Monthly Archives: November 2018

For years, a recipe for making a healthier pizza crust from cauliflower has made the rounds. Although interested, I couldn’t find the enthusiasm to try making it. Like Tres Leche Cake, it was too labor-intensive to fit my criteria for a Hasty Tasty Meal. Thanks to Green Giant, that’s no longer the case.

Cauliflower pizza crust is pricey ($4.99 at my local grocery store), but is worth the investment if you’re craving pizza and can’t sacrifice nutrition. Yes, nutritional pizza is no longer an oxymoron.

I baked mine in my Power Air Fryer Oven 400°F but it works better in a conventional oven at 450°

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Here’s how I made a sausage and mushroom pizza:

RECIPE

Reasonably Healthy Cauliflower Crust Sausage and Mushroom Pizza

Makes 2 2-slice servings.

Ingredients

• 1 frozen cauliflower pizza crust
• 1 8 oz. can low sodium tomato sauce
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 patty fully cooked turkey sausage
• 1 tsp. Italian seasonings
• 1 can mushrooms, rinsed and drained
• 1/4 cup onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup bell pepper, chopped
• 1 cup grated mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses (2/3 cup mozzarella and 1/3 cup Parmesan)
• cooking spray
• optional salt to taste

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 450°.
2. Remove cauliflower crust from its packaging. Prebake crust directly on the rack for 12-15 minutes.
3. While crust bakes, combine sauce, seasonings (including garlic), and turkey sausage patty in a blender or food processor. Don’t overprocess. Stir in mushrooms. Also, grate cheeses if needed.
4. Carefully remove crust from the oven using a pizza peel or large spatula. 
5. Spread the sauce over the crust and sprinkle the chopped onion and pepper.
6. Cover with shredded cheese and return pizza to the oven, again placing it directly on the oven rack.
7. Bake just until browned and bubbly (approximately 6 minutes). Carefully remove the pizza and allow it to cool for 3-5 minutes.
8. Slice into 4 pieces and serve.

Each slice is only 140 calories (280 calories per 2-slice servings), or 8 WW points per serving.*

*Unofficial points calculated using the WW app recipe builder.