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Thai-Style Veggie Pizza

Pizza doesn't always have to be made with tomato-based sauce and mozzarella cheese, just try our Thai-inspired makeover version. This 20-minute vegetarian pizza recipe uses an Italian bread shell, bottled peanut sauce, and purchased shredded carrots and will open up your eyes to non-traditional pies.


Ingredients 2 serving

  • 1 (8 inch) Italian bread shell (such as Boboli brand)

  • ½ cup sliced fresh shiitake or button mushrooms

  • ⅓ cup fresh pea pods, cut into thin strips

  • 2 tablespoons coarsely shredded carrot

  • 2 tablespoons sliced scallion

  • 2-3 tablespoons bottled peanut sauce

  • 1 tablespoon chopped peanuts

  • Fresh cilantro leaves


Prep Ready In

20 m 20 m

  1. Preheat oven to 450°F. Place bread shell on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 5 to 7 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp. Meanwhile, lightly coat an unheated medium nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Preheat the skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms, pea pods, and carrot; cook about 2 minutes or just until tender. Stir in scallion. Remove from heat.

  2. Carefully spread the hot bread shell with peanut sauce. Top with the hot vegetable mixture; sprinkle with peanuts and cilantro leaves. Cut in half to serve.


Nutrition information

  • Serving size: ½ pizza

  • Per serving: 283 calories; 10 g fat(3 g sat); 3 g fiber; 40 g carbohydrates; 11 g protein; 19 mcg folate; 0 mg cholesterol; 5 g sugars; 1,620 IU vitamin A; 10 mg vitamin C; 121 mg calcium; 2 mg iron; 634 mg sodium; 184 mg potassium

  • Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin A (32% daily value)

  • Carbohydrate Servings: 2½

  • Exchanges: 2½ starch, 1½ fat, ½ vegetable


Source: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/270436/thai-style-veggie-pizza/


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