| I am continuing to be stretched by my own restrictions | | | | depending upon consistency, soaked and dehydrated |
| as well as others who are looking for recipes free of | | | | - 1 tsp salt |
| many of the common allergens including eggs and nuts. | | | | - 2 Tbsp ground flax meal |
| I wasn't sure how it was going to be replacing the | | | | - 6 Tbsp boiling hot water |
| eggs with the flax seed meal. My husband even said | | | | - 2 tsp olive oil |
| he was "scared of this one." He actually thought it was | | | | - 1 tsp honey |
| going to taste like cardboard when I told him what the | | | | - 1/2 tsp garlic powder or 1-2 cloves of fresh pressed |
| ingredients were. | | | | garlic |
| We were all pleasantly surprised. The crust was a bit | | | | - 2 tsp total of any of the following: dried parsley, |
| crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. It held | | | | marjoram, oregano and/basil |
| together very well. And the crust had a very nice | | | | Steps: |
| flavor, kind of nutty even though I didn't use any nuts. | | | | |
| And the last minute idea of adding the roasted | | | | 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grind the seeds |
| butternut squash ended up being a great idea. Not too | | | | before measuring out 1 cup each. Combine the flax |
| long ago I never would have thought that you could | | | | seed meal and hot water and let sit for 5 minutes. |
| bake with ground up seeds and nuts and then make | | | | Combine all of the ingredients together in a mixing bowl. |
| things like pizza. If you haven't done this and are on a | | | | I like to knead the dough with my hands until everything |
| limited diet, give this recipe a try. You might actually feel | | | | is mixed. The dough will be very stiff. Add more flour if |
| like you're eating pizza again! | | | | dough seems too wet and a little more olive oil if |
| Soak and Dehydrate Seeds first: | | | | dough seems too dry. |
| An important aspect of all recipes that use ground up | | | | 2. Grease a cookie sheet and sprinkle it with coarsely |
| seeds and nuts is that they should be properly soaked | | | | ground pumpkin seeds. Pat the dough into a ball shape |
| and dehydrated, then ground up. After you have dried | | | | and place it in the middle of the cookie sheet. Beginning |
| the seeds and nuts, you can use a food processor to | | | | in the center and moving outwards, squish the dough |
| grind them into a fine flour. My old food processor | | | | flat with your hands. I like to make the edges slightly |
| couldn't do this very well so I ended up using a coffee | | | | raised for the pizza dough. |
| grinder which works well but can only hold so much at | | | | 3. Bake for 20 minutes (or longer if it looks very wet). |
| once. I got a new food processor though and hope | | | | Remove from oven, top with sauce and toppings, then |
| that it will grind the nuts and seeds up fine enough for | | | | return to oven for as long as it takes for the toppings |
| flour. | | | | to get hot and cheese to melt if you are using cheese. |
| As far as I know, flax seeds do not need to be | | | | For my pizza, I used Bionaturae bottled strained |
| soaked and dehydrated the same way other seeds | | | | tomatoes and bottled tomato paste, garlic, salt, honey |
| and nuts do. I recommend soaking, drying and grinding | | | | and Italian herbs to make my sauce. Bionaturae uses |
| seeds and nuts in large batches. I have a dehydrator | | | | glass bottles for these two products, which I love |
| that holds many shelves of nuts and seeds so I can | | | | because they are BPA free and GAPS friendly. |
| do several different kinds at once. If you don't have a | | | | Compared to other store bought tomato sauces that |
| dehydrator, just use as many pans of nuts or seeds in | | | | are free of sugar, it is also much less expensive to |
| your oven as possible. (@ no warmer than 150 F.) | | | | make the sauce this way. |
| Then I usually grind half of each kind to make flour out | | | | I also added some leftover cooked ground beef or |
| of them as well as have some whole seeds and nuts | | | | turkey that I had made for another dish earlier in the |
| for other recipes. | | | | week as well as roasted butternut squash fries I had |
| Here is the recipe: | | | | made that afternoon as a snack. |
| Gluten free Pizza Crust (grain, egg, nut, gluten, dairy, | | | | I hope you enjoy this allergen-free pizza crust! Let me |
| sugar and yeast free) | | | | know how you topped yours! I would love this crust |
| Ingredients: | | | | with a yummy pesto sauce. |
| - 1 c ground pumpkin seeds, soaked and dehydrated | | | | Enjoy! |
| - 1 c ground sunflower seeds, or a little more | | | | |