pizza pizza!
pizza can be both easy and healthy. this recipe in fact, comes in so low in fat, i simply had to add a cheese. lots of options, so experiment.
get a fresh pizza dough. i got mine from trader joe's. whole foods has a good one too, but not hte one near my house. not sure about our local coop. top with:
- 3/4 C pasta sauce simmered with 1.5 Ts tomato paste (available in tubes rather than cans, how handy!) and minced garlic
- 3 slices of turkey bacon, minced and then cooked
- thinly sliced red onion (100g)
- thinly sliced red bell pepper (130g)
when the pizza is nearly done (about 10 minutes or so, according to the package), top with:
- a nice fist full of spinach, chopped (or you may prefer to have a spinach salad on the side)
- 50g (2oz) of goat cheese in small dollops (or wait and sprinkle some parmasean)
makes three 438 calorie servings:
- fat: 10g, 20%
- net carbs: 78g, 61%
- fiber: 11g
- protein: 21g, 19%
variations: skip the bacon to lose 5g of protein and make it 17% and up the net carb calories to 64%; add vegetables by making a salad with more spinach;
other topping suggestions:
- sundried tomatoes (perhaps replacing the fat in the cheese)
- artichoke hearts (replacing the fat in the cheese)
- mushrooms (100g portabello or crimini has 3g protein and no fat, so a good replacement for the bacon)
- chopped kalamata olives (cheese replacement)
