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Sunday 24 March 2013

Healthy cheesy crust pizza.

This one is unfortunately not for the vegetarians, or the lactose intolerant, but it's really tasty and really filling.

My kryptonite food is cheesy crust pizza. Some days it's really tough to not have things like that, so I've developed my own healthy alternative which, while it's not quite the same as the fat-laden version, satisfies my cravings nicely.

So, here's what you're going to need (you can substitute some of the toppings, but remember to keep it healthy, low fat and high protein. The whole thing is 510 calories, and provides a decent amount of your daily nutritional requirements without excess fat and sugar. I could only eat half of what this recipe made, making this a 255 calorie meal for me that filled me right up. Awesome stuff.

3 wholemeal mountain bread wraps (the really thin ones)
Philadelphia extra light spreadable cream cheese
Light mozzarella, shredded
Fresh baby spinach leaves, washed (spinach is grown in sand, so make sure you wash it well and drain away the excess water)
50g thinly sliced low fat ham
Turkey breast steaks, pan fried and diced
Pizza sauce, any will do, but don't use barbecue sauce because it's full of sugar.

Start with just one mountain bread wrap on an oven tray. spread some of the philly extra light cream cheese onto the mountain bread, very thinly.
top with another mountain bread and repeat, this time adding a single layer of shredded light mozzarella. (the cheese should not pile up, just one shred thick, all over.
Top again with another mountain bread.
Spread a thin layer of pizza sauce over this mountain bread and begin layering toppings. I started with a layer of spinach leaves, one leaf thick, covering the entire mountain bread. I thin sliced the low fat ham into thin ribbons and spread that over the top of the spinach. After that, the diced turkey, quite liberally all over it, and then just a small handful of light mozzarella all over the top.

Bake at 200C for 15 minutes and you're done!

I sliced this into 4 and could only eat 2 slices!