Fresh Vegetable Pizza from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Fresh Vegetable Pizza Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

2 fresh pizza bread shells - (4 oz ea)
Olive oil vegetable spray, as needed
1/2 tsp garlic powder, or to taste
1/2 cup grated part-skim mozzarella cheese
2 button mushrooms, thinly sliced
1 small yellow summer squash - (3 oz), thinly sliced
1 plum tomato - (3 oz), thinly sliced
1/2 green bell pepper - (3 oz), chopped
2 tbsp fresh basil chopped
1 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese

Recipe Instructions:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Place the pizza shells on a pizza stone or heavy non-stick cookie sheet.

Lightly coat shells with cooking spray and sprinkle each shell with 1/8 teaspoon of the garlic powder. Sprinkle each shell with 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese. Arrange the mushroom slices around the outside of the shell. Cover the shell with squash slices and then, tomato slices and bell pepper. Top with fresh basil, the remaining garlic powder, the remaining mozzarella cheese, and the Parmesan cheese. Coat again with cooking spray.

Bake for 12 to 15 minutes until vegetables are cooked and cheeses have melted. Cut in half and serve immediately.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Exchanges Per Serving: 2 1/2 Carbohydrate (2 bread/starch, 1 vegetable), 1 Fat.

Nutrition Facts: 260 calories (30% calories from fat), 6 g protein, 8 g total fat (2.6 g saturated fat), 36 g carbohydrates, 4 g dietary fiber, 9 mg cholesterol, 233 mg sodium.

Source:
"Diabetic Recipes at http://www.diabetic-recipes.com"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"07-17-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© Diabetic-Lifestyle, 2001"

Servings: 4

"Enchant, stay beautiful and graceful, but do this, eat well. Bring the same consideration to the preparation of your food as you devote to your appearance. Let your dinner be a poem, like your dress."

~ Charles Pierre Monselet

 

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