Second Carbquik attempt: Pizza!

RT said:

I welcome any hints/tips on how I might have done this differently, and
especially hints from others who have tried the product.

I really would add some baking powder if it's not rising properly.

Good luck!
Carol
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Damsel in dis Dress said:

RT said:

I welcome any hints/tips on how I might have done this differently, and
especially hints from others who have tried the product.

I really would add some baking powder if it's not rising properly.

Proper pizza dough rises due to the yeast in it.

Priscilla

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RT said:

I welcome any hints/tips on how I might have done this differently, and
especially hints from others who have tried the product.

I really would add some baking powder if it's not rising properly.

Proper pizza dough rises due to the yeast in it.

Ever try club soda to help the dough rise?

Regards,
Gunn

if you want to eat a freaking pizza then order a good thin new york
style one and have at it. why waste your time or calories with some
freaky low-carb attempt? i just don't get it.

billydee said:

if you want to eat a freaking pizza then order a good thin new york
style one and have at it. why waste your time or calories with some
freaky low-carb attempt? i just don't get it.

It's called trying to lose weight. Witness the "diet" part of this
group's name.
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Tarkus said:

billydee said:

if you want to eat a freaking pizza then order a good thin new york
style one and have at it. why waste your time or calories with some
freaky low-carb attempt? i just don't get it.

It's called trying to lose weight. Witness the "diet" part of this
group's name.

Yeah, but sometimes is it worth it? If you're really cutting carbs, then
eating a low carb pizza is worthwhile, but sometimes you can get away with
the high carb version.

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Dude, forget pizza.

Go Stromboli.

Get a low-carb tortilla - add cheese, low carb marinara, pepperoni, onion,
mushroom, black olive, whatever you like on a pizza. Nuke or bake a bit,
then fold up into a stromboli.

The problem with low carb pizza is it concentrates on the WRONG part of the
pizza. People want toppings, not crust. The crust is a topping carrier, an
enabler for the sweet goodness of mozzarella and tomato sauce, olives and
sausage, onion and pepperoni.

Who the hell ordered pizza with "extra crust"? NOBODY.

Venger

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Ok, the pizza didn't quite come out like it looked in the pictures :-)

I had a heck of a time spreading the pizza onto the pan, but I think I got
my proportions wrong. (Not to mention that I have problems even with the
Pillsbury type dough). When using flour, are your cups supposed to be
tightly or loosely packed? The package said knead the dough for 3

minutes,

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making sure it is dry. It wasn't quite, still felt moist, so I shook a bit
more mix onto it. That extra bit I think killed some of the consistency.

Anyway I rolled it out onto some Release foil, and I think I barely got it
to 12", fairly thin, and no "bunching" at the edges. Put some tomato

sauce,

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cheese, and turkey pepperoni, and some Pizza Seasoning. Baked at 450 for

12

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minutes.

It came out decent, didn't really rise that much but then again I didn't
really bunch or roll it at the edges like I think you are supposed to.

Some

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bites are a little dry, but at least when are dry they taste like white
flour and not bitter soy flour like the Keto mix :-)

I'll definitely try it again, and the other recipes, provided I don't

shoot

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up 5 lbs in the next couple of days.

I welcome any hints/tips on how I might have done this differently, and
especially hints from others who have tried the product.

I'd say it came out between a cheap frozen pizza and the [Pillsbury?]

dough

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from the can, but I really think that if I understood how the dough was
supposed to feel, etc, I could have made it come out much better.

Richard
247/192/175

Venger said:

The problem with low carb pizza is it concentrates on the WRONG part of the
pizza. People want toppings, not crust. The crust is a topping carrier, an
enabler for the sweet goodness of mozzarella and tomato sauce, olives and
sausage, onion and pepperoni.

