{"id":5723,"date":"2011-09-06T17:56:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T01:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/?p=5723"},"modified":"2011-09-06T17:56:49","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T01:56:49","slug":"and-there-was-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/?p=5723","title":{"rendered":"And There Was Pizza…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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!<\/p>\n

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Ingredients:<\/strong>
\n1 Middle East Baking Company Carb Watch Whole Wheat Pita
\n2 Tablespoons Muir Glen Organic Pizza Sauce
\n1\/2 Small Yellow Onion
\n1 Dorat Chopped Basil Cube
\n2 Dorat Crush Garlic Cubes
\n1 Cup Fresh Spinach
\n6-8 Grape Tomatoes
\n1 Serving Low Fat Mozzarella Cheese
\n2 Shakes Reduced Fat Parmesan Cheese
\n1 Teaspoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
\nSalt and Pepper to Taste<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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

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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.<\/p>\n

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Set the handy dandy GE Profile Advantium Oven<\/a> (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!<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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Oh dear pizza… how I love thee…<\/p>\n

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In my belly…<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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!<\/p>\n

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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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 … <\/p>\n

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