What I have been up to.......

Yesterday was a fun day.  I went in to the city early on Saturday morning to return a coat to Marks & Spencer. 

I then called to my twin sister and we went for a walk to Baggot Street and back. We then had Tia Maria Coffees and hung out together and chatted loads.

This brought me up to midday when I got back on my bike and cycled to Rathmines library to collect a few books I had on reserve. One of them was The Ketogenic Kitchen which is filled with both low carb and keto recipes.

After the library I went to The Hopsack in the Swan Centre where I bought almond flour for Fathead Pizza which I planned on making later that day.

The Hopsack is a great speciality health store that has a massive selection of items and very friendly and helpful staff.


I also bought a few other groceries from Dunnes and then made my way to Parcel Motel on Sandford Road to pick up a parcel (wine glasses for Ciaran's next exhibition).

Whoa my bike crate was packed full - I did not realise how large my package would be!!

But it was all good, I managed to fit it all in.

I only got around to making the low carb Fathead Pizza today.

Here are all of the ingredients that you mix together to make the base.

 

Here it is with the base cooked and the toppings added. All I need to do is put it back in the oven to melt the cheese and voila I will have a perfect low carb thin and crispy pizza for us to enjoy!

Update:

The low carb pizza was a great success. We both agreed it hit the spot and thought it was far tastier than the cauli pizza that I made awhile back.

Cauliflower Crust Pizza That Does NOT Fall Apart! Low Carb Pizza

I saw this video on Youtube and decided I'd make my own Low Carb Pizza.  


To make my base I followed the instructions in the video but used Parmesan and Mozzarella cheese and egg to mix with the cauliflower to make the base.  I also used oregano, basil and chilli flakes in the base mix.


Here's the pics of how it turned out.  Let me know what you think!

Here is the pizza base when I took it out of the oven.

I was going to make my own tomato sauce but saw Janet's Just Delicious Pizza Sauce in Supervalu in the Food Academy and thought it looked it good (it was very tasty).

Here is the sauce spread on the base - next time I will use more sauce.

 Then I covered the sauce in Mozzarella cheese

Ciaran got in on the act - he said it needed more cheese

In to the oven with it after it got topped in pepperoni

 This is the finished product.  My verdict is that it was fairly tasty but next time I will add more sauce, cheese and pepperoni.......that probably says a lot about the cauliflower pizza base!!!

As a regular pizza substitute this Cauli-Crust Pizza is not too bad. However, it does take a lot of preparation.  Perhaps if you are used to making homemade pizza you may not think it takes too long to make.  For me, pizza means picking up the phone and getting a delivery of a Domino's Pizza in 40 minutes so I found this to be a lot of work.........but definitely worthwhile to do!