Cauliflower Pizza Crust

This has to be the best idea ever!  I honestly can’t take the credit for this one…I adapted this recipe from one I found on recipegirl.com.  Members in my WW meeting have been raving about it and I couldn’t wait to give it a try.  Admittedly, my first attempt was a minor fail.  I didn’t think about the fact that the crust had cheese in it and it stuck to the pizza stone.  The pizza was scrumptious, well, the part that wasn’t stuck to the pizza stone! 

Attempt # 2…use a nonstick cookie sheet!  The crust gets nice a crispy and doesn’t taste like cauliflower at all.  Not quite like pizza crust either, but it’s quite tasty.

 

Servings: 4

Points Plus: 2

Works with SFT: Count 1 points plus per serving

Ingredients:

For the crust:

·         2 cups cauliflower, shredded or grated*

·         1 large egg*

·         ½ cup shredded fat free mozzarella*

·         ½ cup reduced fat mozzarella, shredded

·         1 tsp dried oregano

·         ½ tsp garlic powder

·         ¼ tsp salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400.  Spray a cookie sheet with some cooking spray.

Grate the cauliflower into rice size pieces or pulse in the food processor, be careful not to puree.  Put cauliflower in a large glass bowl and cook in the microwave for 6 minutes.  Place bowl in refrigerator or in an ice bath to cool the cauliflower slightly.  Once cooled, add egg, cheese, and spices and mix well.  Divide mixture into two piles on cookie sheet.  Spread out into even circles to form the crust.  You should be able to make two 8-9 inch pizzas.  Spray the top lightly with cooking spray to help brown it a little.

Bake crust for 15 minutes.  Spread crust evenly with toppings of choice.  Bake for an additional 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.   (You can top with fat free mozzarella instead, which saves you some points plus on SFT…but for the masses, not everyone likes the texture of melted fat free mozzarella. You could also do a half and half mixture like the crust.  Adjust points plus accordingly.) 

Slice each pizza into quarters.  Two slices per serving.  Serve with a nice side salad and you’ve got a pretty tasty meal. 

Imagine the possibilities for the toppings - Pepperoni, veggies, buffalo chicken with a drizzle of fat free ranch, anything you can think of.  We used Homemade Ground Turkey Sausage (recipe coming soon!) and it came out delicious.  Special thanks to recipegirl.com for the idea and inspiration!

I made these today with turkey pepperoni on top in bite size pieces for our little Super Bowl get together.  Gone in 60 seconds…