zucchini cottage cheese pizza crust

Name: zucchini cottage cheese pizza crust
Ingredients: 1 pound zucchini (about 2 medium), trimmed; 1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided; 1 cup cottage cheese (I always use Good Culture); 1 large egg; 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning; Freshly-ground black pepper; 4 ounces low-moisture mozzarella cheese, grated (1 cup), divided; 1/3 cup pizza or marinara sauce; Fresh basil and red pepper flakes, for serving

further proof that pizza is always the answer

whole zucchini cottage cheese pizza sitting on a wooden cutting board

I recently had a grocery delivery mishap that left me with a whopping sixteen zucchini instead of four ?! So I combined the cottage cheese flatbread trend with my zucchini crust pizza recipe (remember when veggie pizza crusts were all the rage?!) and created this thin-crust, protein-packed pizza that I know you’re going to love. It’s salty, it’s cheesy, and it uses a full pound of zucchini. …