Focus on the good food, not the bad food you are giving up.

Reason #2 – You can still have pizza.

Change is hard, there is no doubt about that. However, if you focus on the delicious foods you can have and not what you are giving up - it is much easier. Take pizza for example. Yes a greasy pizza from the local pizza chain down the road may be easy and taste good, but who wants that? It's filled with fats, oils and who knows what else.  If you chose the chain pizza, chances are it would taste good in the beginning but afterwards you may feel icky and it had little to no nutritional value. 

Next time you want pizza, why not try a Meatza?  This is a healthy option that will fill your pizza fix!

 

Here's one way how to make your own Meatza!

Ingredients:

• 2lbs of lean ground turkey (or beef)

• veggies of your choice (pictured here - onion, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, mushrooms, artichoke hearts) We recommend to saute these on the stove before putting them on the crust, but do not cook them fully)
• additional meat toppings (pictured here - pre-cooked grilled chicken and fajita beef)
• organic pizza sauce (in a jar or homemade)

To make the Meatza:

1.  Combine the 2lbs of meat in a large bowl with spices (to taste). Here we used Italian seasoning, oreagano, chili powder, ground cumin, paprika, pepper, onion salt and 2 eggs.
2. Spread the meat in a pan and bake at 450 degrees for 10-12 minutes
3. Remove from the oven and scrape off any excess fat
4. Spread the pizza sauce on the meat crust
5. Add your toppings and put back in the oven at 450 degrees for 6-10 minutes (until veggies are fully cooked)
6. Take it out and you are ready to eat your Meatza!

The good things about this is you can pretty much put whatever you want on this for your toppings, it is a healthy option for pizza and it is DELICIOUS!