Recipe: Cauliflower Pizza (Health Program Approved!)

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Grated cauliflower "rice"

Crust:

1 cup Grated Raw Cauliflower or 100 g (2 Greens)

1/4 cup Egg Beaters (1/8 Lean)
1/2 cup or 2 oz 2% Reduced Fat Three Cheese Mexican Blend (4/8 Lean)
1/8 tsp garlic powder - optional (1/2 Condiment)
1/4 tsp basil - optional (1/4 Condiment)

Upside down pizza (Just before step 7)

Toppings:

1/4 cup + 2 tbsp or 1.5 oz 2% reduced fat Mozzarella cheese (3/8 Lean)

1/2 cup Italian diced tomatoes or Rotel tomatoes, canned - less than 5 g of carbs per serving (1 Green)

Directions:

1.  Measure out 1/2 cup diced tomatoes and puree in blended or chopper.  Set aside.

2.  Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Peel back parchment paper (Step 7)

3.  Place parchment paper on a cookie sheet and spray lightly with cooking spray.

4.  Combine grated cauliflower, egg beaters, cheese, garlic powder and basil until mixed completely.

5.  Spoon mixture on prepared pan. Use the back of a spoon to thin out mixture and form a circle about the size of a dinner plate without the rim. The thinner the crust the less chance of it being soggy. (Best if it's about 3/4 inch thick.)

6.  Bake for 30 minutes.

7.  Carefully flip the pizza crust over by using a spatula to lift all edges of the crust off the parchment first.

After being flipped over (After step 7)

8.  Bake an additional 10 to 15 minutes until edges are really brown and crisp. Mine are usually burnt around the edges but it won't taste burnt.

9.  Let cool.

10.  Add tomato sauce and cheese on top.

11.  Broil until cheese is melted about 5 to 10 minutes.

Freezing instructions:

These pizza crusts freeze great!  Make several pizza crusts and freeze individual sized pizzas for easy dinners.

Baked on both sides (Step 8)

* Once cooled, stick individual sized pizzas in gallon size Ziploc bags.
* If you defrost the night before in the fridge, then bake for 5 minutes at 425 degrees.
* If you bake when frozen, bake for 15 minutes at 425 degrees.


1 complete meal, 3/4 condiment, no healthy fat required.*

Add sauce (Step 10)

*Note: You can also use Walden Farms Marinara Sauce, but 1/4 cup is considered to be 2 condiments and is not a vegetable. You would have to add a third of veggies to your meal if you choose this option. You could use the veggies as your toppings! 

Additional toppings:

Do not add additional toppings until maintenance phase of my health program. 

If you would like more information on how to create healthy meals for your family, please email me at HealthyandFitLife@gmail.com.

Slightly adapted from another recipe.