makes it worth my investment.  They bought Green Giant and had a marketting push to revive the brand.  One of the new offerings Green Giant rolled out ahead of the trend was this "Riced Cauliflower" stuff.

It's in every grocery store now.

[driftdiver]

I've had mashed cauliflower as a substitute for mashed potatoes.   It was pretty good.  Texture is a little different but with enough butter you wont notice.  :)

[Silver Pines]

You can find riced cauliflower at Sam's Club and also at Kroger (brand names and store brand, also).

[Wingnut]

But the real question is....Is it Gluten Free.

[Polly Ticks]

You can find a head of cauliflower at any grocery store in America and make your own cauli-rice in about 90 seconds with a food processor for half the price.

[Wingnut]

You can find a head of cauliflower at any grocery store in America and make your own cauli-rice in about 90 seconds with a food processor for half the price.

Well that right there is pure communism.

[Polly Ticks]

Well that right there is pure communism.

Nah, it's just pure cauliflower! 

[Wingnut]

Nah, it's just pure cauliflower!

Gluten Free?

[Polly Ticks]

Gluten Free?

No gluten, but I said it was half the price, not free.

[Wingnut]

No gluten, but I said it was half the price, not free.

Keep that day job Polly!   lol

[GtHawk]

I've had mashed cauliflower as a substitute for mashed potatoes.   It was pretty good.  Texture is a little different but with enough butter you wont notice.  :)

Butter, the bacon of dairy!

[Silver Pines]

You can find a head of cauliflower at any grocery store in America and make your own cauli-rice in about 90 seconds with a food processor for half the price.

   

@Polly Ticks

Not if you have to buy the food processor.   

I think the Kroger brand is about a dollar.  If anyone tries it,  I would love to hear a review of how it turns out.  I tried making caulitaters once, and they were watery even though I drained the heck out of them.i

[Silver Pines]

Well that right there is pure communism.

@Wingnut

Lmao

[Polly Ticks]

   

@Polly Ticks

Not if you have to buy the food processor.   

I think the Kroger brand is about a dollar.  If anyone tries it,  I would love to hear a review of how it turns out.  I tried making caulitaters once, and they were watery even though I drained the heck out of them.i

Ok, fair point.  You could still make it at home with a hand grater, but it would take quite a bit longer. 
 

I made some cauli-rice just last night with some chicken fricassee over it, and it was great.  Of course, I like cauliflower in general, so if you're not a fan your mileage may vary.

[Silver Pines]

Ok, fair point.  You could still make it at home with a hand grater, but it would take quite a bit longer. 
 

I made some cauli-rice just last night with some chicken fricassee over it, and it was great.  Of course, I like cauliflower in general, so if you're not a fan your mileage may vary.

@Polly Ticks

I do like it, cooked or raw.  Your dinner sounds good.  Maybe I should lay it between clean dish towels to get all of the moisture out.

[roamer_1]

You can find a head of cauliflower at any grocery store in America and make your own cauli-rice in about 90 seconds with a food processor for half the price.

Knorr brand Broccoli and Cheddar Rice with a bag of frozen cauliflower. At the end of the rice instructions, throw in a 1/2 cup of hot milk and a handful of cheddar. Meanwhile, nuke the cauliflower to get it hot, and toss it in.

Sweet.