Cauliflower Alfredo Sauce

I was getting the itch for fettucini alfredo, but my roommate and I are both trying to eat healthier. Cooking with a ton of cream and a ton of cheese kind of felt like the opposite of what I should do. Luckily, Pinterest started showing me photos of everyone's version of Cauliflower Alfredo Sauce just about the same time I was getting my craving.

I ended up modifying a recipe cobbled together from these 2 recipes
http://pinchofyum.com/creamy-cauliflower-sauce
http://americanfood.about.com/od/riceandgrains/r/Cauliflower_Alf.htm

What I made ended up being super easy. And Tasty. Soooo tasty.


INGREDIENTS
4-5 large cloves garlic, minced (I was lazy and used raw garlic from a jar)
2 tablespoons butter
5-6 cups cauliflower florets
1 cups cauliflower broth or water (or chicken broth if you're me)
1 teaspoon salt (more to taste)
1 teaspoon pepper (more to taste)
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (more to taste)
1/2-1 tablespoon fresh thyme
1/2 cup heavy cream

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Bring the water/broth to a boil in a large pot. Add the cauliflower and cook covered, for 10 minutes or until the cauliflower is fork tender. Do not drain the liquid - you're going to want some later (unless you're me and forget that so you have to use plain water later)

2. While the cauliflower is boiling, brown the garlic in the butter to take off the bite.

3. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the cauliflower pieces to a blender - add 1 cup of the stock water you used to boil the cauliflower. Also add the garlic butter, cream, thyme, pepper, salt and red pepper.  Blend or puree for several minutes until the sauce is smooth. You can thin it out w

Next step is easy - serve over whatever you want to eat! In my case, I served it with red pepper fettucini with steamed broccoli and sauteed sausage. And garlic bread. Because... garlic bread is amazing.

As is this sauce. I have about 1 cup leftover and I'm thinking of making homemade pizza.