What We’re Eating: SCD Almond Flour PizzaA few weeks ago, we received the news that my daughter could try four nuts based on her latest blood tests: pecans, walnuts, almonds and pine nuts. She still tested very allergic to peanuts, pistachios, cashews and hazelnuts. I was excited about this news, because our options are rather limited on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet without the ability to cook with nut flours. I went to Whole Foods to buy nuts only to find out that all packaged and most bulk nuts have warnings about possible contamination with peanuts and other tree nuts. I did not want to risk my daughter ingesting any peanut or tree nut particles, so I found almonds and pecans that have not come in contact with other nuts. I drove to Anna, TX to get pecans from Foster Crossing Pecans and I ordered almonds through JustAlmonds.com. A quick note: JustAlmonds.com‘s January special is 25% off natural almond flour, and you can get 10% off your first order if you subscribe to their newsletter. Unfortunately my daughter had a series of allergic reactions to the pecans and a small reaction to the pine nuts, but she seems to be tolerating the almonds so far. I am so happy about this! Since my daughter seemed okay with the almond test, I made this pizza for her: ![]() It was so easy to make! I put a handful of almonds into my Magic Bullet blender and was surprised how easily they converted to almond flour. When I did the same thing with pecans, the pecans became pecan butter quickly, but because the almonds are so hard, I could repeatedly grind them and never got butter. Ingredients CRUST 1/2 cup almond flour (I ended up using a full cup to get a dough-like ball) TOPPINGS Italian tomato paste – $1.99 at Dallas Whole Foods Market How to Make – Mix all of the crust ingredients together in a bowl. Start with 1/2 cup almond flour and add flour until you get a dough-like ball. My daughter loved this recipe. I loved it because it was easy to make. The crust tastes a bit like a wheat crust and it is very filling. The small pizza was more than enough for my daughter and me to share. Recipe Credit: John Higgins, John’s Pizza – SCDRecipe.com. Visit the site to get the original recipe. More from my siteThis entry was posted on Thursday, January 13th, 2011 at 12:55 am and is filed under What We're Eating. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Leave a Reply |
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