If you’ve looked at recipes on this site for any time at all, you’ll know that I love food made from real ingredients and even better if it’s not only gluten-free, but grain-free as well. I’ve posted numerous recipes for alternative pizza crusts in the past, but hands down, my favorite has been the cauliflower pizza crust. Every time I make this, I scratch my head in amazement that it’s made from a vegetable that I grew up absolutely despising but is now one of my all time favorites. I don’t think I can go to the store anymore without buying at least two heads of cauliflower as I can almost guarantee I’ll make something with it at least a couple of times a week. If you haven’t discovered it’s many uses, do yourself a favor and give it a try. It will almost certainly turn some of your favorite recipes into healthy recipes.
Carrie of Deliciously Organic has come up with three different variations on the cauliflower pizza crust and all of them hold up to my test of being able to pick it up and eat it with my hands. I don’t personally eat any sort of legumes, so her versions with almond flour or seeds (as opposed to the garbanzo bean flour) worked perfectly. Eating like this really makes me think about what I say to people all the time — even if I could go back to eating on a “regular diet” again, I don’t think I would. Celiac disease or not, there is no comparison in the quality and nutritional value of food like this.
Some like it crunchy, others doughy. I waffle back and forth, but lately I wanted a grain-free pizza crust I could pick up, eat cold, and send with the kids to school without worrying it will fall apart. I love my recent grain-free pizza made of seeds, roasted bell peppers, and cheese, but it’s fun to change things up.
I’ve grown a certain appreciation (borderline obsession) for cauliflower recently. I tested this recipe dozens of times to come up with different variations for you to use depending on your dietary restrictions right now. Our favorite was the crust made with garbanzo bean flour, but if you can’t eat beans right now, the next best substitute is almond flour or finely ground seeds. The other night, I made pizzas and included milkshakes using the homemade chocolate and peanut butter ice cream. The kids squealed. A diner-like dinner, grain free, and full of nourishing ingredients.
