I was able to make a pizza, eat the ENTIRE thing and still feel great about myself and the food choices that I made. I made a pizza with cauliflower crust. Wait, don’t click out of my blog post just yet, it was tasty!
I used an entire head of cauliflower – this actually yielded two individual pizzas (yes that is a frog bib, do you expect anything else from me?). Don’t forget to pre-heat your oven at 450 degrees!
After washing, break all the cauliflower up into smaller pieces.
Go ahead and fill a pot with water, and once boiling, dump your cauliflower pieces in for about 6-8 minutes.
Once your pieces have boiled long enough, drain (but keep hot) and pat moisture with paper towel. Add to food processor or mash with spoon so that you have a “mashed potato” consistency.
Measure out 1 cup of the mashed cauliflower, add 1/4 cup egg beaters and 1/4 cup low fat cheese (I used mozzarella but heard that Three Cheese Blend has less moisture and will help with the crust not being as mushy).
This entire bowl (above) creates ONE individual pizza crust. Once you have mixed your crust you’ll want to spray a crazy amount of Pam on a cookie baking sheet or parchment paper/wax paper would probably work okay too. Go ahead and pour mixture onto the baking sheet in a circular shape. I used my rubber spatula to shape and pat down so it wasn’t too thick. I’ve heard others use a springform pan but I think that just adds to the clean up which is the WORST part of cooking IMO.
Bake for at least 15 minutes, I would even recommend 20 to make sure the middle isn’t mushy. Again, one head of cauliflower will yield 2 individual pizza crusts.
You’ll know your crust is close to done when the edges start to brown and look crispy. Again, I put mine in for 15 minutes and should have gone more like 20 minutes.
Once your crust is done, wait a few minutes for it too cool then flip it over and add toppings. If you are following a Lean and Green meal, here is a sample ingredient list that is helpful for your plan:
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)
And once the cheese is melted you’ll have a delicious individual pizza to enjoy!
1 Complete Lean and Green Meal, 3/4 Condiment (Not even 1 Condiment!), with no Healthy Fat required. I honestly almost couldn’t finish this pizza because it was so filling.
The Herron Nest 
NOM! I want to try this. What a great way to gt more veggies and reduce carbs. It took me a long time to get my greedy pizza eating to a reasonable state of control, but with the cauliflower crust, I can go buckwild again. ((burp))
awesome comment, and you sure can! It can be your very own personal pan pizza!
This looked so good I just wrote the whole thing down. Now where in the heck do I send Bill for dinner??!!! 😉
He can have dinner with George, hahaha!
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Does it taste like cauliflower at all? I’m not a fan of that veggie so I’m hesitant to try this.
No, I’m not a huge fan of cauliflower either but I love this. Actually, I was just recently told of a new suggestion..not to cook the cauliflower first as it makes the pizza mushy in the middle. Let me know how it goes if you make it!
Thanks for the tip! I do have to get to the grocery store this weekend, maybe I’ll pick some up.