Healthy High Protein Pizza w/ Chickpea Crust
My high-protein healthy pizza recipe w/ chickpea crust: you can eat it whenever you feel like it, without feeling guilty! Higher in fiber and lower in calories and fats compared to the traditional ones, this recipe will satisfying all your pizza cravings and make you feel good at the same time!
Equipment
Ingredients
Pizza Crust
- 1 cup Chickpea Flour
- 1 cup All-Purpose Flour
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 cup Water
Pizza Sauce
- 28 oz Whole Tomatoes canned
- 1 can Tomato Paste
- 2 or 3 cloves Garlic
- 1 handfull Fresh Basil
- 1 tsp Oregano dried
- ½ tsp Salt
Topping
- 1 can Chicken or sub chickpeas or tofu pepperon
- 2 oz Fresh Mozzarella or nutritional yeast
- 2 hanfulls Spinach fresh
- ½ Red Pepper
- ½ Onion
- 2 oz Mushrooms
- 1 tsp Parmesan light, optional
- Fresh Basil and/or Oregano optional
- Red Pepper Flakes optional
- more Fresh Garlic optional
Instructions
Pizza Dough
- Preheat the oven to 450 ° F.
- Mix all the dry ingredients into a bowl.
- Add water, and make a dough with oiled hands.
- Split the dough into two parts.
- Roll the dough with a rolling pin on a flored surface.
- Carefully place the dough on a oiled backing tray (alternatively, place it on an iron cast pan, or on a round baking sheet).
- Bake it for about 10 minutes.
Pizza Sauce
- Throw the tomatoes into the blender.
- Add the tomato paste, garlic, basil, oregano, and salt.
- Blend it until smooth.
Topping
- Chop all the veggies.
- Add about ½ of the sauce on top of the crust.
- Top it with spinach.
- Top it with your protein source of choice.
- Add all the veggies, and then top it with the mozzarella cheese.
- Add basil and red pepper flakes.
- Put it again in the oven for about 20 minutes.
- If you like, finish it with a touch of parmesan cheese.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Healthy High Protein Pizza w/ Chickpea Crust
Amount per Serving
Calories
858
% Daily Value*
Fat
12
g
18
%
Saturated Fat
3
g
19
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
2
g
Cholesterol
95
mg
32
%
Sodium
2320
mg
101
%
Potassium
2088
mg
60
%
Carbohydrates
119
g
40
%
Fiber
17
g
71
%
Sugar
29
g
32
%
Protein
61
g
122
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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