Cauliflower Pizza Bites

When I am trying to eat better (ie: more veggies less chocolate) then I find it really helpful to have healthy snacks available for when I get the munchies. When I want something to snack on, I want it NOW. 

Let me start off by saying, these tasted very good.

And...they were fairly simple to make.

And....they are a great, healthy alternative for a snack.

And... they freeze well so can be on hand for those cravings.

Now...that being said....I probably won't be making them again anytime soon.

Why?

 Well...let me show you a photo...

This is my mini muffin tin in the aftermath of these pizza bites.

I had to scrub out 24 tiny little circles and 12 tiny little squares.

I mean...S-C-R-U-B...

Not cool.

The cauliflower mixture really cooked right onto the pans.

Oddly enough, the pizza bites popped right out the pan (after I ran a butter knife around the edge of each one) and held their shape great. Still...I'm not big on having to scrub out 36 little muffin tins. If I can figure out how to make these WITHOUT having to clean the pans...then I will definitely make them again.

I don't know that paper liners would work.... I think the cauliflower mixture would stick to the paper.

Hmmm....any ideas?
(UPDATE: Sue and I did some experimenting with the ideas that our blog readers suggested to help with clean up. Click HERE!!! to see what worked!)

Cauliflower Pizza Bites

(From Healthy DAMY )

UPDATE -  I just wanted to let everyone know that Amy, from the Healthy Damy website has asked that we don't share the recipe from her site with our readers but, rather, we provide the link to her site so that you can visit her to see the recipe.

Click HERE to get the recipe.
 I just wanted to add that if you would like to make the recipe as we did you simply have to add 36 slices of turkey pepperoni to the list of ingredients.

 

(Just waiting for the pepperoni and then into the oven...)

Place a slice of the turkey pepperoni on top of the "dough" in the muffin tin.

Bake at 450 for 25 - 30 minutes, until golden brown.

Remove from the oven and let sit in the pan for about 5 - 10 minutes before removing. If you take them out while they are too hot they will fall apart.

Now, at this point I went off point from the original recipe. I found when I removed the bites they were still really pale on the bottom. I left them on the cooling racks, placed the cooling racks onto a cookie tray, and placed the cookie tray under the broiler for a few minutes to crisp/brown up the bottom of them.

These are great served with a pizza or pasta sauce for dipping.

See..they look really cute, and they tasted great, and they are healthy, and..well...there are lots of reasons to make these and eat them.

I (or someone...) just needs to come up with a solution to the clean up mess.

I just really do not like having to scrub out pans.

Nutritional info, according to Fitday, is 297 calories, 21 carbs, 45 protein - for the entire recipe. If you divide that by 36 servings - 8.2 calories, 0.5 carbs, 1.25 protein per bite.

If you would like to see the original recipe and some really great photos of this recipe then check out Healthy DAMY . My attempt looks pretty sad compared to hers but...the still tasted great!

Sue and I have made a different yet similar concept of this with our Cauliflower Crust Pizza. You can click the link to see that version for something a little different.
You can see what worked for us, after some experimenting, to avoid the dreaded clean up issues by clicking - HERE!