Cauliflower crust pizza

This weekend, I attempted a new recipe for this pizza crust. I made mine half with tomato sauce and half without. I used most of the techniques and recipe amounts from another blog, Detoxinista.com.
I adapted her crust recipe, but NOT her wonderful techniques. I did not want to splurge for goat cheese mozzerella, so I substituted
2 heaping Tablespoons of low-fat cottage cheese(just what I had) and 1 heaping tablespoon of regular mozzarella. Also, I added a second pinch of salt.

For the crust:

• 4 cups raw cauliflower rice (about one medium head) see the link to the other blog for detailed instructions to make this)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 heaping TBSP cottage cheese
• 1-2 heaping TBSP mozzarella chesse
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 2 pinches of salt

For the remainder of the pizza:

• tomato sauce (I use premade)
• 1 or so cups of mozzarella cheese

My little guy ate a piece of the tomato without stopping, he ate about half of a cheese only piece before telling me he did not really like this. I liked it, myself. I am going to try to get him to try another piece tomorrow.

PB & J pancakes

These are the PB & J gluten-free, high protein, low carbohydrate pancakes that I have made for my youngest son. The recipe was given to us by the dietician at our pediatrician's office. My youngest son has been diagnosed with recently with ADHD and several years ago through allergy blood testing, we found he had a gluten and wheat intolerance.

• 1 cup creamy nut butter
  (I have had success using just natural peanut butter as well as a mixture of cashew and almond butter. When these butters have been stored in the refrigerator, they can be stiff. I have found that microwaving the measured amount in my glass mixing bowl helps to soften them.)
• 1/4 cup 2% plain Greek yogurt
• 4 eggs
• 1 TBSP vanilla extract
• 2-4 TBSP all fruit spread or jam
  
  Mix together and cook like pancakes. Makes about 25, 3 inch pancakes.

These store well in the fridge. They can be warmed or eaten cold-no syrup needed. My boys board the school bus early, so they usually eat breakfast at school. My youngest has to be pried out of bed 10 minutes before the bus arrives. Therefore, he usually takes 2-3 of these with him to eat at school.

the fun continues

I am starting a blog strictly devoted to my trials and errors with experiments in cooking. I am a busy, working, single mom with 2 boys ages 6 and 11. My youngest has needs that require a gluten-free, natural, low carb/low sugar food choices. This blog will be a journal of my latest cooking successes and (hopefully few) failures.