Cheesy Pepper and Mushroom Pizza
- 1 1/2 c Flour (or a little less)
- 1/2 ts Sugar
- 3/4 c Lo-fat Cottage cheese,draine
- Egg
- 1 ts Dried Basil, crushed
- Med Green / Sweet Red Pepper
- 1 c Shredded Mozzarella Cheese *
- 1 pk Active dry Yeast
- 1 ts Cooking oil
- 1 tb Cornmeal
- 2 tb Grated Parmesan Cheese
- Clove Garlic, minced
- 1 c Sliced fresh Mushrooms
* part-skim
For crust, mix 3/4 cup of the flour, the yeast, sugar, and 1/4 t salt.
Add oil and 1/2 cup warm water (120-130 deg). Beat with electric mixer on
low speed 30 seconds, scraping the bowl. Beat on high speed 3 minutes. Stir
in as much of the remaining flour as you can. Then, knead in enough
remaining flour to make a moderately stiff dough that is smooth and
elastic (5 minutes total). Shape into a ball. Place in a greased bowl;
turn once. Cover; let rise in a warm place till double (about 30 minutes).
Punch down. Cover; let rest 10 minutes.
On a floured surface roll dough into a 14" circle. Place on a pizza pan
sprayed with Pam and sprinkled with the cornmeal. Build up edges slightly.
Bake crust in 425 deg F oven about 10 minutes or lightly browned.
In a blender combine cottage cheese, egg, Parmesan cheese, basil, garlic,
and 1/8 t pepper. Cover; blend till smooth. Spread over hot crust. Cut
green pepper into rings. Place atop pizza with mushrooms. Sprinkle with
Mozzarella. Bake in 425 deg oven till hot.
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Per serving: 224 calories, 15 g protein, 26 g carbohydrates, 7 g fat, 60
mg cholesterol, 356 mg sodium, 212 mg potassium.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmlofat3.zip
Culled from the Better Homes & Gardens "Diet Recipe Card Library".
For crust, mix 3/4 cup of the flour, the yeast, sugar, and 1/4 t salt.
Add oil and 1/2 cup warm water (120-130 deg). Beat with electric mixer on
low speed 30 seconds, scraping the bowl. Beat on high speed 3 minutes. Stir
in as much of the remaining flour as you can. Then, knead in enough
remaining flour to make a moderately stiff dough that is smooth and
elastic (5 minutes total). Shape into a ball. Place in a greased bowl;
turn once. Cover; let rise in a warm place till double (about 30 minutes).
Punch down. Cover; let rest 10 minutes.
On a floured surface roll dough into a 14" circle. Place on a pizza pan
sprayed with Pam and sprinkled with the cornmeal. Build up edges slightly.
Bake crust in 425 deg F oven about 10 minutes or lightly browned.
In a blender combine cottage cheese, egg, Parmesan cheese, basil, garlic,
and 1/8 t pepper. Cover; blend till smooth. Spread over hot crust. Cut
green pepper into rings. Place atop pizza with mushrooms. Sprinkle with
Mozzarella. Bake in 425 deg oven till hot.
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Per serving: 224 calories, 15 g protein, 26 g carbohydrates, 7 g fat, 60
mg cholesterol, 356 mg sodium, 212 mg potassium.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmlofat3.zip
Culled from the Better Homes & Gardens "Diet Recipe Card Library".
