I LOVE Pizza, however my hips don't love it:( So I have been playing with different ways to make a healthy pizza crust. I have tried cauliflower pizza crust and it is delicious, but its pretty messy to make and the price of cauliflower is ridiculous here. A couple weeks ago I made plantain tortillas and they were a huge hit. I thought why not make it into a pizza crust.
It worked and it was delicious, however it still was more like a tortilla pizza because the crust was so thin. It didn't fall apart or anything but it was bendy like a tortilla. I started to think of what I could add to it to make it thicker and more pizza crust like and still keep it clean. Enter Almonds...
Boommmmmm! Perfect!
I'm sure at this point you want to know how it was done or at least I hope you do, lol! Let me first tell you it was super easy and quick to make. So here it goes...
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Makes one large pizza crust.
Ingredients...
1 cup almonds (ground into a meal in your food processor)
1 large yellow ripe plantain
1 heaping tbsp coconut oil
2 eggs
Juice of half a lime
1/4 cup water
1/2 tbsp of salt
olive oil spray (optional)
Mix it all in the food processor till smooth. Pour onto parchment paper on top of a pizza pan. I spray my parchment paper with olive oil spray so that the edges have that crispy taste (optional). Bake at 350 for about 25-30 minutes. Pay attention to it to make sure the edges don't burn.
After it is a nice golden brown top it with your favorite toppings
I topped mine with 1 small can of organic tomato sauce mixed with Island Getaway Seasoning (You can mix any seasoning at this point. Whatever you like:), 1 lb of ground lean turkey meat, chopped kale, sweet onions, and low moisture mozzarella.
Put it back in the oven till cheese is melted.
Cut with pizza cutter. I was soooo very happy that it stayed together and was just like a regular pizza crust when I picked it up.
It was super delicious and totally kid friendly! I hope that you guys will try it out and let me know how you liked it. If you decide to try it I would love to see it, TAG @0to26point2 in your post, thanks!
Have a great day...
What is your favorite type of pizza?
OOH you had me curious at PLANTAIN!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo delicious. It gives it just a hint of that island taste;)
DeleteVERY impressed!!! I love when people are creative with their foods in an effort to eat clean, but not deprive themselves!
ReplyDeletePlantains and almonds? Two things I LOVE and am super excited to try this out! I'm gluten-free so I appreciate this alternative.
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