JOE continues our series of recipe ideas for eating healthy, and making sure that you’re not taking two steps forward in the gym, and one step back in the kitchen
After we had our recipe for our homemade protein bars up a few weeks ago, we thought we’d come back with another tasty idea for something to cook up in the kitchen that will have your lunch or dinner sorted.
This recipe for a BBQ turkey pizza is tasty, loaded with protein, and allows you to get a few toppings on for a whole heap of extra flavour.
What you’ll need
- 500g of turkey mince (you can use chicken too, we just happened to spot turkey first when we were doing the shopping)
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1/2 tsp chili flakes(add more if you like it spicy)
- BBQ sauce (try and look for one with low sugar or low calorie count, like this from Walden Farms available at UN Sports Nutrition, or try something made here in Ireland from the lads at Mic’s Chili. Realistically, you’re not using a huge amount of it, so don’t worry too much)
- Toppings of your choice: We went with 1/2 a red onion, 1/2 red pepper, spinach, and parmesan cheese because we didn’t have goat’s cheese in the house, you can add what you like
This pizza isn’t entirely Paleo, seeing as we’ve thrown in a bit of cheese, but hey, you only live once. Go for goat’s cheese if you want extra protein, or add something like mozzarella or cheddar if you don’t mind the odd bit of dairy.
Preheat the oven to about 210°C. Beat the egg and set to one side. Chop the garlic clove into small pieces, and add it to the mince, along with the dried oregano and chili flakes. Throw in the egg and mix it well throughout the meat, this will form your base.
Grease a baking tray (or if you have a pizza tray use that) and spread the meat mixture evenly across it, aiming to keep it around 1/2 inch thick throughout. Throw it in the oven, and cook for around 15-20 minutes until it turns golden brown and you’re sure it’s cooked through.
Remove it, and add a thinly spread layer of your chosen BBQ sauce. You can then crumble on some goat’s cheese, the red onion, and the pepper if you want, or whatever healthy toppings take your fancy.
Cook for a further 3-5 minutes until the cheese is melted, and you can lower the oven down so you don’t burn the base.
Add your spinach after, or throw on some other toppings that you would prefer to have crunchy rather than cooked, and you’re sorted. Altogether, this takes under half an hour to prepare and cook, and is a great, healthy alternative.
A big hat-tip to LA Q Fitness, whose recipe we based this on
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