Clean Eating: Low Carb Pizza

Drat! I knew I was going to blog this meal, and I was so excited about making it, I forgot to take pictures of the process. So, I'm blogging this anyway, and hopefully, I'll remember to take some pictures when I make this next time. In the meantime, here is a picture of the finished product, and it was delicious.

Ingredients:
For crust:
1 eggplant, peeled
1 egg
1 oz. pork rinds
2 oz. mozzarella cheese

For toppings:
2 medium tomatoes
1/4 cup fresh basil
1 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 clove garlic
1/2 lb turkey sausage (make your own)
2 bell peppers
1 onion
8 oz. mushrooms
2 oz. mozzarella cheese


Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 F.

To make crust, grate peeled eggplant using the large grate option. Dry grated eggplant on paper towels. Place in a large bowl. Grind pork rinds in a food processor until consistency of bread crumbs. Add to eggplant. Grate mozzarella cheese and add to eggplant mixture. Add egg and stir to combine.

Spray a large skillet with cooking spray and place over medium-high heat. Add eggplant mixture to pan, and press to make an even layer. Cook until edges start to brown. Turn eggplant patty over on a plate and slide back into the pan to cook the other side. Do not fully brown other side of patty as it will continue to cook in the oven. Remove from heat.

Wash tomatoes and cut off top stemmed area. Cut an X in the bottom of the tomato. Add to a pot with water. Place over high heat and bring to boil. Boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and place in ice bath to cool tomatoes. Once cool enough to handle, peel tomatoes and place in food processor. Add basil, garlic, sea salt and pepper. Pulse grind until it becomes a sauce.

Coat a medium pan with cooking spray. Cook onions, bell pepper and mushrooms until softened. Remove from pan. Using the same pan, cook turkey sausage (prepped from this link) until browned, breaking until chunks while it cooks.

Add tomato sauce to top of eggplant patty. Top with sauteed veggies and turkey sausage. Grate mozzarella cheese on top. Bake in oven for 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted and starting to brown.


Nutrition Facts
Serves 4
Serving Size 308.8g
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Calories - 267
Calories from Fat - 115
Total Fat - 12.8g
Saturated Fat - 6.1g
Cholesterol - 107mg
Sodium - 805mg
Total Carbohydrates - 14.1g
Dietary Fiber - 5.6g
Sugar - 4.6g
Protein - 28.2g
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Vitamin A - 14%
Vitamin C - 33%
Calcium - 26%
Iron - 12%