Cauliflower crust pizza

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

We were invited to dinner at a home where they eat all very low carb. She made a cauliflower crust pizza. OK . It looked good - she used cauliflower, egg and cheese to make the crust then pressed it in a pizza pan and added a lot of garlic.Baked it then took it out and added sauce and traditional toppings - sauce , pepperoni , peppers, mushrooms etc. I could not wait to taste it. OMG - it was awful. Worse than awful. Those topping did not go well with the taste of cauliflower IMO. The Hosts loved it. DH & I came home and had a sandwich, because we were starving. We had only had one piece of this gosh awful concoction. I have always felt you can't just use cauliflower everywhere insrtead of potatoes or a starch and this pizza was proof.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

So, I take it you won't be having dinner at Lisa Robertson's house again...lol

tansy · ‎01-02-2011

Personally I like cauliflower "rice" better than the real deal. Steamed, it makes a very good "potato" salad, too.

With pizza I'd probably prefer just having one slice of the real thing.

Like you I have diabetes 2. Rice and potatoes make my blood sugar rocket.

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

I really love cauliflower, however the pizza never sounded good. People must be using this a lot more because my local grocery store is always out of it.

" You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
Daniel Patrick Moynihan

alliswell · ‎07-12-2012

@151949:

You tried it, that's all you can do, now you know what's what.

GenXmuse · ‎05-15-2016

Well, it was nice they at least invited you.

AKgirl2 · ‎05-24-2016

@151949 wrote:
We were invited to dinner at a home where they eat all very low carb. She made a cauliflower crust pizza. OK . It looked good - she used cauliflower, egg and cheese to make the crust then pressed it in a pizza pan and added a lot of garlic.Baked it then took it out and added sauce and traditional toppings - sauce , pepperoni , peppers, mushrooms etc. I could not wait to taste it. OMG - it was awful. Worse than awful. Those topping did not go well with the taste of cauliflower IMO. The Hosts loved it. DH & I came home and had a sandwich, because we were starving. We had only had one piece of this gosh awful concoction. I have always felt you can't just use cauliflower everywhere insrtead of potatoes or a starch and this pizza was proof.

Reminds me of the time we were invited to friend's home for dinner and we were pretty hungry, also had a 35 min drive.

We found out she made a pot roast, with potatoes and vegetables, and gravy with absolutely no seasoning whatsoever...our mouths had a party with textures of meat, vegetables and liquid...didn't eat much either and stopped at a diner on way home.

Anita Hug · ‎03-22-2015

There are different variations of the cauliflower crust. Some I like better than others. That said, I don't like it well enough to go through the process of making it when there are tastier ways for me to use it. Like the cauli rice and faux mashed potatoes.

One big problem that I had to overcome when I went low carb was the expectation that I could make vegetables taste just like bread or noodles, or whatever. I LOVE zuchinni noodles prepared all different ways. But none of those ways taste like real noodles. And cauliflower rice does not taste like rice, and crust does not taste like bread crust, etc.

I had to change my mindset. Do they taste like the high carb alternatives? Not even close. But I had to also admit that they are pretty darn good ways to prepare my veggies to make them less boring. After a while, the cravings for the processed stuff do go away.

For the pizza, I do agree that some of the traditional pizza toppings do not go well with cauliflower. But when topped with alfredo sauce and grilled chicken and cheese, it's delicious (in my opinion). If I want something that taste more like pizza, I make a crust with almond and coconut flours. Or I use a low carb tortilla for a thin "crust."

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

HH, you would have loved the cauliflower cheesecake flavored with lemon we made at Weight Watchers back in the early '70s. After a year on that strict regimen, it wasn't half bad.

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tansy · ‎01-02-2011

@Kachina624 wrote:
HH, you would have loved the cauliflower cheesecake flavored with lemon we made at Weight Watchers back in the early '70s. After a year on that strict regimen, it wasn't half bad.

LOL. I thought you were kidding. There are numerous recipes for cauliflower cheesecake -- mostly one with raspberries.