Pizza FTW

When I first came to the vegan lifestyle, after I had made it through about a month or two of the probationary period of getting my taste buds accustomed to not having meat or dairy (did you know that you get a new set of tastebuds every 10 to 14 days?), I always said that the one food that I really missed was pizza.  Something about the mixture of flavors and textures with the gooeyness of the cheese, carby-ness of the crust, and savoriness of the sauce and toppings just makes pizza complete perfection.  However, I went a good few years without any pizza as I try to stay away from enriched wheat flour and lately have been eating mostly gluten-free.  While perusing the aisles of my local Sprouts, I ran across these babies.

Rustic Crust Wheat-Free, Gluten-Free Pizza Crust

The ingredients are pretty simple, including white rice flour, tapioca flour, water, soy flour, guar gum, soy oil, salt, spices, and raw cane sugar.  Excited to try these out I bought them and have since repurchased to make several pizza varieties.  The most recent I topped with organic pasta sauce, Daiya vegan cheese (mozzarella variety), spinach and mushrooms.  I've also used Victoria Vegan Alfredo sauce as a base and added olives.  You can really use whatever toppings you'd like and treat it like any other pizza! 

I have to say that when buying these you do need to look and try to buy a package in which the crusts aren't cracked or broken in two.  Because of the lack of gluten or other non-vegan binders in these crusts they do seem to crumble more easily.  Once cooked and crisped up a bit, though, I didn't find that the crust fell apart or needed to be eaten with a fork.  These will definitely become a staple in my quick vegan dinner rotation!