Jen Lauren Taylor: Herb Cauliflower Pizza

Confession: I have been dying to try out a recipe to make a pizza dough out of cauliflower. I mean...how cool and healthy is that?! Plus...we love to make healthy pizzas in our house. We can have our pizza and eat it too, RIGHT?!

So, I finally braved the intimidation factor and went all in....and almost burned down our kitchen. WHAT?! But the final product was DELICIOUS and surprisingly enough Chris and I both looked at each other after the first bite, through the smoke that still filled the kitchen and said, "Yeah, we can do this again." But don't worry, I'll teach ya where we CLEARLY went wrong (and right). So here it is: Cauliflower Pizza (1/2 red; 2 greens, 1 blue)

MMM... jalopenos....yes please!

First thing first, break up a full head of cauliflower and place it in a food processor or blender. I ended up having to do batches.

This is what you will get...some very mushed up cauliflower. Check.

Place that goodness into a microwave safe bowl and cook for 4 minutes.

Let cool for 5 mins because next we are going to put it into a clean kitchen towel and squeeze the living ba-jeezus out of it. Goal: remove all the water... and IT WILL come STREAMING out.

And just when you thought you squeezed enough... squeeze some more! No more water for this cauliflower.

Turn on your oven to 500 degrees. Yes... 500 big ole degrees. Cauliflower likes it hot!

Now we're ready to prepare the crust. This is the where our herbs come in. Grab some rosemary and basil from the garden and mince. You can use dried if your garden is needing some attention. ;)

Next you will add 1 EGG, your herbs, and stir together until everything is incorporated. Then, roll into a ball and roll out onto some wax paper. I found using my hands worked best. You want it about a 1/4 of an inch thick so that it has weight and won't crack but is not too thin.

Now oil your pan however you like, we used Pam...then transfer the pizza onto the pan directly. Do not put the wax paper into the oven (or you will get smoke...lots of smoke). Cook for 10-15 mins. We are going for a nice brown crisp look. Ours cracked because we had to midway through remove the wax paper so we didn't burn the house down...but it ended up being a nice halfway point to cut.

Now spread your pizza sauce. I used Hunt's Tomato Paste with Oregano and Basil spice already in it. It's the cheapest way to do sauce (67 cents) and its not so watery. The formal pizza sauce cost almost $4.00. No thank you. ;)

Next up toppings--> Add 2/3 cup of low moisture mozzarella cheese. 1/3 cup for each side. (This equals 1 blue and serves 2 people)

This is the fun part. Add whatever toppings you like. We like jalopenos and we had green bell peppers in the fridge. You can also do mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, spinach, etc.