Last night for the fun of it we decided to make dinner as a family. Of course whats funner than letting the little (and not so little) ones put together their own pizza. There’s nothing like flour and cheese all over the place to make the kiddos happy. However pizza is hardly healthy eating. In an attempt to make it a bit lower in carbs and lower fat I picked up light mozzarella cheese and substituted steak tomatoes for the crust. Wow, talk about delicious. I am not even a tomato lover but these babies were to die for. Meanwhile I saved about 400 calories and over 70g of carbs with this simple substitution and it took only about 5 minutes to assemble. Let me know what you think if you give it a whirl.

No Crust Pizza

Ingredients:

Large tomato
Pepperoni
Marinara Sauce of your choice
Mozzarella cheese
Italian seasonings

Directions:

Cut tomato in approximately 1/4 inch slices.

Smooth 2T of marinara sauce atop the tomato slices.

Top with grated mozzarella and pepperoni and finish with sprinkles of garlic salt and basil.

Bake for 8 minutes at 400 degrees or 12 minutes under the broiler set on high.

As pictured here 2 Slices made with Ragu traditional sauce & reduced fat mozzarella (1.5 oz):

Calories 226; Fat 13; Carbs 8.85; Fiber 2; Protein 17; Weight Watchers Points Plus: 5.5