The easiest grain free pizza crust you will ever make!
Yesterday was an awesome day for a two reasons. First, The Princess Bride was on TV and the whole family enjoyed a movie night. We laughed till we sounded like a herd of snorting hogs. And all anybody said for the rest of the evening was, “My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”
Second, I discovered the easiest grain free pizza crust ever! I was so giddy with excitement that I was bouncing around the kitchen waiting for the crusts to finish cooking.
One Step GAPS and Paleo Pizza Crust
Cauliflower or zucchini pizza crusts provide an acceptable base for cheesy toppings in many grain free or low carb homes. Unfortunately, these crusts are rather time consuming and rely on eggs and dairy as a binder. This crust requires only about 10 minutes of prep time and is completely allergen free!
Individual Butternut Squash Pizza Crusts
After peeling the squash, slice the stem end into 1/4 inch thick slices. The wider your squash, the larger the diameter of your mini pizza crusts. After roasting, they are tender and slightly crisp around the edges. The perfect vehicle for pizza toppings!
You can also cut the stem end into semi-circles for pizza crusts or just for pieces of roasted squash. Butternut squash is difficult to cut so if you are having trouble cutting round slices, cut the stem in half lengthwise and then cut into 1/4 inch thick slices.
Scoop out the seeds at the bottom part of the squash. Slice and roast these pieces and enjoy as a snack or side dish.
Grain Free Butternut Squash Pizza Crusts (GAPS, Paleo)
1 butternut squash, preferably wide with a long stem end
Coconut oil, pastured lard, or ghee, melted (2-3 tbs.)
Sea salt
Pizza toppings of your choice
(Use homemade tomato sauce and legal cheese for SCD or GAPS)
Preheat the oven to 400. Line 2 or 3 baking sheets with parchment paper. Peel the squash and slice as described above. Toss with olive oil and sea salt on the baking sheets.
Roast for 30-40 minutes, until tender and lightly browned. Flip the squash halfway through baking. Add pizza toppings and broil to melt cheese. Serve immediately.
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Please re-word this in your entry. It is only GAPS-legal if you use a GAPS-legal oil. Extra virgin olive oil is only allow if it is raw. Olive oil is not heat tolerant and the proteins are denatured and become rancid when cooked. To make this GAPS legal, use coconut oil, ghee, butter, lard, or tallow when baking in the oven. The pizza could be topped with raw evoo when serving.
I appreciate the comment–I forgot that GAPS didn’t allow heated olive oil. I actually used lard to roast these, and it was delicious!
Lauren, you’re a genius! Can’t wait to try this with my tomato-less sauce and some roasted veggies.
What is your tomato less sauce? Tomatoes are not my friend right now. Thanks!
I don’t do tomatoes right now, either. I just leave off the tomato sauce and top it with cheese. Even easier!
I know a family who uses carrot baby food instead of tomato sauce for their pizzas due to intolerances, and it works really well.
If you don’t want baby food jars, surely you could steam or boil carrots and then mash them or whip in food processor. Add oregano / garlic / salt / thyme and voila! Pizza sauce.
Wow! I cannot wait to try this! We’ve missed our pizza.
Lauren! Love this tip. I will be trying it with my garden squash.
I am completely obsessed with butternut squash, I like it sweet as opposed to savory though. I literally could eat it for DAYS! I eat it every single morning with egg whites and cinnamon, delicious! I cannot wait for my Thanksgiving FEAST because I love it paired with turkey as well!
This is such a great idea, Lauren! I’m never willing to put in the time needed for other GAPS-legal pizza crusts. : ) I’ll have to give this one a try though!
I recently launched a new real food blog carnival called Fill Those Jars Friday. I’d love to have you come stop by and share this on it: http://toomanyjarsinmykitchen.com/2012/09/27/fill-those-jars-friday-september-28-2012/
See you there!
Mindy
Thanks for the invite! I’ll go share it now!
Love the idea Lauren! It looks delicious!
Oh my goodness! I was weary to open the link because every other pizza crust for GAPS out there calls for eggs, which I and my son are allergic to. But I’m so happy excited to try this you have NO Idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a great and easy idea! I love butternut squash on its own, and to think of pairing it with pizza toppings makes my heart flutter….hehe. A bit overstated, but this looks really cool. I love your blog, by the way. I’ve been visiting for a while, but this is my first comment.
WOW, this is super neat! I can’t wait to try this!! Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest!
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I have a garden full of butternut squash. I’m so excited to try this! I would love it if you visited my new Gluten-Free Monday party at OneCreativeMommy.com and linked up this and any other idea you would like to share. I hope to see you there.
