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Healthy Pizza! Low carb, low fat, high protein for your weight loss goals!

Is there such thing as a healthy pizza? Most people like to get stuck into a pizza with extra toppings once in a while. But what if you are on a weight loss (fat loss diet)? Do you cut out your favourite foods altogether? Or do you find an alternative?

Below is a healthy alternative to greasy pizza that you can eat (on more than the odd occasion) during your diet!

 

Things You’ll Need:

Chicken breast

Tomato puree

Peppers

Olives

Spinach

Onion

Cheese

Mushroom

Sweetcorn

Oregano or mixed Italian herbs

Garlic powder or crushed garlic.

 

You can add other favourite ingredients as well, but be conscious of this decision, especially if you are dieting, because all those extras can quickly add up.

Putting Your Healthy Pizza Together:

First off, wash and flatten the chicken breast. Place the chicken breast on a flat surface and cover with cling film. Grab something heavy; a chair leg, book, shoe… but a rolling pin would be ideal! Gently tap the chicken until it is about 1 cm thick all over. Take care not to damage the chicken breast too much as this will serve as our pizza base.

Put a good helping of tomato puree into a bowl and mix in the garlic powder or crushed garlic to taste. (If you are not a garlic lover, you may want to skip the garlic since it is not essential although it will really add to the taste.)

Go back to the chicken breast. I find that this method works better if you use the “underside” of the chicken breast, i.e. not the smooth side. With the chicken breast flat on a surface (smooth side down), spread the tomato purée evenly over the full surface and put into a fridge while you prep the rest of the toppings. By doing this, it gives the chicken breast chance to absorb some of the flavour.

Slice the peppers, olives, onions and mushrooms and tear the spinach up into small pieces.

Take the chicken breast that you prepared earlier out of the fridge and sprinkle with oregano or Italian seasoning (this gives it a “Pizza” flavour).

Layer on the toppings. I find it best to layer on the spinach then peppers first. Then the rest of the topping in any order.

Sprinkle with low fat grated cheese (this will bind the topping together). You can put a small layer of cheese after the spinach and peppers but be aware of the amount of cheese you put on if you are on a fat loss diet.

Cook in the oven on 180c for 30-35 mins or until the chicken is cooked thoroughly. Make sure that the chicken breast is cooked thoroughly before serving.

I would serve this with a Jacket potato if I was not being crab-conscious. However, when served on its own, it contains low fat, low carb and high protein!

Enjoy!

healthy pizza

As always, I’m happy to hear your experience. Please, let me know how it worked out for you.

Good luck!