Oh how I long for a medium (or large) pan pizza, with bacon, mushroom, and smothered in cheese...from...well you know where. Where a serving size is one slice and as many calories in that one slice as I would have in a whole meal. What to do...
Make a pizza using a pita. We used to make pizzas with pitas years ago. It is so quick and easy. I used pizza sauce from a can, which I'm not especially fond of, and will now make up a batch of homemade sauce to have on hand...but that's another blog.
I had the larger size pitas on hand and added some sauce. On one pizza, (yes I made two...how could I not?) I added 1 slice of bacon cooked crisp in the microwave, fresh mushrooms and 15 grams of partly skim mozzarella cheese. On the other pizza I added fresh basil and 10 grams of freshly grated parmesan.
Cook the under the broiler until the cheese starts to melt and bubble. Watch closely since they can turn from done to well burnt in a matter of seconds.
A great alternative to satisfy the pizza craving, and the bonus is... if you have ever had pizza in Rome from the little cafes on street corners, you would almost think that's where you were...almost.
| Food | Weight | Serving | Points | Calories |
| Pita | 75 g | 1 large | 6 | 200 |
| Pizza Sauce (Primo) | 60 ml | 1/4 cup | 1 | 30 |
| Bacon | 8 g | 1 strip | 2 | 43 |
| Mushrooms (fresh / sliced) | 70 | 1 cup | 0 | 16 |
| Parmesan cheese | 10 g | 2 Tbsp | 1 | 44 |
| Mozzarella cheese (part skim) | 15 g | 2 Tbsp | 1 | 38 |
| Basil | 2.5 g | 5 leaves | 0 | 0 |
| Pizza with basil and parmesan | 8 | 274 | ||
| Pizza with bacon and mushroom | 10 | 327 |
