Cauliflower Pizza Crust

This is such a great alternative to pizza! Are you on a gluten free diet? This pizza alternative is also better for those who are trying to avoid belly fattening food, like the bloating caused by gluten in pizza dough. You'll also swap out the typical white pizza dough for all the delicious nutrients found in broccoli's cruciferous cousin, the cauliflower.

Check out all of the vitamins and nutrients that go into this recipe with one head of cauliflower:

World's Healthiest Foods: Cauliflower

Ingredients: 

1 head of cauliflower

1 egg

1 cup of Italian blend cheese

Italian herbs/seasoning

Pizza Sauce and Pizza Toppings

1. First step is to cut and cook a head of cauliflower in a pot of boiling water. 

2. Once the cauliflower has softened, drain and let cool. 

3. Toss the cauliflower in a food processor (or blender) and chop. Make sure that the cauliflower is not over blended. Think of the qualities of pizza dough, moldable and sticky but not runny. 

4. Add one egg, about a cup of shredded italian blend cheese ( I like to add extra parmesan cheese because I think that Italian blend has too much mozzarella), and toss in any Italian herbs and seasoning you can find in your covert, like spaghetti seasoning herbs, Italian seasoning, Oregano leaves, and Basil leaves. I just use either the Italian seasoning or the spaghetti seasoning. Mix into the cauliflower blend.

5. On a piece of aluminum, create single serving rectangular pizza crusts. I usually can make 8 or 10 single crusts with one head of cauliflower. Use 2 heads if you are feeding a larger family. Place in pre-heated oven at 375 degrees. 

6. It is important that you check on the pizza crusts halfway through the cooking process, because you have to flip them over. I like mine really toasted so that they don't fall apart. So, I bake for 20 minutes, then flip and bake for another 20 minutes. Use a large flat spatula for flipping so that they don't break. 

7. Finally, add a hearty healthy pizza sauce and any yummy toppings you would like. Remember, no need to add cheese! The cauliflower pizza crust already has enough cheese. I didn't have too many pizza toppings, so I just added olives. It was still very flavorful and yummy.