Food for Thought: Tortilla Pizza Recipe

Tortilla Pizza Recipe

Pizza....one of the greatest foods in existance.  A food that I used to eat religiously every Friday for our family "Pizza Friday" meals.  As I started my weightloss journey, it became a food that I only saw maybe once a month for my one "free meal" for the week.  Until now... 

I am here to show you how to make an inexpensive, fast, and healthier version of this classic meal.  A recipe I guarentee everyone in your family will LOVE!

Ingredients you will need:

- 1 Large Mission extra grande tortilla shell

- 1/2 cup Contadina pizza sauce ( I love that they make it in a convient squeeze bottle)

- 5 ounces 99% lean ground turkey

- 17 Slices of turkey pepperoni

- 4-5 whole mushrooms chopped

- 1/2 cup of shredded cheese

- 2 tablespoons of parmesan cheese

      

Pre heat your oven to 400 degrees

While the oven is warming, brown your ground turkey meat making sure it is fully cooked.

Then take your tortilla shell and place it on your pan, add sauce, ground turkey, pepperoni, mushrooms,  and cheese.

Place in oven for 13 min and wham-o bam-o a perfectly done, delicious, thin crust pizza.

Here are the nutrtion facts:

Serving Size: 1/3 of the Pizza

Servings: 3

Calories: 277

Fat: 10.8g

Carbs: 21.8g

Protein: 23.1g

Sugar: 2g

This is a food that my husband asks me to make almost nightly.  He loves pizza.  The beauty of this recipe is that you can make it however you like it.  Add more veggies or add different meats.  You can always use smaller "personal" sized tortilla shells (which also come in low-carb versions).  Make it how you wish and pizza on my friends. 

Keep Inspiring, 

Shauna 

How to recover from the Summer...

Summer is offically over.  It is the time where we say goodbye to hot summer nights, shorts,  flip flops, weekend BBQ's, swimming, tan skin, and summer vacations to the lake house.  We also get to say goodbye to the excuese Summer brought...excuses like, "I worked hard for this summer body, so now I can indulge a bit more" "Having more than one cheat day won't kill me" "I will just run extra tomorrow" "It's too hot to run today" "Oh, I will be on vacation this week, so I won't be able to get to the gym"  "I'm just too busy this week to prep my meals"

This Summer was a good one for me personally.  I still made it to the gym 6 days a week.  I was given the oppurtunity to Coach Farrell's 4:30 Summer Session. ( I am so proud of my team by the way, they all did amazing with their session).  I made wonderful memories with my husband, and my friends.  As for my weightloss goals, I started to see myself plateau.  I probably ate 70% clean this time around.  There were lot's of friends and family get togethers this Summer, that it was incredibly hard to pass up the yummies and stick to chicken and rice.  Then I started obsessing about it, and I could feel myself fall back into that dark place in my brain.  That place that was telling me I was just failing all over again, and that I needed a quick fix.  I started weighing myself every day, then getting angry that I wasn't hitting my goals.  Instead of giving up because I wasn't going anywhere with my goals, and it seemed like I was still so far away from them, I stopped myself.  I had something this time that I have never had before.  I have a support system.  I took a long hard look at my FXB family and looked at how far I have come, instead of looking at how far I have to go.  I looked at all the hard work we have all put in, the struggles we are all facing, and how life just happens sometimes and there is no changing that.  It's O.K.  This is a marathon, not a sprint.  

How am I going to recover from my Summer?  I am going to breathe, and let the crisp Autumn air surround me.  I am going to use my support team to help keep me accountable this Fall Session.  I am setting goals and making them part of my daily routine. I am not going to give up my fight. I will motivate others, and help them on their journey. I will know that at the end of the day, I gave my all and I won't be stopped. Goodbye excuesses, goodbye doubt, goodbye scale...  I will not fall into the darkness, for I know that God has a plan for me, and I'm not done telling my story.  

Keep Inspiring, 

Shauna