Chicken Pizza

Alight, so I tried another recipe from Linda’s Low Carb website, Chicken Pizza.  I really liked the idea of the recipe, which is why I made it, but some of the topping on her version were not my favorite, so I changed it up a little for my tastes.  Here we go!

Ingredients:
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts (4-5)
Pizza Sauce
Toppings Desired (I used peperoni and black olives)
Mozzarella cheese, shredded
Italian Seasoning
Garlic Salt



Place the chicken breast on a piece of plastic wrap and fold it over the top of the chicken.

Using a meat tenderizer, pound the chicken as thin as possible without tearing (which is super easy to do.) I was able to make it about ¼ inch think.

Place the chicken on a baking sheet (I used the stone bar pan). If you are using a cookie sheet, you may want to line it in foil. I was able to fit five flattened chicken breasts, but it will depend on their size.

Season both sides of the chicken with Italian seasoning and garlic salt.



Top with pizza sauce, pizza toppings, and mozzarella cheese.

Bake at 400˚ F for 10-12 minutes.

I really liked these, and it’s pretty nice because you can vary it up with a ton of different toppings!  Next time I might try BBQ sauce, chopped bacon, with mozzarella cheese for a BBQ Chicken Pizza.  One of the things Linda's Low Carb commented on was that if you use veggies like onions or peppers, then you need to chop them pretty fine in order for them to become somewhat tender due to the short baking time.

Depending on the sauce amounts, this recipe is very Atkins friendly.  The pizza sauce I purchased was 6 carbs per ¼ cup of sauce.  Not too terribly bad, especially if you use far less.  Happy eating!

Yummy Recipes for Low Carb-ing It!

Recently I have been trying different recipes trying to find some variety instead of just eating a hamburger or a chicken breast.  When you are living the low carb lifestyle, sometimes it gets a little boring trying to find great meals.  For those who do not know, eating “low carb” means almost no carbohydrates…i.e., no bread, pasta, rice, chips, or anything related to the sugar family (cake, ice cream, cookies, brownies, etc.)!  It has been tough seeing as I’m such a sugar addict, but overall, it has been fairly easy.

To date, I have lost 20 pounds, and I started on January 17, 2012!  Anyway, onto the reason for the post.  I had some super yummy dinners in the last few nights!  I made parmesan crusted pork chops and roasted veggies and cheesy hamburger broccoli bake.  Very different from each other, but both were good. 

Parmesan Crusted Pork Chops and Roasted Veggies

Need:  boneless pork chops, mayo, parmesan cheese (powdered in a can), veggies (whole mushrooms, onion, zucchini, pepper), olive oil, garlic, and garlic salt.

Chops:  coat the pork chops in mayo and then coat in the parmesan.  Bake at 350 for 40 min.

Veggies:  chop veggies into bite sizes (leave mushrooms whole and onions in chunks), toss in olive oil and garlic with garlic salt to taste.  Place on/in a stone dish/bar pan and bake at 350 for 45-50 min.

Next time I might add a little garlic salt to the parmesan just to see, but it tasted yummy without it!

Cheesy Hamburger Broccoli Bake

This was a recipe from Linda’s Low carb (http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/cheesy_hamburg_broccoli_cass.html) that I changed up a very little bit.  I used fresh mushrooms and I doubled the recipe so that I could have leftovers.  It was really good!  I had a friend over and made rice for her to go with it and if I did that again, I’d make a little more sauce for her to have that be a little more creamy for her.  It was plenty creamy for me (as I didn’t eat rice).  Next time, I’ll salt and pepper the meat a little more, it needed just a little dash of something more.  I did, however, add garlic salt to it just prior to baking, and I liked that.

Although I liked this recipe, it didn’t reheat all that well.  If I made it again, I’d only make enough for one sitting.

Next up…Chicken Pizza (literally!)…