If one must have a pizza with a crust, try a thin layer of meat (ground) as a
crust or bake an eggplant "pizza" with a layer of eggplant on the bottom, then
tomato sauce, then veggies/meat/cheese on top. Bake until crispy. Serve in
triangles for the "pizza" look. You can make almost anything "pizza style"
without a crust.

I've seen the carbquick site, and it looks like a lot of hype to me. They are
very ambiguous about their ingredients, and to be quite honest, "carb count"
notwithstanding, it really is NO better nutritionally than plain old pizza crust.

Venger said:

Dude, forget pizza.

Go Stromboli.

Get a low-carb tortilla - add cheese, low carb marinara, pepperoni, onion,
mushroom, black olive, whatever you like on a pizza. Nuke or bake a bit,
then fold up into a stromboli.

The problem with low carb pizza is it concentrates on the WRONG part of the
pizza. People want toppings, not crust. The crust is a topping carrier, an
enabler for the sweet goodness of mozzarella and tomato sauce, olives and
sausage, onion and pepperoni.

Who the hell ordered pizza with "extra crust"? NOBODY.

Umm, hate to burst your bubble here, but LOTS of people order "extra
crust" via side orders of breadsticks.

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Venger

Bob in CT said:

Tarkus said:

billydee said:

if you want to eat a freaking pizza then order a good thin new york
style one and have at it. why waste your time or calories with some
freaky low-carb attempt? i just don't get it.

It's called trying to lose weight. Witness the "diet" part of this
group's name.

Yeah, but sometimes is it worth it? If you're really cutting carbs, then
eating a low carb pizza is worthwhile, but sometimes you can get away with
the high carb version.

Sure, but if you can make a good LC version, you can get away with it a
lot more often, and with less guilt.
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sh0rtcircuit (Deb) said:

Venger said:

Dude, forget pizza.

Go Stromboli.

Get a low-carb tortilla - add cheese, low carb marinara, pepperoni, onion,
mushroom, black olive, whatever you like on a pizza. Nuke or bake a bit,
then fold up into a stromboli.

The problem with low carb pizza is it concentrates on the WRONG part of the
pizza. People want toppings, not crust. The crust is a topping carrier, an
enabler for the sweet goodness of mozzarella and tomato sauce, olives and
sausage, onion and pepperoni.

Who the hell ordered pizza with "extra crust"? NOBODY.

Umm, hate to burst your bubble here, but LOTS of people order "extra
crust" via side orders of breadsticks.

Not to mention thick crust, Sicilian and hand tossed. If nobody cared
about crust, all pizzas would come with thin crust. It would certainly
be cheaper for the restaurants.
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"Bob in CT" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Tarkus said:

billydee said:

if you want to eat a freaking pizza then order a good thin new york
style one and have at it. why waste your time or calories with some
freaky low-carb attempt? i just don't get it.

It's called trying to lose weight. Witness the "diet" part of this
group's name.

Yeah, but sometimes is it worth it? If you're really cutting carbs, then
eating a low carb pizza is worthwhile, but sometimes you can get away with
the high carb version.

Use a portabella mushroom instead of a crust with flour. Put on some sauce,
and whatever other toppings you want to "kick it up a notch" I don't miss
pizza crust at all.

Regards,
Gunn

I've used a whole wheat, low carb tortilla, about 6 net carbs, spread about
2 Tbsp. of pizza sauce on it, 3 net carbs per 1/4 cup, so I didn't even have
that much. Top with mushrooms, pepperoni, and mozz. cheese. Bake about 10
min. It was great and about 10 net carbs!

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Tarkus said:

On 7/26/2004 11:06:13 AM, billydee wrote:

> if you want to eat a freaking pizza then order a good thin new york
> style one and have at it. why waste your time or calories with some
> freaky low-carb attempt? i just don't get it.

It's called trying to lose weight. Witness the "diet" part of this
group's name.

Yeah, but sometimes is it worth it? If you're really cutting carbs,

then

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

eating a low carb pizza is worthwhile, but sometimes you can get away

with

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

the high carb version.

