I will never forget the day we were gathered around the dinner table with all of The Salesman’s family and my youngest, who at that stage in her toddler life was perched in a high chair, spied the hot-from-the-oven biscuits that had been placed all too close to her high chair and cried out:
“Biccc…it!”
Well, most of us around the table were in agreement that the royal toddler needed to eat her nutritious veggies first; but as soon as one cry got out, she would again let out,
“Biccc…it!”
Each cry came with all the passion and asking in her eyes and voice. It was as if she was going around the table and asking each family member in her toddler way to please, someone, give her a biscuit! I will never forget what Bessie Grandma, the oldest family member at the table, said when the cries for a biscuit reached her elder ears. She very matter-of-factly said,
Chapter: Breads, Wraps, Biscuits & Loaves
Page: 248 and 249
Recipe: Cheesy Flower Biscuits
Serving: Makes 16 biscuits
Fuel: S – Satisfying
I already want to make these Trim Healthy Mama Cheesy Flower Biscuits again. And, there is a hidden vegetable in these biscuits, so if you have a royal toddler crying out:
“Biccc…it!”
She, or he, will be able to eat their biscuit and their veggies at the same time! These biscuits will allow you to be the Bessie Grandma at your table and dispense biscuits/veggies to all crying children, or adults, wanting a good hot biscuit. You are not even going to believe that sixteen ounces of hidden veggies are in these biscuits.
Cauliflower.
There I said it. There are sixteen ounces of cauliflower hidden in these biscuits. I could not keep this secret. And now, doesn’t the name of the biscuit make more sense to you? Cheesy Flower Biscuits. I didn’t want you to think that I had misspelled the name of the recipe because there really is flower in this recipe. Yes. Cauliflower.
One Trim Healthy Mama product that is listed as optional in this recipe is Sunflower Lecithin, and I did use it and recommend it for helping the dough consistency. Lecithin is good for you, too. It nourishes your brain and helps support your nervous system, too.
And the Mamas have scored with adding detailed variations for these biscuits for those of us who love the Cracker Barrel type biscuit that you’d want to slather with butter and drip your friend Cynthia’s local honey over the tops. They also have an option for a garlic and cheese biscuit for those of us who prefer a Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuit. This time, I made the mock Red Lobster biscuit since I am competing with restaurants. Two wins for the Trim Healthy Mamas. I’ve made these biscuits both ways. They are delicious. The Salesman thought the Cheddar Bay version had a bit of a whang.
These biscuits will calm any crying toddler. Or adult. They are light and crumbly on the inside, yet crisp and formed on the outside. The texture is spot on.
Enjoy!