This healthy, low-carb, flax-crust pizza is a delicious clean-eating option to one of the most popular American comfort foods — typically doused with grease and preservatives. This pizza is actually GOOD for you!
Crust Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups ground flax seed or flaxseed meal
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil
- Dash of salt
- 1 teaspoon of dried basil
- ¼ of water (may need to add more depending on dough texture).
Crust Instructions:
- Mix ground flax seed with egg
- Add olive oil, salt and dried basil
- Add water
- Push dough flat onto a baking sheet, keeping it about 1/2 inch thick
- Bake at 450 degrees for about 8 minutes
Homemade Red Sauce Ingredients:
- 4–6 fresh Roma tomatoes (Romas are best due to low moisture content)
- 8–10 fresh basil leaves or 2 teaspoons of dried basil
- 1/2 to 1 red bell pepper — diced
- 1/4 to 1/2 sliced red onion
- 1–2 cloves of raw garlic
Sauce Instructions:
- Place all ingredients into blender or vita-mix: tomatoes, fresh basil leaves, red bell peppers, red onions, garlic
- Poor into a pot and simmer for about 20–30 minutes over medium heat to concentrate it and minimize raw garlic flavor
Toppings Ingredients:
- ½ white onion
- 1 red bell pepper
- Sliced mushrooms (quantity to be determined to your liking)
— — — — — — — — - 1 cup of shredded cheese
- Handful or so of sliced olives
Toppings Instructions:
- Sauté white onions
- Once onions are translucent, add sliced red bell peppers
- Once bell peppers are soft, add in sliced mushrooms
- Remove after mushrooms are soft (they only need a few minutes); set aside
Final Steps
- Once crust is “done,” take out of oven and add sauce. Then add shredded cheese on top.
- Bake for another 5 minutes or until cheese is melted
- Top with sautéed veggies and olives…and Enjoy!
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