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hey busy bees have you guys tried the
latest Trader Joe's craze this
cauliflower gnocchi that's all the rage
right now it just so happens to also be
my latest obsession so today I'm gonna
share my way of cooking it perfectly I'm
also gonna compare it to your more
traditional yogi and also give you a
recipe idea on how to use the
cauliflower gnocchi go ahead and give
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we'll go ahead and get started with
cooking off the cauliflower and yoky so
the first time I tried making this
cauliflower gnocchi according to the
packages direction it turned out really
gummy and it wasn't very appetizing I
personally liked the taste and the gummy
texture but I know a lot of people on
the internet did not like it so I have
been testing pretty much every day since
I found out about this product to just
app perfect it and I think I found the
perfect way all right
first I'm going to cut the bag open and
I'm just gonna be making half of the
package today
let's turn the burner to medium high
heat add about a tablespoon of olive oil
and then our new key I've added it
frozen directly into the pan and now I'm
just gonna let it pan fry for a little
bit as it thaws so yours might be
wondering what is an oaky or a
cauliflower gnocchi basically this is
like a cauliflower dumpling
traditionally Yogi's are made with
potato and flour but this one they made
with cauliflower cassava flour potato
starch extra virgin olive oil and sea
salt so I guess you can say it's gluten
free and gluten free cassava is
considered like a root so yeah I think
it's gluten free correct me if I am
wrong you guys but the texture is a lot
lighter I almost want to say it's gummy
but not in a bad way it's chewy
in like the most perfect pillowy way and
I just love eating it so this is
starting to pan fry I can see the
cauliflower is starting to thaw now one
of the reason why I think the packages
direction didn't work for a lot of
people because what I found is that once
I start cooking the cauliflower it
started extracting its own water from
the gnocchi so cauliflower is very very
water filled and when you cook it up it
tends to extract its moisture so I think
that's why it didn't work so I
significantly reduce down the amount of
water that I'm using just to 1
tablespoon and I'm not gonna add it
until this is almost done flip it over
if you need to but you can see in the
cauliflower is starting to cook a little
bit and it's starting to kind of pan fry
also don't worry too much if the no keys
are stuck together because they'll come
apart once we add the water let's give
this guy few more minutes
so the cauliflower and Yuki has been pan
frying for about 3 minutes now
on each side and the middle part is
still quite frozen so to help it cook
along faster I'm gonna add one
tablespoon of water
I'll give it a mix mix mix me
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all right the cauliflower gnocchi has
absorbed all the liquid and you see it
kind of expanded a little bit but it's
not sticking together this looks perfect
and it's pretty much ready to serve I
like to just add my favorite marinara
here I have a quarter cup just your
basic marinara mixed it up this looks
like Korean tough cookie but to add some
freshness some fresh basil which is a
must in tomato basil marinara sauce
simple yet flavorful and delicious and
that's it
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so good the taste of the cauliflower
really shines through and if you love
cauliflower I definitely recommend you
trying this because mmm it's just yet
another unique way of incorporating
veggies or cauliflower into your meal
and then the simple tomato basil
marinara sauce just kind of rounds it
out gives it so much flavor I kid you
not when I first discovered this bag
right here we were going shopping for a
Cinco de Mayo and I was like I'm gonna
give this a try the first time I went to
look for it the week before it was
completely sold out so I was really
excited to find it there once I tried it
it was so good I had to go back and
stock up because I was afraid of it
selling out again and I literally have
like five bags in the freezer right now
so there's a shortage of cauliflower
gnocchi at Tru - Jose you know where to
find them now that this is done I'm
gonna set it aside and I'm gonna show
you guys how to make the regular potato
gnocchi
this was also bought at Trader Joe's
it's made of mashed potatoes wheat flour
potato starch rice flour salt and other
things so let's go ahead and cook this
up and I'm also gonna cook it with the
marinara sauce and show you the
difference sit to cook our potato
gnocchi I have a pot of boiling water
we're not pan frying anything here and
since it's boiling we're gonna add these
kids in the pool these guys are fast
cooking they only cook for three minutes
drop you in
so you'll know these are done cooking
once they float to the top which they
are right now so I'll remove the pan
from heat and drain them now I've put it
back on heat and I'm gonna add our
marinara sauce and basil give it a mix
and that's it
this one came together even faster than
the cauliflower and yoky but let's taste
if it's just as good not gonna lie this
one is just as good there's a reason why
yoki is so popular something so
comforting and delicious yet so simple
like I said we're gonna do a quick side
by side comparison here is the
cauliflower yaki
now the potato gnocchi the potato
gnocchi is much more dense and I really
do taste that kind of flowery texture I
would have to say that the taste and
denseness of it kind of turns me off
it's good if I've never had this
cauliflower and yoky before but now that
I've had this cauliflower gnocchi the
texture is light not airy but it's also
chewy and you get that more vegetable
flavor the cauliflower flavor in each
bite which I personally enjoy I think
also because I pan-fried this it brought
a lot of the flavors out it just has a
better taste to it this is how I feel
about this cauliflower and yoky now I'm
not sure that you can do the same
cooking technique with the potato
gnocchi I haven't tried it yet maybe
I'll test that and I'll let you guys
know how that goes but just in terms of
preference I definitely like the
cauliflower gnocchi more I also like it
more because there's less stuff in there
when I looked at the ingredients list
there was a lot of preservatives and I
think that could contribute to why it
doesn't taste as good I'm sure if you
have like a fresh potato gnocchi it
would be so different and so wonderful
but this was a strict product comparison
from Trader Joe's in terms of what you
can get from Yoki's so I think the
winner here is our cauliflower gnocchi
yay all right guys now I told you I
would give you one more idea on how to
enjoy the cauliflower gnocchi so up next
is our portobello mushroom and arugula
with a mascarpone cheese sauce
yoky so we're gonna cook the cauliflower
and yolk you the same way I showed you
guys earlier but except this time I'm
gonna be cooking it with some portobello
mushrooms and garlic first I'll drizzle
a little bit of olive oil about a
tablespoon then I'll add about half a
cup of portobello
one clove of minced garlic and the other
half of our cauliflower gnocchi let it
cook down on each side for about three
minutes the mushrooms and the garlic as
they cooked together with the gnocchi
it's gonna be so much flavor and it also
smells incredible
this looks great so now I'm gonna add
one tablespoon of water and about 1/4
cup of our mascarpone cheese
I'll let the mascarpone cheese melt and
then I'll add a pinch of salt some fresh
basil and about 1/2 a cup of fresh
arugula let me get a mushroom to the
mascarpone cheese created this creamy
cheesy sauce that's delicate a little
salty mixed with the arugula that has
kind of like a bite to it and the meaty
mushrooms mmm my favorite meal my new
favorite meal right here I'm gonna be
eating this for another month anyways I
hope you guys enjoyed this cauliflower
gnocchi demo and vs theme comment below
and let me know if you guys want to see
more of these types of videos where I
kinda do a versus like a new way versus
a traditional way of food I'd love to
hear your thoughts thank you so much for
watching I'll see you guys next time bye
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