Diabetes Recipes: Two-Cheese Pizza
Serve your pizza with fresh fruit and a mixed green salad garnished with red beans to balance your meal.
Ingredients (Serves 4)
You'll need the following ingredients:
- Whole-wheat flour
- 1 can (10 ounces) refrigerated pizza crust
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup low-fat ricotta cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 small onion, minced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
- 4 ounces shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese.
- 2 cups chopped mushrooms
- 1 large red pepper, cut into strips.
Procedure
Here what you need to do:
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Spread whole-wheat flour over working surface. Roll out dough with rolling pin to desired crust thickness.
- Coat cookie sheet with cooking spray. Transfer pizza crust to cookie sheet. Brush olive oil over crust.
- Mix the ricotta cheese with the dried basil, onion, garlic, and salt; spread this mixture over crust.
- Sprinkle crust with mozzarella cheese. Top cheese with mushrooms and red pepper.
- Bake for 13 to 15 minutes until cheese melts and crust is deep golden brown.
- Cut into eight slices.
Nutrition Information
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Serving size
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2 slices (1/4 of pie)
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Calories
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351
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Carbohydrate
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34 grams
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Protein
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18 grams
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Fat
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16 grams
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