This is such a neat idea!
This looks great. I have another squash in my kitchen that I will try this with. I cut out grains 2 weeks ago, so I’m looking for all new recipes.
These look really good!!
I love it because it’s so simple! I’m blogging at http://www.acraftygourmet.com. You’re site looks great! Looking forward to reading more.
What a cool idea. The look so cute! Thanks for linking up to Healthy 2Day Wednesday! Hope to see you back this week.
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These were amazing and my kids loved them too! I am soooo excited to make these again as they were SO easy!! Thanks for posting!
So happy you enjoyed them! And they are super fun for kids, because they are “personal-sized” and they can add what toppings they like. Thanks for the comment!
Just shared on FB! I love this! Almost featured it on my Wed post the other day
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Thanks for sharing it, Adrienne!
Just made the same thing but with eggplant! Eggplant is way easier to peel and slice, so I think we’ll stick with that variation.
What a great idea! That is a good point about the eggplant being easier to slice, but butternut squash provides a more sturdy base for toppings.
I’m looking forward to trying this! I once saw a delicious sounding recipe for Pesto Butternut Squash Pizza. I made it once for a group of friends, but it was a lot of work. You might like my gluten free adaption of it Pesto Squash and Chicken over Rice
Mmmm… pesto butternut squash pizza sounds delish! I’ll have to give that a try with this crust. Your chicken recipe sounds yummy, too!
SO COOL!!!!
Lauren, I just checked my stats and I’ve been getting loads of views from here – thank you so much for referencing my Legal List! I didn’t notice when I first came over to look at your wonderful idea!
Hope you’re having a wonderful week x
I’m so glad! It is such a great resource!
such a great idea to use it as a pizza crust
I love the squash.
I saw this on Allergy Free Weds – if you’re interested, I also shared my recipes on there: my banana bread muffins and mocha banana protein soft serve. Have a great morning
Was completely skeptical about this, but I was a little desperate for pizza. Since I’m not doing grain at the moment, I decided to give it a try. I can’t tell you how absolutely delicious this is! Oh, wow! Topped with sauteed onions and peppers, i will def make again!
Oooh… your topping sounds delish! I’m so glad you enjoyed this!
How simple and so healthy! Thanks for linking up at H2W!
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Oh love BN squash too, have some on the stove right now. Thanks for the recipe.
“Oh my sweet Wesley, what have I done?” One of the best movies!
Great idea! Do you think these would do well if frozen as pre-made individual pizzas? If so would you cook them all the way and reheat or just par bake them on the first side then load with ingredients and freeze for later baking? Thanks.
I don’t know how well they would freeze, but that certainly is a good idea. I would suggest baking them until they are almost done and freezing them separated by wax/parchment paper. Before you are going to serve them, let them thaw completely, and finish baking them. Then add the toppings and broil. That is my suggestion, at least
trying this tonight!
thanks so much!
Great! I hope you enjoy it!
Hi Lauren,
Thank you for the recipe. I am grateful to have an easy Gluten Free option for pizza and have saved it for future reference.
We loved “Princess Bride” as well and watched it over and over until my youngest daughter could recite the entire dialogue with drama and actions. We also enjoyed “Willow” with Val Kilmer and “Lady Hawk”.
hi lauren,
great idea! i recently tried this and i couldn’t get mine to get crispy.. any advice?
Hi Heather! It doesn’t get super crispy, but I here are my suggestions to make it more crispy. You can try preheating the cookie sheet with some coconut oil while you are preheating the oven. And since oven temperatures vary, you can try raising the oven temperature for the last 10 minutes or so of baking. Hope this helps!
We made these tonight with ghee, marinara and raw goat cheese. Everyone, including my younger kids were begging for more! Thank you for the great recipe!
Brilliant…simply brilliant!
I just introduced my daughter to the joys of Princess Bride and we’ve been enjoying regular movie nights watching it OVER and OVER again.
For our next movie night, I’m DEFINITELY going to make these, as she’s been begging for pizza, but I’m not eating grain these days, so thank you so much, Lauren!
If you’re wanting to link it up to more sites, it would fit perfectly with the “Thank Goodness It’s Monday” link carnival. As you wish.
Love the idea. I am all about simple. We haven’t liked the almond flour or coconut flour crusts. I tried this with tomato sauce and Daiya cheese. Turned out wonderfully.
THIS is AWESOME…thanks, I have MS and am always looking for healthy ways to fix things and eating more things with nutrition for the family too.
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