We love the @traderjoes frozen cauliflower gnocchi for a few reasons:
1. Cauliflower, a veggie, is the 1st ingredient
2. All of the ingredients are ones I can get on board with and Paleo-friendly
3. My kids DEVOUR this stuff. Vegetables + my kids devouring them = one happy mama.
But, they are a bit of a bear to cook. Ignore the package directions, you will just end up with a goopy mess of frustration. My tips were so popular, I am finally giving them a permanent home on the blog, including both airfryer and oven methods!
Are Cauiliflower Gnocchi #whole30?
Nope, though the ingredients are compliant, and here’s why from the headmistress Melissa Urban herself:
“This is a hard one because some will say ‘it’s the same as zucchini noodles.’ But these are meant to LOOK, FEEL, and TASTE like pasta, where zucchini noodles are decidedly not. Cauliflower gnocchi is OUT for your Whole30–the only “noodles” allowed are those that are 100% vegetable, noodles in shape only (not texture, flavor, or taste). These are meant to recreate pasta very directly, so it falls under the SWYPO rules.”
So rock it outside of your Whole30.
Also, note – true Italians would probably wince at the way we eat gnocchi – gnocchi is meant to be eaten like pasta. Crispy cauliflower gnocchi is not that, more like a tator tot?! Crime to authentic gnocchi or not, my family LOVES them crispy! Anyone else love these like we do?
