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Apr 29

Breakfast Pizza MEATZA (a low carb, low calorie, gluten free, grain free twist on breakfast pizza!)

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I love breakfast foods!  Breakfast pizza is a super yummy treat but eating it too much isn’t going to do anything nice for your waistline or your health for that matter lol!  It is basically a pizza crust loaded with breakfast toppings if you have never heard of it before.  So I used the traditional ingredients: eggs, cheese, sausage, bacon, and veggies as my inspiration but I swapped out the high carb, white flour laden crust for a lean sausage crust.  That is why it is called a MEATZA because it is breakfast PIZZA with a MEAT crust 🙂 Everything else you would find in a breakfast pizza is still in there including the delicious taste!! I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.  It will fill you up but not out because it is packed with lots of lean protein-yay!!!

 

ingredients:

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5 ounces (half a roll) of lean turkey sausage (I used Jennie-O lean breakfast sausage

3 strips bacon (I used precooked so cook it first if you do not use precooked)

1 cup chopped mushrooms (can substitute in peppers, onions, tomatoes, zuccini, asparagus-whatever you like but mushrooms are a pretty classic breakfast pizza topping!)

1 cup of 2% shredded cheese (any variety you prefer-I used mozzarella)

12 tablespoons liquid egg whites

17 slices of turkey pepperoni (or half of package if you use the exact brand I used)

Salt, pepper, & minced garlic (optional but yummy!!)

 

Preheat at oven to 400.

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Cook mushrooms (or your veggies of choice) in a pan using nonstick spray plus as much garlic as you want, pepper, & a tiny amount of salt (trust me everything else you’re adding has salt so go very light on veggies or leave it out altogether and salt it after tasting final product).

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In a square or round baking dish or pie pan press the uncooked sausage evenly across the bottom of pan and up the sides a little.

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Evenly add mushrooms next.

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Then cooked bacon (cut or crumbled up), pepperoni, egg whites, then finish with the cheese.

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Bake for 32-35 minutes or until top is browned and sausage is cooked.  Let cool several minute then enjoy!  Feel free to make this the night before because this reheats really well in microwave and it also doubles easily for a rectangular dish or pan if you need more servings.  This is also a really nice lazy weekend breakfast or brunch recipe but it’s certainly easy enough for weekdays too! 😉

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Makes 2 generous servings! (Look at the layers of deliciousness!!)

Per serving:

388 calories

19 grams fat

5 grams carbs

0 grams fiber

50 grams protein!!

 

 

 

 

 

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