When I see something on food tv that's not gluten free or FULL of dairy my brain instantly goes into Ingredient Swap Mode. What can I use that I can eat for that? This recipe had both of those challenges. However, the swap for the flour was easy just using gluten free flour instead, duh. The more challenging swap was the dairy. (TMI. Yogurt, like cow's milk yogurt, does NOT like me.) When I was in the "healthy" section at the supermarket today shopping for a yogurt swap I found a "Coconut Milk yogurt alternative". Yay!
All of the gluten free Bisquick on the shelf at the supermarket was expired! Naturally, I pulled all of the expired boxes off the shelf and left them on floor. W T F, people. Don't you have computers to remember when products are going bad?! (When I worked in retail we'd get an email from the home office and it would say something like: Go get SKU #blah blah and check the date. If any of the products are out of date destroy them. Not rocket science.) Anyway... I had rely on my own pantry for the flour. I was able to use up a 1/2 cup of gluten free Bisquick and the rest of a box of Aldi gluten free pizza crust mix. I don't feel bad about using two different products for the crust. It got two boxes out of my pantry. Okay, I admit it, I was a little worried but SPOILER ALERT... the pizza came out great!
I followed along with the show using my TiVo to watch and pause when I was ready to go into my kitchen and proceed with the recipe. I used my swaps, added salt and pepper and a drizzle of olive oil to the top, and baked it at 450 degrees for 12 to 14 minutes.
Ta-DA!! Fresh basil and sprinkle cheese for the WIN. The moral of the story is to take chances... it might turn out great! (I think that's good advice for life too.)
