Cauliflower Pizza Crust - Low Carb and Gluten Free

I LOVE pizza. It's probably one of my favorite foods. No, it's definitely one of my favorite foods. Unfortunately it's not that healthy and it usually hurts my stomach. Since I try to eat mostly gluten free, because that's what my stomach likes best, I decided to give cauliflower crusted pizza a try. I found a great recipe on Pinterest along with one on the back of the Cauliflower crumbles I used, and came up with a perfect recipe that tasted great! However it was a lot more work than making a regular pizza and I learned some things that I could do to make it better for next time. Here's a great recipe for a low carb, gluten free pizza crust:

INGREDIENTS (makes one 9" pizza) * does not include pizza toppings

• 1 cup of cooked cauliflower crumbles
• 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 beaten egg
• 1/2 tsp mined garlic
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1/2 tsp salt

Start by cooking your cauliflower crumbles in the microwave on high for about 5 minutes (no extra water need). My microwave is currently broken, so I put my on the oven on a low broil for about 8 minutes; this works just as good! You can also choose to "rice" the cauliflower on your own in a food processor, but I chose to go the easy route with the pre-made crumbles.

Next, you're going to make the pizza crust. Go ahead and set your oven to 450 degrees. Spray your baking sheet with non-stick spray or you can use parchment paper or a baking sheet. Mix the cauliflower, shredded mozzarella and beaten egg into a bowl and then add the minced garlic, oregano and salt; mixed well. At this point, my mixture seemed to be pretty runny and watered down. I would suggested straining your mixture before forming the crust so you don't have too much liquid.

Transfer your mixture on to the baking sheet, forming a thin 9" pizza crust. One recipe said to cook for 15 min and the other said to cook for 30 min. I cooked mine for about 38 min since it was extra runny from all the liquid. I would suggest cooking your crust about 20-30 minutes, keeping an eye on it. The amount of time also depends on how you like your crust cooked. I like mine a little crunchy so this also may have been why mine took longer to cook.

After cooking the crust, let it cool so it the crust can become more solid. Next add your sauce and favorite toppings! I made two pizzas; one with tomato pizza sauce, sharp cheddar cheese, a little mozzarella cheese, and pepperoni and the other with white pizza sauce, spinach, mozzarella cheese and a little bit of parmesan cheese.

After adding your toppings, place the pizza in the oven on a high broil. This will only take about 4 min, since you are only melting the cheese and warming your toppings. Depending on the toppings you use, you may need to precook them before broiling the pizza. If you used parchment paper when making your crust, make sure to remove that before broiling your pizza because the paper will burn.

Overall the pizza was delicious! The crust turned out so good and I couldn't even tell it was cauliflower. I will definitely be making my pizzas like this from now on!

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DIY Wooden Sign

Decorative wooden signs seem to be everywhere these days, especially in those cute little boutiques we all love! However, a lot of them are pretty expensive. Instead of paying big bucks, I wanted to share will ya'll how I made one of these cute wooden signs for our family beach house! It was super easy, and turned out really cute!

MATERIALS

• Wood
• Spray paint
• Sand paper
• Pencil
• Ruler
• Acrylic paint
• Paint brushes
• Mod Podge Clear Acrylic Sealer Spray, Gloss

First, find your desired size of wood. Lucky for me, I liked the size I had so I didn't have to do any wood cutting. Depending on the type of paint you use, you may need to prime the wood, but since I used spray paint that included primer, I got to skip this step.

Next, I went ahead a spray painted the wood. I started at the top and worked my way down spraying horizontally, in a back and forth motion (like in lines). Make sure to release the spray button when you get to each end before you begin the next line. This will make your paint look more even throughout so you don't end up with dark blobs on the ends of the wood. Let the paint dry depending on what time the can suggests.

After the paint is completely dry, sand down the paint to give the sign a more rustic and distressed look. Focus a lot on the corners and the edges of the sign. You can do as much or as little sanding as you want to get whatever look you're going for. I did a substantial amount of sanding because I wanted mine to look very distressed with little paint.

Next, I wrote the words I wanted directly on the sign with a pencil. I used my ruler to get an idea of where the middle of the sign was so I could plan where I would start each word. Make sure to write lightly so if you mess up you can easily erase and there won't be random lines all over your sign.

Lastly, I used navy acrylic paint to paint on the words. Make sure to use the right size paint brushes that you are most comfortable with to get the right amount thick or thinness you want! I would suggest practicing a bit if this is your first time painting letters. After the words are completely dry, spray the board with the mod podge spray to seal the paint and give it a glossy look. You can add as much or as little of this depending on how glossy you want your sign to be!

Here's how my sign turned out!

I'm still trying to decided what might be the best way to hang up the sign. Since the wood is pretty thin, using nails and a wire isn't really an option, but that's a great way if your wood is thick. I think I might use a decorative rope to hang mine! What else would ya'll suggest?

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