Delicious Paleo Pizza Crust Recipe - The Best Grain-Free, Dairy-Free Pizza (2024)

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Can you have pizza on a paleo diet? ›

Wait, I can eat pizza on the paleo diet?!

Sure can! You just have to make sure you skip a dough with wheat and gluten and dairy (dairy-free mozzarella is surprisingly easy to find these days). But vegetables and pepperoni are totally allowed for topping.

Classic pizza dough is made with just flour, water, salt, and yeast. Some versions add olive oil. This creates a chewy texture, but needs a long slow rise to develop flavor. Adding milk to bread dough tenderizes it, makes it less stretchy and chewy.

In most cases, gluten free pizza is made with a combination of gluten free flours and starches like rice flour, almond flour, potato starch, and tapioca starch. These are combined with wet ingredients like oil and flavorings like sugar and salt. Some recipes also use yeast to give the dough some rise.

A Paleo-diet purist will tell you no, all cheese should be avoided on a Paleo lifestyle. Paleolithic humans didn't milk cows or process dairy. This is one case in which keto diet rules are much more lax than paleo.

Whole wheat pizza crust can be healthier than regular white crust, but not always. For example, whole wheat pizza crust typically contains more fiber, whole grains, and other vitamins and minerals than white crust.

Shredded Chicken Pizza Crust. This pizza crust alternative is known as a “no-carb” pizza crust. True, containing only 1 gram of net carbs, this crust is the lowest carb pizza crust you can make.

Cauliflower crust can serve as a great base for pizza toppings, and it can be made at home or purchased in stores. A popular choice is Trader Joe's cauliflower pizza crust, which is gluten-free and is also relatively low in calories and fat.

Any pizza dough with a complex flavor has been slow-fermented. All this means is that the yeast it contains has had ample time to eat the simple sugars in the flour. The longer the yeast has had to feast – ideally 24 to 48 hours – the lighter and more flavorful the pizza dough will be.

Vinegar: Strengthens gluten and helps dough to rise higher. May enhance yeast activity in small amounts, or is at least unharmful. Retards yeast in large quantities. From a teaspoon to a tablespoon per loaf is typical, depending on the flavor desired and the vinegar being used.

How do you eat dairy free pizza? ›

Cheese-Free Pizza

My favorite thing to order is no-cheese pizza, which pretty much any Italian or pizza restaurant will do upon request. I get a mini or personal pizza size pizza and just ask for sauce and toppings. One of my favorite combinations is artichokes, tomatoes, spinach, fried eggplant, onion, and chicken.

Our Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix is wheat free, dairy free, whole grain and can be made without eggs. Top with your favorite sauce and gluten free toppings and savor how delicious homemade pizza can be.

Crust: Tapioca Starch, Water, Eggs, Olive Oil, Cheddar Cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), Mozzarella Cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), Milk, Parmesan Cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes).

There are more vitamins and minerals in cauliflower than in wheat-based dough, so you get more nutrition from eating cauliflower crust pizzas and avoiding gluten. If you are trying to avoid the effects of gluten and feel better in a healthy way while still enjoying pizza, cauliflower crust is a great option.

Mozzarella is not paleo. Dairy ingredients like mozzarella are generally avoided on a paleo diet.

The typical paleo diet focuses on naturally raised meat and fish, as well as vegetables and fruits. It promotes avoiding dairy products and grains. This diet can put you at risk for deficiencies in calcium and vitamin D, which are critical to bone health.

While the spices used in pepperoni are generally considered Paleo-friendly, the presence of nitrites and nitrates may discourage some adherents. However, there are now Paleo-approved pepperoni options available that use natural alternatives or avoid these additives altogether.

The diet excludes cereal grains, legumes, dairy, processed oils, refined sugar, alcohol, caffeine, artificial sweeteners, and trans fats. Some paleo-friendly foods include lean meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds.