Yay we’re so close to Friday! I cannot wait for this
weekend, it’s Mr Tan Lines 29th birthday and I have some really fun things
planned! Using the fun app Timehop I found this picture we took exactly 3 years
ago in Miami when we were celebrating his birthday! We went with Luti and her
husband and it was so much fun!
So remember yesterday when I said was attempting
cauliflower pizza crust last night? Yea well I did…and it went horribly wrong! The
crust was not a crust at all, it was just a huge pile of flavored cauliflower
mush. I followed the directions I found on Pinterest exactly and was so disappointed! Mr Tan Lines couldn't help but laugh, hey nobodies perfect right?!
Here’s what I did and I’ll point out the areas that might have lead to my
demise.
First the instructions said to place your pizza stone
in the oven and pre-heat to 450 degrees. I did this. I wish I hadn't (see
below). I was so excited and ready to go, look at all the yummies I purchased
for our pizza!
Chop up 1 head of cauliflower (I ended up using 2,
luckily I had two or it would have been even worse) and put into food processor.
The highlight of the meal was that I actually got to use my food processor for
the first time! Isn’t she gorgeous!?
After my cauliflower looked like “snow” the
instructions said to microwave it for 4 minutes, done. Then place onto a towel,
let cool and “wring out” as much juice as possible. I had Mr Tan Lines help
with this part and we got about 1/3 cup of juice out of each cauliflower head.
Then we put it back into a bowl…and umm then this is what I looked it…I know…this was when I knew something wasn’t
right. But, I persevered. This is when I decided to use 2 cauliflower heads instead of 1. So imagine the image below with twice the...the...the whatever we want to call that mess.
I then added
all of the items to my bowl with the cauliflower and mixed well:
1 egg
1/2 cup parmesan cheese (shredded)
1/2 mozzarella cheese (shredded)
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp basil
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp kosher salt
Here I am, mixing away the beautiful crust!
Next, mold your mixture into a ball and place on
greased parchment paper. Shape your crust, not too thick and not too thin (that’s
exactly what the instructions said). I used aluminum foil because I didn’t have
parchment paper. After I shaped my crust I realized there was NO WAY to get it
off of the aluminum foil and onto my (now super hot) pizza stone. The crust was
a huge mush pie, it had the texture of mashed potatoes essentially. So plan B, I
placed the aluminum foil with the mush pie on top of the pizza stone and into
the oven. Baked it for 15 minutes and nothing. The edges burned but the mush
remained mush. After another 15 minutes
the mush circle was burnt and you guessed it, still mush!! Mr Tan Lines threw
away the mush before I could snap a picture, but trust me it wasn’t a sight to
see!
So at this point I was way off my game, but had to think
of someway to use our pizza ingredients. So, plan C I decided to try to make a
pizzadilla. I used a flour tortilla, sprinkled mozzarella on it, along with
onions, green bell peppers and pepperoni. I then cooked it stove top and voila!
I ended up slightly burning it, like I said…I was way off my game but it was
actually really, really good! We used the pizza sauce as our dipping sauce and
we both agreed next time this is a much easier route to take!
Plan D (I wasn't just going to give up on our pizza night!) I decided to use the whole wheat
pita pockets we had as crust and make some mini pizzas. These also turned out fabulous and tasted so good. Thankfully, I was able to save the meal. It was a
long, hard fought battle but I came out victorious!
We both agreed next time pre-made pizza dough will
work just fine, but it did make for a night full of laughs; and that’s all that
matters in the end! :)
Miss Lily captured my reaction to the cauliflower pizza crust perfectly, don't you think?!
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