And There Was Pizza…

I’m 3 days into Cycle 3 and loving the increase in food and the variety I can now have. I was not kidding when I said that pizza was what I missed the most. It is my desert island meal… I could eat pizza every day for the rest of my life. So… getting my pizza to fit within the 17 day diet meal plan was easy!

Ingredients:
1 Middle East Baking Company Carb Watch Whole Wheat Pita
2 Tablespoons Muir Glen Organic Pizza Sauce
1/2 Small Yellow Onion
1 Dorat Chopped Basil Cube
2 Dorat Crush Garlic Cubes
1 Cup Fresh Spinach
6-8 Grape Tomatoes
1 Serving Low Fat Mozzarella Cheese
2 Shakes Reduced Fat Parmesan Cheese
1 Teaspoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper to Taste

Slice onions and saute in olive oil and add the frozen cubes of garlic, basil and salt and pepper. Cook over medium/low heat until translucent.

Put sauce on the pita bread. No need to pre-cook, the pitas are thin enough that they get crispy all the way through.

Place the onion mixture on top of the sauce, measure out a single portion of mozzarella cheese and sprinkle with one shake of reduced fat parm.

Set the handy dandy GE Profile Advantium Oven (ours is an older model) to the pizza setting… (Best money we ever spent – a speedcook oven that uses light to cook things up to 8 times faster than a conventional oven.) The oven uses special metal pans… think crispy pizza, browned biscuits, cookies, and grilled chicken in minutes… it’s awesome!

Turn the dial to select deli/fresh (there are 5 or 6 pizza settings including frozen, thin crust, thick crust and by size) and 5:28 minutes later… j/k, it was 5:30, but I missed the shot… You could also use your regular oven set at 350 degrees for between 8-10 minutes – maybe less depending on how your oven cooks.

While my pizza was cooking, I sauteed some grape tomatoes and cut up spinach in a non-stick pan with some olive oil cooking spray. Spinach burns with the oven’s high heat, so I like to cook my toppings separately.

Oh dear pizza… how I love thee…

In my belly…

Don’t mind if I do… 35 days without pizza and my craving was totally satisfied. So amazing that 4 decent slices of pizza hovered around 300 calories and was less than 22 g of carbs… with 7 g of fiber. I’m not tracking calories or fiber, but wanted to calculate it for people that are.

I am feeling more and more like Cycle 3 is a way of life… the first 2 Cycles, no way… they were pretty restrictive and it bummed me out how exhausted I got from working out for only 17 minutes. Add more food, several carb and dairy servings and my exercise mojo is back – the workouts feel great!

Not sure what’s up next on the “must create” food list – but I’m thinking it will include whole wheat pasta.

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    • Aim on September 6, 2011 at 6:05 pm

    This looks yummy! I’d make it for sure.I’m more of a veggie pizza lover than meat any day.

      • foodiddy on September 6, 2011 at 7:13 pm
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      Me too! Even when I go for sinful pizza, mine is always meatless. Nothing beats a delicious cheese pizza!

    • Dave2 on September 6, 2011 at 6:57 pm

    I’m torn.

    It doesn’t look bad. It actually looks very good.

    But…

    LOW CARB WHOLE WHEAT PITA CRUST AND LOW-FAT CHEESE?!? This makes me cry inside just a little bit.

      • foodiddy on September 6, 2011 at 7:12 pm
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      I understand you being torn… Make yours with a regular pita and fresh or full fat Mozz. Much better than frozen for sure! I’m just trying to lose weight, something definitely not on your “to do” list…pudding boy!

    • Dubu on September 7, 2011 at 9:54 am

    The pizza looks soooo good and flavorful!!! To bad computers don’t have smellivision. 🙂

    • Kristen on September 8, 2011 at 4:12 pm

    I want a bite…. 🙂

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