When I first started trying to eat healthier like 5 years ago (I'm bad at losing weight, ok?) I really liked cauliflower. I would often sautee it with butter and lemon/hot sauce/garlic/soy sauce, whatever I was feeling. It was my favorite vegetable side dish! Obviously, being a vegetable, it wasn't my favorite food but it still was nice enough tasting and I could eat a lot of it so win win!

But then, the cauliflower wave hit. One by one, my favorite carbs were promised to me to be delicious, easy, tasty, filling, and low calorie, all due to cauliflower. And I trusted them! I liked cauliflower. I liked rice. Why wouldn't I like cauliflower rice? I like cauliflower and pizza. Why wouldn't I like a cauliflower crust pizza? I like cauliflower and mashed potatoes. Why wouldn't I like cauliflower mashed potatoes?

One by one these cauliflower dishes failed me. They were unappetizing, grainy, slimy, and otherwise just icky. Since then, I've tried to make my usual cauliflower side and it's just too traumatic. I have cauliflower PTSD. I can no longer eat cauliflower without thinking of those previous horrible experiences.

(PS. I have diagnosed PTSD and although it is not as severe the 2 experiences do have similarities)