Food, Family & Fun: Turkey Topped Pizza

Recipe

Food, Family & Fun

A Seasonal Guide to Healthy Eating
Commemorating 50 years of School Lunch

Turkey Topped Pizza

10 minutes
Serves: 8

Your can add any of these to the top of your pizza: Thin slices of green pepper, yellow pepper, or red pepper; fresh basil leaves or oregano; thin slices of red onion, yellow onion, or Spanish onion; grilled eggplant, zucchini, broccoli florets; mushroom slices; and any kind of olives.

Ingredients:

9 oz ground turkey
1/2 tsp olive oil
1 tbsp garlic powder (or 1—2 fresh garlic cloves, minced)
1 Tbsp onion powder
1 tsp fennel seed
1/4 tsp dried oregano leaves
1/4 tsp Italian seasoning (optional)
2 whole wheat English muffins, split
4 pita bread
2 cups tomato sauce
9 oz lowfat mozzarella cheese, shredded

In a hot skillet, add oil, ground turkey and all other seasonings.
Cook until turkey resembles a finely ground mixture and temperature is 165 degrees F and juices are clear-colored.
Place muffin halves and pitas on sheet pan. Divide and spread turkey topping evenly over tops of muffin halves and pitas. Top with sauce, and sprinkle on mozzarella.
Bake in oven at 375 degrees F until cheeses melt, about 5—10 minutes.

Variation: You can also use the turkey topping for other meals. Mix some into tomato sauce. Add 1/2 tsp of chili powder to season. Put in a taco shell—or hot dog bun—with shredded romaine lettuce.

Nutrients per serving
1 piece

Calories 218
Saturated fat 3.1 g
Iron 1.7 mg
Protein 18 g
Cholesterol 34 mg
Calcium 298 mg
Carbohydrate 20 g
Vitamin A 60 RE
Sodium 377 mg
Total Fat 7.7 g
Vitamin C 7 mg
Dietary Fiber 3 g

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Try more healthful ways of preparing meats, poultry and fish. Bake or broil rather than fry. Remove the skin from the poultry. Drain the fat. When using beef try leaner grades, such as USDA "Select".

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