A tale of 2 pizzas

Wow, I think it has been about 3 weeks since I have posted on my blog!  I will admit it is hard to keep up, especially with how busy our lives can get.  But nevertheless that is no excuse!  I have so many things to talk about since my last blog! I have new ideas, new revelations, and new recipes for living gluten-free that I can't wait to mention!

Since going gluten-free, my husband and I have experimented with a few recipes and ideas.  But sometimes, as you know, there comes a time when you just are not prepared.  Sometimes, no matter how much you plan and prepare for food, you get home from a wrestling tournament at 10:00 with nothing to really eat.  Are we the only ones that happens to?  Normally, in our non-gluten-free days we would resort to our all-time favorite stuffed crust pizza from Pizza Hut (I know yuck).  But instead of giving in to temptation, we decided to experiment with the gluten-free options in our wonderful capital city of Springfield.  Who says you can't order pizza on a gluten-free diet!  We actually have 2 restaurants in Springfield that offer gluten-free pizza: Monicals and Godfather's.  Because we are on a journey to determine ways to eat gluten-free in our community, we made the ever so tough decision to try both pizza places and compare the two.  So we tried both pizzas, not in the same evening obviously, but over the course of a few days and we discovered a few advantages and disadvantages. 

First, I will take a moment to discuss Monicals gluten-free pizza. When calling in our order, we were offered only 1 size option, which was 10 inches.  Now this might be enough for 2 people, but not when you have a very hungry wrestling coach who needs mucho calories to maintain his weight. Not fair.  Anyway 10 inches simply is not enough pizza for the two of us, but that was only size option as the crust came pre-made.  We decided to order sausage, but as far as toppings go there is really no limit to what you can order! After about 20 minutes we ventured out to pick up our gluten-free pizza, restaurant style.

 Overall, this pizza was okay.  It was somewhat of an acquired taste, but one could definitely tell the difference between the gluten-free crust and the regular pizza crust.  We were not completely impressed with this option, and the cost for the 10 inch pie was around $12.00.  Next up was Godfathers!

Godfather's gluten-free pizza was similar to Monicals in that the only size option you could order was 10 inches.  The cost was close to $11, but with tax almost exactly the same price as the Monical's option.  However, when we picked up the pizza we found something very interesting on the pizza box!

Do not cross contaminate!! I loved this sticker!! I thought that was a nice way to show gluten-free eaters that they are paying close attention to special diets.  This meant many points for the Dietitian observer.  We chose pepperoni as our topping, but again all toppings were unlimited as they were all gluten-free options.  This pizza actually scored better than the Monical's option.

Doesn't it look more appetizing? This pizza tasted better, and the crust seemed more like "real" pizza crust.  Therefore, when comparing the two gluten-free pizza joints in town Godfather's pizza came out ahead.  As with many gluten-free cheat foods, they just don't taste the same.  Yet sometimes you need the option to have pizza, or brownies, or a cookie and when the time strikes it is nice to know that those options exist in Springfield.