Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Cauliflower Pizza

Cauliflower Pizza Crust

As found on my "Exercise / In Shape" board which is full of exercise and healthy alternatives to nommies.

http://pinterest.com/pin/141089400797136784/


That picture makes it look like the most delicious, crispy pizza crust. Not exactly like dough, but similar enough in its crispy thinness that it could easily be taken as dough. So out I went to buy my ingredients and whip this up.


The "dough"
1 head of cauliflower grated via cheese grater
2 eggs
2 cups mozzarella cheese
basil (I used paste)

Mix the ingredients together by hand. Spread into 4 mini-pizzas. Cook for 10 minutes by itself at 400 degrees.


Pull out of oven.

The "topping"

I used spicy marinara (premade, bottled)
Thin sliced Squash (yellow)
Thin sliced Zucchini
Mushrooms (sliced)
Onions (chopped)
Ricotta Cheese mixed with basil paste (1 cup)
Sprinkle Mozzarella on top for true "pizza" feel

Cook 18 more minutes.


This was the result. It looks maybe like pizza if pizza exploded in the oven.

It tastes....nothing like pizza. Even a little. It was delicious, don't get me wrong. I loved it. But it wasn't pizza. It didn't come close to pizza. This wasn't even pizza's ugly step-cousin. This was just good baked veggies with cheese and sauce. Which...there's nothing wrong with that...so long as you don't expect pizza.


Marlipaige rating: B (A for taste, but C for deceiving me into thinking it was Pizza)
Effort: Easy/Medium
Total time: 35 minutes (the biggest time consumers besides cook time are grating cauliflower and dicing veggies)

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