Cauliflower Pizza

I know, that's what I thought! Gross, right?

This recipe substitutes cauliflower instead of the dough you would normally use for the crust.
I was feeling a little adventurous(or crazy) and decided to try something a little out of the ordinary for dinner tonight. I wanted pizza but I wanted something healthy too.

So I went ahead and did a little variation to a recipe I found for cauliflower pizza and figured that if you wanted to cut your calories in half while still getting a little pizza flavor, you could try it too.

INGREDIENTS
2 cups cauliflower, grated
1 cup light mozzarella cheese
2 eggs
pepperoni (I added this to make my pizza more authentic)

basil
oregano
parsley
fennel
garlic powder to taste

green and red pepper
1/2 cup onion
1 8 oz can tomato sauce (seasoned with Italian seasoning)

DIRECTIONS:
While cauliflower is steaming start chopping. Chop pepper, onion and tomato. Set aside. Let cauliflower cool down, then grate it up.

*The whole time I was thinking, "This cauliflower smells! I hate cauliflower, man this is going to totally taste like cow dung".

Combine grated cauliflower with 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese and eggs in a large bowl. Spray a regular cookie sheet with cooking spray before spreading the dough evenly. Sprinkle dough with fennel, oregano, parsley and basil. Add garlic powder.

Bake at 450 degrees F for 12-15 minutes. Remove the dough from the oven and spread tomato sauce across dough. Then sprinkle chopped pepper, onion as well as the pepperoni and remaining cheese on top. Return pizza to oven . Broil and leave in until cheese has melted and the crust is crispy (3-5 minutes).

REVIEWS:
Mind you it is different than pizza. If Jay were more of a tomato fan I would have skipped the sauce(it makes the crust a little too moist on top) and just put fresh sliced tomatoes on top.

Jay thought it was fine, not amazing. 3 stars. He will eat it once in a while.

Aubrey was surprised because I expected it to be disgusting honestly. It ended up reminding me of a pizza flavored omelet a little bit. I was very happy with the end result in the fact that it satisfied my craving for pizza but was healthy!

I am excited to try different variations and maybe add a little more to the dough to make it stick together a little better. We will see where the chef inside me takes us...