--- title: These Cauliflower 'Tater Tots' Will Be Your New Favorite Recipe description: Cauliflower is one of the most nutritious vegetables available, now turned into a healthy and fun snack. canonical: https://time.com/4257577/recipe-cauliflower-tater-tots/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-15T12:00:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:00:16.290Z article:section: Health og:title: These Cauliflower 'Tater Tots' Will Be Your New Favorites og:description: Possibilities are endless for the nutritious and versatile vegetable og:url: https://time.com/4257577/recipe-cauliflower-tater-tots/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Cauliflower 'Tater Tots' Will Be Your New Favorites twitter:description: Possibilities are endless for the nutritious and versatile vegetable twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These Cauliflower 'Tater Tots' Will Be Your New Favorite Recipe by [Beth Lipton / Health.com](https://time.com/author/health-com/) ## Beth Lipton / Health.com Contributor Mar 15, 2016 12:00 PM UTC by [Beth Lipton / Health.com](https://time.com/author/health-com/) ## Beth Lipton / Health.com Contributor Mar 15, 2016 12:00 PM UTC OK, cauliflower, we know [it’s your year](http://www.forbes.com/sites/megykarydes/2016/01/14/2016-trends-is-cauliflower-the-new-kale/#2ecc588b5338)—and maybe even that you’re the new kale, if the headlines are to be believed. We know you’re one of the [most nutritious vegetables](http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2390/2) a person can eat. We know how versatile you are: that you’re delicious [roasted](http://www.health.com/health/recipe/0,,50400000130588,00.html), [mashed](http://www.health.com/health/recipe/0,,10000001134035,00.html) or made into [soup](http://www.health.com/health/recipe/0,,10000001046806,00.html), and that you can even turn into [pizza crust](http://www.health.com/health/video/0,,20936309,00.html) and [rice](http://news.health.com/2016/01/04/cutting-carbs-heres-how-to-make-cauliflower-rice-in-under-10-minutes/). But cauliflower “tater tots”? Come on, cauliflower, now you’re just showing off. **_Health.com:_** [_What Beats Buffalo Wings on Game Day? Buffalo Cauliflower!_](http://news.health.com/2016/02/03/what-beats-buffalo-wings-on-game-day-buffalo-cauliflower/?xid=time)  Courtesy of Health.com [_This article originally appeared on Health.com_](http://news.health.com/2016/03/07/these-cauliflower-tater-tots-will-be-your-new-favorite-recipe/?xid=time) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4257577/recipe-cauliflower-tater-tots/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4257577/recipe-cauliflower-tater-tots/"},"headline":"These Cauliflower 'Tater Tots' Will Be Your New Favorite Recipe","datePublished":"2016-03-15T12:00:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:16.290Z","description":"Possibilities are endless for the nutritious and versatile vegetable","url":"https://time.com/4257577/recipe-cauliflower-tater-tots/","keywords":["Diet & Nutrition","Food","Nutrition","health","eating","recipe","vegetable"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Beth Lipton / Health.com"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/dietnutrition/","name":"Diet & Nutrition"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4257577/recipe-cauliflower-tater-tots/","name":"These Cauliflower 'Tater Tots' Will Be Your New Favorite Recipe"}}]}] ```