Cottage Cheese Protein Pizza
8
Points®
Total time: 45 min • Prep: 5 min • Cook: 40 min • Serves: 2 • Difficulty: Easy
Yes, when you make a pizza crust out of cottage cheese, you get 28g of protein for half of a plain pizza. And you thought cauliflower was versatile!
Ingredients
Olive oil cooking spray
4 spray(s)
1% low fat cottage cheese
1 cup(s)
Egg
2 item(s), large, beaten
Dried oregano
1 tsp
Garlic powder
¼ tsp
All-purpose flour
½ cup(s)
Store-bought pizza sauce
¼ cup(s)
Shredded part skim mozzarella cheese
⅓ cup(s)
Grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
1 Tbsp
Fresh basil
10 leaf/leaves
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 375ºF. Line a large sheet pan with parchment paper and coat with olive oil spray.
2
In a medium bowl, stir together the cottage cheese, egg, oregano, and garlic powder. Fold in the flour until combined.
3
On lined pan, spread cottage cheese mixture in a thin circle to form pizza dough base. Bake 20 minutes, until edges are browned.
4
Top with pizza sauce, mozzarella, and Parmigiano. Lightly spray with olive oil.
5
Bake another 12 or 18 minutes, until cheese is melted and browned.
6
Serving = 1/2 of pizza
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