pizza – Mom of 2 and Foodaholic

Pizza has been a long time staple in this house. Especially frozen pizza that you can throw on the pizza wheel and have a quick supper ready in less than 15 minutes. In doing Keto, however, you lose the luxury of such a quick meal.

BUT…

I have found my solution Lexy’s Low Carb Goodies, local to Warren, IL. I have a feeling I will be frequenting her pre-made low carb/Keto goodies QUITE often. In fact, I’ve already placed my holiday order – well, a starter to it anyways! If you are remotely close, you have to place an order with her. She is not only super friendly and easy to work with, but she is very knowledgeable about low carb/Keto.

So I had my pre-made crust from Lexy’s Low Carb Goodies (you can always make your own Fat Head dough, recipe below), but I wanted something to go with it. Cheese sticks it is! This super low carb recipe was simple to make and so tasty!

Start by mixing mozzarella, parmesan cheese, garlic powder, and a beaten egg in a bowl.

Once you’ve got that ready, prepare your Cookie Sheet, I like to line it with a Silicone Baking Mat , but if you don’t have one you can just use parchment paper. Parchment paper tends to get expensive, so I like using these mats – must more cost effective!

Spread out the mixture and make either a circle or rectangle, whatever shape you prefer!

Put your cookie sheet into an oven preheated to 400 degrees and bake approx 18 minutes (or until nicely browned). Remove from oven.

I let them cool for just a couple minutes, then brushed them with some melted butter, sprinkled a little more garlic on top and a little italian seasoning. Then I sprinkled more mozzarella cheese on top, popped it back in the oven under the broiler, and cooked just until the cheese on top was melty and browned. Doesn’t it look so yummy?! It was buttery, cheesy deliciousness!

While I was baking that, I also prepared my pizza. I used just a little bit of marinara sauce, lots of cheese, and two kinds of meat. You can top your pizza with whatever you like, just make sure to add in the carbs if you use different toppings than I did.

For this particular pizza, I just used mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, and some ground beef. It was so good, my husband said you can’t really tell the difference between this and regular pizza crust! Fat head dough is pretty simple and a staple for an Keto dieter. It can be adapted to make so many different things and the basic recipe is only 4 ingredients: Mozzarella cheese, cream cheese, egg, and almond flour. Then you can season it up however you’d like depending on what your making, either sweet or savory.

All in all, it was a very good meal and I could only eat 1 piece of pizza and 2 small cheese sticks and I was stuffed! (My daughter ended up eating the other cheese stick and she said it was YUMMMMY!!)