Hummus & Roasted Veggie Pizza (‘Cheat-za’)
Looking for something that feels indulgent, but fits into a healthy eating plan? I’m about to show you how to make ‘cheat-za’ – also known as healthy pizza! We all want pizza on occasion, after all – and just because you’re trying to reduce your fat and calorie intake, doesn’t mean you don’t deserve a slice, too! This one delivers just 484 calories per serving – along with lots of fibre, protein, vitamins and minerals.
Ingredients
Instructions
4 steps
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and chop up your vegetables while you’re waiting – put them in a roasting tin and mix with the olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper.
When the oven is hot enough, put the vegetables in for approx. 20 mins.
Meanwhile, spread some hummus on your tortilla. When the vegetables are done, put them on top, and then add the goat cheese.
Bake for another 10 mins at 350°F (180°C), before serving.
Notes: Ingredients
Hummus
- “Hummus” (sometimes spelled hummous) comes from the Arabic word meaning “chickpeas”, and the complete name of the prepared spread in Arabic is ḥummuṣ bi ṭaḥīna which means “chickpeas with tahini”.
- It’s a dip or spread made from cooked, mashed chickpeas or other beans, blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic.
- Hummus is popular throughout the Middle East (including Turkey), North Africa (including Morocco), and in Middle Eastern cuisine around the globe.
- It can be found in most grocery stores in North America.
- Hummus provides roughly 170 calories for 100 grams, and is a ‘good to excellent’ (more than 10% of the Daily Value) source of dietary fiber, B vitamins, and several dietary minerals.
- Fat content, mostly from tahini and olive oil, is about 14% of the total; other major components are 65% water, 17% total carbohydrates, including a small amount of sugar, and about 10% protein
- In May 2010, the Guinness World Record for the largest dish of hummus in the world returned to Lebanon. The winning dish, cooked by 300 cooks in the village of al-Fanar, near Beirut, weighed approximately 10450 kg (roughly 23000 lb) and is said to have included eight tons of boiled chick peas, two tons of tahini, two tons of lemon juice and 70 kg (154 lb) of olive oil!
Goat cheese
- Better for people who suffer from intolerance to dairy products made from cow’s milk – it contains less lactose than cow’s milk and cheese, and has smaller fat globules, so it’s easier to digest.
- Low in calories – a 1oz (28g) serving of a typical brand of goat cheese contains 70 calories, whereas a 1oz serving of a typical brand of cheddar cheese contains 110 calories.
- Low in fat and cholesterol – goat cheese contains just 5g of fat per 1oz serving, while cheddar cheese contains 9g.
- Goat cheese doesn’t contain as much protein as cheddar (4g compared to 7g per serving), but it still provides an adequate amount of this nutrient to help you meet your daily needs.
- Goat cheese is higher in vitamins D, K, thiamine and niacin than a serving of cow’s cheese.
