"Realgood Pizza Co" Cauliflower crust Pizza

I wasn't planning a blog post / review when I started
this, so I didn't take a picture before I opened the box.

So let me start by saying no one asked me for this review, no one is paying me for this review, and most likely no one will want this review...but I feel like writing it anyway.

So today, I was craving pizza. I hadn't figured out what I was making for supper and I had already planned to run by the grocery store on the way home from the office. I am trying to cook at home more (have cooked 16 out of the last 18 days!) so I went to the store planning to get ingredients to make homemade pizza.   I was also diagnosed Type 2 diabetic in Oct, so I'm trying to stick with a low carbs lifestyle.  I don't like the word diet because a diet has always ended up being short-term in my life. I am making a lifestyle change, and going with the motto of that I am "Eating to Live, Not Living to Eat".

Now I'm not a college student anymore, so I'm not an expert on pizza. But I do like pizza, and when I want pizza, I want good pizza.  I rarely buy frozen pizzas, because when I want pizza I either pay a "professional" or I make homemade pizza. Since Oct, I have been "adjusting the diet" that when I wanted pizza, I would do a Boat Load of Meats on a Thin & Crispy crust. I would then only allow myself to eat the crust on every other piece.  The thin crust is carbs, but so thin that it's much less carbs than other choices.  I haven't tried homemade pizza since the diagnosis.

So back to homemade pizza for supper...My first stop was my local Kroger. Now, I admit I am a lover of the Kroger Click! service, but today I wasn't prepared ahead enough to order online, plus I needed to see my options since I had decided to try my first cauliflower crust pizza attempt!  I had seen recipes, but my Facebook Friends said there was an Cauliflower crust option at Kroger so decided I would start there.

I gathered some pizza sauce, some pepperoni and diced ham...some mushrooms, 2 types of cheese.  I knew what other ingredients I had at home and was really looking forward to this homemade pizza.

I get to the frozen food section where I'm told I can find this cauliflower pizza crust.  All I can find is cauliflower frozen pizzas, meaning they already have the toppings.  There some empty shelves, so it is possible that Kroger were out of the just crust, since they are calling for more snow and people hear snow and go into "we must run to the grocery store and buy a month's worth of groceries".  So frozen pizza, cauliflower crust...choices are: Veggie or Cheese.  Now if you noticed the list of toppings I had gathered, you know I'm a meat eater. I like my veggies, but I like some meat on the pizza as well.  After examining my options, I decide to put back the pizza sauce, cheese, and mushrooms and just 'doctor' the veggie pizza.

Let's take a side trip about 'doctoring pizza' for a second.  I am the daughter of the King of Doctoring Frozen Pizza.  My dad used to go to the store and I am pretty sure he brought the cheapest frozen pizza they had...I'm talking so no-name brand the store didn't want to claim it!  Then he would bring it home and "doctor it". I have had Hot Dog pizza. I have had Sloopy Jo Pizza. I have had corn and green beans on a pizza.  If it was leftover in the fridge and he thought it would work, it went on the pizza.  Honestly, until I had a friend over and she commented on "Hot Dog & Corn Pizza", I thought everyone ate hot dogs and corn on their pizzas!

I get home, preheat the oven and add pepperoni, diced ham and a bit more cheese to my Veggie Cauliflower Crust Pizza.  Bake for 16 minutes. Check it, looks good...The directions say let it rest for 1 minute.  The first thing I notice when I cut it is the lack of sauce. It doesn't seem to have any runny sauce pooling up as I slice the pieces.  Oh and I cut it in half then in lines...more like cheese bread than pizza slices (that's important later on...)  I take the first bite...First impression is..."Lisa, you're eating to live, not living to eat. Some changes are necessary to live to see Grandchildren".  I plow through the the first piece, and by the end I'm thinking "I wish I had kept the jar of pizza sauce in the cart to dip this in."  The flavor isn't bad.  Now it's not my Boat Loads of Meats from my local Mom & Pops place, but it's not bad...if you like dry pizza.  For the next piece, since I started out with 2 on my plate...I end up tearing it apart with my fork looking for the sauce.  I never found it.  So anyone want 3/4 of a pizza?!  Stop by, it's untouched.

I'm not a fan of wasting food. Normally my lunches at the office are leftovers. But I'm not sure I'm going to put this pizza in the fridge for tomorrow. If I used the Movie scale, it would be a Thumbs Down or Rotten Tomato from me!

So going forward I will get a recipe for a cauliflower crust and try to make my own, complete with sauce and my toppings.  I also know I can try a crust-less pizza, so that will be another attempt.  If all that fails, I am not deleting my local favorite from my phone directory!