Greek Pizza with Cauliflower Crust

Well it has been quite some time since I posted, and I'm sorry for my delay on telling everyone about my adventures with cauliflower pizza.  As I said in my last post, one weekend when I visited my parents in my hometown we tried making pizza with cauliflower crust.  The crust turned out great, and the toppings even better!  However, the recipe we used for the cauliflower crust pizza had quite a bit of cheese in it (approximately 1/2 c per serving), so I decided to try to make a more nutritarian-friendly cauliflower pizza crust.  I tried using silkened tofu as my hold-together ingredient to replace the cheese, and replaced the egg that the original recipe called for with a flax egg.  My recipe did not turn out so great.  It wouldn't spread across the pan very easily, so it was thicker than the original cheese one and turned out more like a casserole than a pizza.  Oh well, I still ate it because the toppings are downright delicious!  

If you would like a vegan cauliflower crust recipe that looks a little more successful than mine, try Happy Go Lucky Vegan's cauliflower crust.  I'll be using her recipe next time I give it a try.  If cauliflower crust doesn't seem like your thing, stick with a whole wheat pita or other pizza crust and load it up with healthy plant-strong toppings!  Here is my favorite topping combo (and pictures of the original cauliflower crust).

Greek Pizza
(serves 4)

Ingredients:

Pesto:

3 c fresh packed basil

1 c walnuts, unsalted

1/2 c almond milk

2 cloves garlic

1/2 t white pepper

1/2 t black pepper

salt to taste

Toppings:

1 can artichoke hearts, canned in water

1/4 c kalamata olives, pitted and chopped

1/4 red onion, thinly chopped

several mushrooms, roughly chopped

Directions:  Prepare and bake the crust as specified by your recipe.  In a food processor, combine the ingredients for the pesto sauce and process until creamy and smooth.  Smear the pesto onto the pizza crust and pile on the toppings.  Broil on high for 10-15 minutes, or until the toppings begin to brown.  Allow to cool, serve, and enjoy!

Amy's Notes:  Below is how our pizza crust process went:

Hopefully my pizza cauliflower experience has given you inspiration to give it a try!  I know I'm looking forward to making it again sometime soon.

What are your favorite pizza toppings?  (Oh, and do you like the new design of my blog title?)