Those of you who’ve been on low carb diets such as Atkins, Keto or South Beach may already be familiar with the glorious cauliflower pizza crust. But for those who haven’t yet come across this diet miracle, here’s a great recipe for you!
Ingredients
2 teaspoons garbanzo flour
1 cup cauliflower, cooked, riced (see below)
1 egg
1 cup reduced-fat mozzarella cheese (grated)
1/2 teaspoon parsley
1/2 teaspoon oregano
Toppings of choice
How to rice cauliflower:
Using a food processor, process fresh cauliflower until it is the size of rice grains, either using the plain steel blade or the shredder blade. Alternatively, you can shred it with a hand-held grater.
Microwave it in a covered dish for 8-10 minutes. Don’t add water- just let the moisture in the cauliflower do the work.
Directions
Pre-heat oven to 450F.
Spray a cookie sheet with 1-calorie non stick spray.
Mix the cauliflower, flour, egg and cheese.
Press into pan in a round shape.
Sprinkle on the herbs.
Bake 12- 15 minutes (15-20 if you double the recipe).
Remove from oven add sauce and toppings.
Bake until cheese melts.
Nutrition Facts for Crust Only (per serving – makes 2 servings)
Calories: 209
Fat: 11.5g
Carbohydrates: 4g
Protein: 20g
If you like, you could halve the amount of cheese, to lose 80 calories per serving.
Et voila! One delicious and nutritious low carb pizza.
April
Yum!! That reminds me I need to make this again! I made it once but cut the cheese out by a lot and it was still super good!
Charli
I’ll have to try it with less cheese, see how it turns out!
Kristen
I cut the cheese down to 1/4 C. Scrapped the flour, and added grated carrots.. you cut the fat and calories and add a little more nutrition to the crust by adding the carrots! It was fantastic! This way you can eat twice as much, and it’s all guilt free! 🙂
Charli
Nice one, Kristen! 🙂
Big K
Does anyone know if Cauliflower can be dehydrated, ground into powder and used similar to wheat flour? I’ve noticed Kraft has mentioned in ads that they now have Cauliflower mac and cheese.
mj
do you actually put the cheese in the base?
Charli
Yes! It helps to bind it.
MichelleLynnGuerra
I love the Califlower pizza I will have to tell my readers! Great pictures and great way of organizing the details! Excellent Blog!