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Barbecue chicken pizza

September 13, 2019

Recipe

The combination of vegetables, lean chicken and low-fat cheese makes this pizza a healthy, well-balanced meal.

Serves 4

If you're using a pizza stone, heat it in the oven before you put the pizza on it to bake.

Heat the oven to 400 F.

Spread the sauce evenly over the pizza crust. Add the pepper, tomato, mushrooms and chicken. Drizzle barbecue sauce over the pizza and top with cheese.

Bake about 12 to 14 minutes. Cut the pizza into 8 slices and serve.

1 cup tomato sauce, no salt added
One 12-inch thin, whole-grain pizza crust
1 green pepper, cut into rings
1 tomato, sliced
1 cup mushrooms, sliced
4 ounces cooked chicken breast, sliced about 1-inch thick, with all visible fat removed
4 tablespoons barbecue sauce
1 cup shredded, reduced-fat mozzarella cheese (about 4 ounces)

DASH Eating Plan Servings

1 Dairy foods (low-fat or fat-free) Fats and oils Fruits 1 Grains and grain products 1 Meats, poultry and fish Nuts, seeds and dry beans Sweets 3 Vegetables

Diabetes Meal Plan Choices

Fats Dairy foods (low-fat or fat-free) Fruits 2 Meat and meat substitutes Milk and milk products 3 Nonstarchy vegetables 1 Starches Sweets, desserts and other carbohydrates

Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid Servings

1 Carbohydrates Fats Fruits 1 Protein and dairy Sweets 3 Vegetables

Nutritional analysis per serving

Calcium 261 Calories 28 g Total carbohydrate 41 mg Cholesterol 5 g Dietary fiber 2 g Monounsaturated fat Potassium 21 g Protein 3 g Saturated fat 2 slices Serving size 475 mg Sodium 7 g Total fat