A High Protein Low Calorie Pizza?  Why yes, you can have your pizza and eat it too! 

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Truthfully, I am a pizza lover to my core. I don't think there is one right way to have pizza (although I'm sure many would argue with me on that). I love thin crust, deep dish, thick crust, and cauliflower. Really, I'm in it for the sauce and toppings so deliver that on whatever you want and I'll be happy.

When I started my lifestyle change and diet about 7 months ago, pizza was one of the first things I stopped making. The calories were adding up too fast. I was so excited when I first discovered the two ingredient pizza dough from WW, but I still felt like there was room for nutritional improvement. Now, when developing recipes, I heavily consider the taste:nutrition ratio. I don't like to make my taste buds suffer to cut a few calories BUT I want to make sure it is balanced and filling. 

This pizza hits all of the check marks on my list. It's large, filling, flavorful, low fat, and tastes like PIZZA. The protein packed crust is made from Kodiak Protein Pancake mix and greek yogurt (hey don't knock it until you try it).  You can switch out the toppings to whatever you'd like.

Topping Ideas

• sauteed mushrooms - turkey sausage
• roasted butternut - fat free ricotta
• ground chicken -bbq - gorgonzola
• peppers - sauteed spinach - mushroom - shallots
• olives - feta - roasted red peppers

Yield: 1

Author: Fit Happy Foodie

HIGH PROTEIN LOW CALORIE PIZZA

A high protein, low fat and 400 calorie pizza that will satisfy your pizza cravings WHILE staying in your calorie budget.

prep time: 10 Mcook time: 15 Mtotal time: 25 M

ingredients:

Dough

• 1/2 C Kodiak Protein Pancake Mix
• 1/2 C Non-Fat Greek Yogurt

Pizza Toppings

• 1/2 raw Chicken ausage
• 1/2 C Fat-Free Cheese, I use FF Cheddar (Kraft) and FF Feta
• 1/4 C Pizza Sauce
• Sliced Onion
• Fresh Herbs

instructions:

How to cook HIGH PROTEIN LOW CALORIE PIZZA

1. Pre-heat oven to 450°. Make sure one rack is centered in the oven.
2. Mix all dough ingredients together. Shape dough into a ball and place on parchment paper. Using another piece of parchment paper on top, flatten and roll out using a rolling pin or bottle until it is about 1/4 thick. Remove top parchment paper and you are ready to add toppings.
3. Start but spreading  the pizza sauce evenly on the dough. Add cheese and sliced onion. I like to make tiny meatballs with the chicken sausage. If you are using a pre-cooked one, you can slice it thinly.
4. Cook with parchment paper, directly on the oven rack. I cooked mine for about 12-15 minutes, depending on how well done you like your pizza.
5. When the pizza is finished, top with fresh herbs and a little Parmesan.

Calories
400

Fat (grams)
5

Sat. Fat (grams)
0

Carbs (grams)
43

Fiber (grams)
6

Protein (grams)
49

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 This is seriously one if the best things I've ever made. I needed a recipe that was quick and didn't have a lot of ingredients. Indian food is always so tasty but definitely heavy on the fat scale. I usually order this dish or the Chicken Korma when I go out, but I don't know if I will ever pay again for this at a restaurant! Making this low-fat was easy, and although I thought it would effect the flavor, I really didn't seem to notice. The original recipe called for 6 TB of Butter but I used 1 TB of Butter and 1 TB of EVOO. I hope you guys like this.. I also made rice but the actually chicken part only took me 15 minutes, start to finish.








Low-Fat Balti Butter Chicken 

• 1 C Plain non-fat Yogurt
• 1 Can of Diced Tomatoes
  (I used 1/4 C Pasta Sauce because that's all I had... Still delicious!)
• 1/2 C Plain Almond Milk
• 1/2 C Raisins
• 1/2 Almond Meal
• 1½ tsp Chilli powder
• ¼ tsp Ground cloves
• ¼ tsp Ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp Garam masala (if you don't have it, make your own here)
• 1/2 tsp Cardamon 
• 1 tsp Ginger pulp
• 1 tsp Garlic, minced
• 1 TB Butter + 1 TB EVOO
• 1 Chicken Breast, cubed

1. In a bowl combine all ingredients except Tomatoes, Chicken, Butter, and EVOO
   Stir until combined
2. Add Chicken to mixture
3. Heat a frypan with Butter and EVOO on Med-High
4. Add Mixture from bowl, add tomatoes
5. Stir-fry for 8-12 minutes, (until chicken is done) 
6. If you want the sauce a little thinner, you can add a splash more Almond Milk
   
   That's seriously it. It has so many spices that if you don't have one, just add more of another (I liked adding extra Cardamon! I added Raisins to mine but I bet you could sub that for mango and it would still be delicious!  

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