Flax+Pizza


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Flax Cracker Base** Either use your own flax cracker recipe, flax crackers you already have, or use this recipe. 1/2 cup flax seeds 1/2 cup flax meal 6 medium tomatoes 1 cup sun-dried tomatoes, soaked 2 hours or more 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1/4 cup fresh basil 3 tablespoons dried Italian herb mix 3 medium onions 1 clove garlic • Grind all ingredients in a food processor • Spread evenly and thinly over 2 Paraflexx dehydrator trays, right to the edges and then use a knife or spatula to score into individual squares. • Dehydrate at 105 degrees for 3 hours then invert onto another mesh dehydrator tray to finish drying in the dehydrator for a further 10 – 18 hours. 1/2 cup pine nuts 1/2 cup macadamias 2 teaspoons lemon juice 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons nutritional yeast 1/4 cup water • Grind all ingredients in a food processor. 4 medium tomatoes, de-seeded 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, soaked 2 hours or more 1 soft date 1 clove garlic 2 teaspoons olive oil 1 tablespoon fresh basil 1 tablespoon dried oregano 2 teaspoons lemon juice • Blend all ingredients in a high-speed blender until smooth. 2 cups basil, tightly packed 1 tablespoon minced rosemary 1/4c pine nuts 1T olive oil 1/4t salt 2t lemon juice • Pulse all ingredients in a food processor until broken down, but leaving some texture to the finished pesto. Assembly • Start with the flax cracker as a base to which you’ll add a layer of the nut cheese spread. • Next comes the tomato sauce and then top off with some pesto. • Garnish with olives, capers and a sprinkle of Italian seasoning. Variation: This recipe works great using marinated whole mushrooms as a base instead of flax crackers. • Marinate 12 mushrooms in 1/4c tamari and 1/4c olive oil for 2 hours or more. Fill the mushroom caps with the nut cheese, tomato sauce and pesto. Going heavier on the amount of pesto works really nicely with mushrooms. • Once the mushrooms are stuffed, place in the dehydrator at 105 degrees F to warm through for 1 – 2 hours. []
 * Pine Nut Cheese Spread**
 * Tomato Sauce**
 * Pesto**