Quinoa Pizza Crust

Everyone loves pizza, right? Overall pizza is simple, delicious, and you can put just about anything on it. The only problem is that it is not at all healthy. Well, as part of our new “healthier” diet we wanted to find a healthier pizza crust recipe. I found one. It is delicious and healthy. It does however take a bit of planning.

This is my version of Positively Healthy’s Quinoa Pizza Crust Recipe. This makes one pizza.

What You’ll Need…

½ Cup Quinoa (The red does not work as well as the white.)

1 ¼ Cup Water, Divided

Spices (Your choice, I use pizza seasoning.)

Allow the ½ Cup of Quinoa of soak in one cup of water for 4-8 hours.

Once the quinoa has soaked allow it drain in a mesh strainer for at least 10 minutes.  

After all of excess water is out of the quinoa pre-heat your oven to 450 and place a pizza pan into the oven so that it too can pre-heat.

Pour the quinoa into either a blender or food processor along with some of the remaining ¼ cup of water. Sprinkle in the spices and blend. You want the quinoa to break open and have a consistency of thick pancake batter. Add more water as needed. 

Once the quinoa is blended grease the pre-heated pizza pan and spread the mixture.

Bake the mixture for 10 minutes, flip the crust over with a spatula, and bake on the second side for about 7 minutes. Be careful, it cooks quickly. 

Now, add the toppings of your choice. We have used regular tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, and vegetables as well as sauce, mozzarella cheese, and peperoni.

Once you have added your toppings bake your pizza for 5 more minutes and then enjoy.