Lightened Up French Bread Pizza

The recipe Lightened Up French Bread Pizza could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in approximately 25 minutes. This recipe makes 2 servings with 209 calories, 12g of protein, and 5g of fat each. For $1.27 per serving, this recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is brought to you by Simple Nourished Living. 90 people found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up baguette, turkey pepperoni, low fat shredded mozzarella cheese, and a few other things to make it today. With a spoonacular score of 77%, this dish is solid. Try French Bread Pizza, French Bread Pizza, and French Bread Pizza for similar recipes.

Servings: 2

Preparation duration: 10 minutes

Cooking duration: 15 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 3 ounce piece whole wheat baguette (5 to 6 inches long)

¼ cup chopped green bell pepper

1/3 cup finely shredded low fat mozzarella cheese

½ cup low fat marinara sauce

¼ cup sliced mushrooms

1/3 cup sliced onion

12 slices turkey pepperoni

Equipment:

toaster

oven

baking sheet

frying pan

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. (I use my toaster oven.)Cut the baguette in half lengthwise. Place the halves on a baking sheet, insides facing up. Bake for 5 to 7 minutes, until lightly toasted.While the bread is toasting, lightly coat a nonstick skillet with spray and place it over medium heat. Add the onions, peppers and mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally until just tender, but not browned, about 5 minutes.Top each toasted baguette evenly with half the marinara sauce, then half of the vegetable mixture, then the cheese. Sprinkle evenly with oregano and crushed red pepper flakes, if using. Place the pepperoni over that, followed by the remaining vegetable mixture.Return the pizza to the oven and bake until the cheese is just melted and the bread is crisp, about 5 to 8 minutes. Serve immediately.Nutritional Estimates Per Serving (1 piece): 197 calories, 4 g fat, 29 g carbs, 3 g fiber, 12 g protein and 5 Points Plus.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. (I use my toaster oven.)

2. Cut the baguette in half lengthwise.

3. Place the halves on a baking sheet, insides facing up.

4. Bake for 5 to 7 minutes, until lightly toasted.While the bread is toasting, lightly coat a nonstick skillet with spray and place it over medium heat.

5. Add the onions, peppers and mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally until just tender, but not browned, about 5 minutes.Top each toasted baguette evenly with half the marinara sauce, then half of the vegetable mixture, then the cheese. Sprinkle evenly with oregano and crushed red pepper flakes, if using.

6. Place the pepperoni over that, followed by the remaining vegetable mixture.Return the pizza to the oven and bake until the cheese is just melted and the bread is crisp, about 5 to 8 minutes.

7. Serve immediately.Nutritional Estimates Per Serving (1 piece): 197 calories, 4 g fat, 29 g carbs, 3 g fiber, 12 g protein and 5 Points Plus.


Nutrition Information:

Quickview
220k Calories
13g Protein
5g Total Fat
29g Carbs
15% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
220k
11%

Fat
5g
9%

  Saturated Fat
2g
17%

Carbohydrates
29g
10%

  Sugar
4g
6%

Cholesterol
25mg
8%

Sodium
896mg
39%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
13g
26%

Vitamin C
21mg
26%

Folate
99µg
25%

Selenium
15µg
22%

Calcium
199mg
20%

Phosphorus
168mg
17%

Vitamin B1
0.25mg
17%

Vitamin B2
0.28mg
17%

Manganese
0.33mg
16%

Vitamin B3
3mg
15%

Iron
2mg
13%

Potassium
422mg
12%

Copper
0.24mg
12%

Fiber
2g
12%

Zinc
1mg
11%

Vitamin B6
0.18mg
9%

Magnesium
35mg
9%

Vitamin A
430IU
9%

Vitamin E
1mg
7%

Vitamin B5
0.6mg
6%

Vitamin K
4µg
4%

Vitamin B12
0.16µg
3%

covered percent of daily need
Widget by spoonacular.com

 

Suggested for you

Latin Chicken and Rice Pot
Pumpkin French Toast
Salisbury Steaks With Gravy
Parmesan Zucchini and Corn
Vietnamese Banh Mi Sandwich
Spinach Almond Crostini
Seasoned Green Beans
Creamed spinach grilled cheese sandwich
Three Cheese and Chicken Stuffed Shells
Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes
Food Trivia

In the U.S., Childhood Food Allergies Cost Nearly US$25 Billion Every Year.

Food Joke

December 1 Blanch carcass from Thanksgiving turkey. Apply gold leaf, turn upside down and use as a sleigh to hold Christmas Cards. December 2 Have Mormon Tabernacle Choir record outgoing Christmas message for answering machine. December 3 Using candlewick and handgilded miniature pine cones, fashion cat-o-nine-tails. Flog Gardener. December 4 Repaint Sistine Chapel ceiling in ecru, with mocha trim. December 5 Grind lenses for new eyeglasses. December 6 Fax family Christmas newsletter to Pulitzer committee for consideration. December 7 Debug Windows '98 December 10 Align carpets to adjust for curvature of Earth. December 11 Lay Faberge egg. December 12 Take Dog apart. Disinfect. Reassemble. December 13 Collect dentures. They make excellent pastry cutters, particularly for decorative pie crusts. December 14 Install plumbing in gingerbread house. December 15 Replace air in mini-van tires with Glade "holiday scents" in case tires are shot out at mall. December 17 Blow glass Christmas tree ornaments. Cut tree in Montana. December 19 Adjust legs of chairs so each Christmas dinner guest will be same height when sitting at his or her assigned seat. December 20 Dip sheep and cows in egg whites and roll in confectioner's sugar to add a festive sparkle to the pasture. December 21 Drain city reservoir; refill with mulled cider, orange slices and cinnamon sticks. December 22 Float votive candles in toilet tank. December 23 Seed clouds for white Christmas. December 24 Do my annual good deed. Go to several stores. Be seen engaged in last minute Christmas shopping, thus making many people feel less inadequate than they really are. December 25 Bear son. Swaddle. Scent manger with homemade potpourri. December 26 Organize spice racks by genus and phylum. December 27 Build snowman in exact likeness of God. December 28 Say it is good. Rest for five minutes. December 29 Dig up sand from quarry and make new chips for my four computers. December 30 Float wicks in 4000 dishes of oil, place on lawn, and spell out Happy New Year as a greeting to my friends on the MIR space station. December 31 New Year's Eve! Give staff their resolutions. Call one friend in each time zone of the world as the calendar changes. January 1 Stay out of jail.

Popular Recipes
zucchini fritters with roasted red pepper dipping sauce

Greens And Chocolate

Crispy Salmon with Carrot-Ginger Vinaigrette

A Cedar Spoon

Paleo Almond Banana Bread

Bakerita

Jam Crumb Bars

Eat, Live, Run

Fruit and Spinach Smoothie

Pip and Debby