The Bad and Good

I've been craving pizza for a few days now so I decided to experiment with yet another gluten free pizza dough. I had some brown and white rice flour in my pantry so I made a flax egg and got to kneading. The dough was very light and I realized that rice flour is used in a lot of tempura because it's light and airy. I kind of had a feeling I was going to have issues but I had already committed to this dough. I let it rest, rolled it out as best I could, baked it a little bit on it's own, then topped it with lentil sausage, red onions, chopped black olives, garlic, and vegan shreds.

The toppings were great! I even made a quick homemade pizza sauce. But the crust was such a fail. I ended up just eating the top of the pizza! The crust was getting too done in some parts but the center was gummy and underdone. It was a mess. Veganism has never really been a struggle for me once I got over the initial cheese detox, but gluten free has been a huge challenge. I think a gluten free all purpose flour blend is best for pizza dough. But that's how you learn things in the kitchen. You have to have some fails!

Luckily I had this in the freezer to soothe my nerves! I found this at Winco for under three dollars. And they have vegan Ben&Jerry's for under four dollars! This is amazing. It's a rich, dark chocolate with pieces of chocolate truffle  throughout. I NEEDED chocolate if you know what I mean and this satisfied that craving! And it's great because it's so rich it kind of stops you from eating too much!

Joan loves it when I open the kitchen window. She sits in judgment of the whole neighborhood! She likes to keep an eye on the neighborhood cats that I feed. She also hisses at my neighbors as they come and go!!
Mofo starts tomorrow!!!