Monday, August 30, 2010

broccoli pizza pie 4.5 points/serve



I used a fat free pizza base for this pie because puff pastry is off the charts high points and pie dough not far behind.
My pizza base:
1 3/4 cup flour
half a packet of yeast
salt (more than you think you need)
water enough to knead it well

I told my husband that I was making broccoli pie and he asked could it please have chicken in it too? Afterwards he said if he'd known it was going to be with eggs than he might have been ok without the chicken. I tend to agree (well I should hope I would- that was my original idea!)

Roll out dough on baking paper.
Cup the edges of the dough up to hold ingredients.

2 chicken breasts chopped (half fried without oil in a non-stick pan)
lots of frozen broccoli
100g of low fat ricotta (this I think could be left out too)
4 beaten eggs
salt and pepper
tomato pieces
spring onion

After baking I cut the broccoli pie into 6 pieces, and served it with a fresh salad, with homemade vingearette (spoonful of healthy oil in this) We all enjoyed it. Even Abigail (5) liked it once we called it "chicken pizza"!

In the past I never would have made quiche without cheese and sausage. Same goes twice as much for anything called pizza. My crust even when homemade in the past was much more oily.
My cooking methods have also changed, the chicken would have been fried in oil, and the pie cooked directly on a greesed cooking sheet or pan.

I'd like to experiment further with more varieties of fresh herbs.

Another thing, I'm sure I would have cut it in 4 rather than 6, and possibly have had two pieces. So. portion control is something I am getting a grasp on. The side salad would likely have been ceasar or greek in the past, both with more CHEESE, and lots of dressing. I also would have drank 3-4 glasses of milk with this meal. That used to be normal for me. Learning to enjoy water with meals has to have been one of the biggest changes I have made since joining weight watchers.

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