Use a portabella mushroom instead of a crust with flour. Put on some

sauce,

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and whatever other toppings you want to "kick it up a notch" I don't miss
pizza crust at all.

Regards,
Gunn

Gunnloth said:

Use a portabella mushroom instead of a crust with flour. Put on some
sauce, and whatever other toppings you want to "kick it up a notch" I
don't miss pizza crust at all.

What a great idea!
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Not like going down to the pond and chasing bluegills and tommycocks.
This shark, swallow you whole. No shakin', no tenderizin', down you go."

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Hi Richard

Did you try and make anything else with the Carbquik. I made the brownies
and the chicken pot pie which were both very good.

Mary

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Ok, the pizza didn't quite come out like it looked in the pictures :-)

I had a heck of a time spreading the pizza onto the pan, but I think I got
my proportions wrong. (Not to mention that I have problems even with the
Pillsbury type dough). When using flour, are your cups supposed to be
tightly or loosely packed? The package said knead the dough for 3

minutes,

Quoted message said:

making sure it is dry. It wasn't quite, still felt moist, so I shook a bit
more mix onto it. That extra bit I think killed some of the consistency.

Anyway I rolled it out onto some Release foil, and I think I barely got it
to 12", fairly thin, and no "bunching" at the edges. Put some tomato

sauce,

Quoted message said:

cheese, and turkey pepperoni, and some Pizza Seasoning. Baked at 450 for

12

Quoted message said:

minutes.

It came out decent, didn't really rise that much but then again I didn't
really bunch or roll it at the edges like I think you are supposed to.

Some

Quoted message said:

bites are a little dry, but at least when are dry they taste like white
flour and not bitter soy flour like the Keto mix :-)

I'll definitely try it again, and the other recipes, provided I don't

shoot

Quoted message said:

up 5 lbs in the next couple of days.

I welcome any hints/tips on how I might have done this differently, and
especially hints from others who have tried the product.

I'd say it came out between a cheap frozen pizza and the [Pillsbury?]

dough

Quoted message said:

from the can, but I really think that if I understood how the dough was
supposed to feel, etc, I could have made it come out much better.

Richard
247/192/175

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Bob in CT said:

Tarkus said:

On 7/26/2004 11:06:13 AM, billydee wrote:

> if you want to eat a freaking pizza then order a good thin new york
> style one and have at it. why waste your time or calories with some
> freaky low-carb attempt? i just don't get it.

It's called trying to lose weight. Witness the "diet" part of this
group's name.

Yeah, but sometimes is it worth it? If you're really cutting carbs, then
eating a low carb pizza is worthwhile, but sometimes you can get away with
the high carb version.

Sure, but if you can make a good LC version, you can get away with it a
lot more often, and with less guilt.

You'd have less guilt if you just avoided pizza altogether and went to
the gym more often. Pizza is not diet food and LC Pizza is not really
pizza so why not juse eat something else?

billydee said:

You'd have less guilt if you just avoided pizza altogether and went to
the gym more often.

Thanks, JC.

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Pizza is not diet food and LC Pizza is not really pizza so why not juse
eat something else?

Who cares whether or not it's a pizza if you like it? Why are you hung
up on labels?
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billydee said:

You'd have less guilt if you just avoided pizza altogether and went to
the gym more often.

Thanks, JC.

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Pizza is not diet food and LC Pizza is not really pizza so why not juse
eat something else?

Who cares whether or not it's a pizza if you like it? Why are you hung
up on labels?

Why are you not losing weight?

billydee said:

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billydee said:

You'd have less guilt if you just avoided pizza altogether and went to
the gym more often.

Thanks, JC.

Quoted message said:

Pizza is not diet food and LC Pizza is not really pizza so why not juse
eat something else?

Who cares whether or not it's a pizza if you like it? Why are you hung
up on labels?

Why are you not losing weight?

Who said I'm not losing weight?
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