Pizza and Ranch for 300 calories?!?!

...In my household, we love ranch...

We put it on tacos, salads, pizza, etc.

And even though we usually make cleanER ranch,

I absolutely HATE that hidden valley ranch packets have 

MSG in them :(

I also hate that I never have ALL the ingredients on hand.

...But now all my ranch troubles are over...

Thanks to Bolthouse Farms Creamy Yogurt Dressing

"Classic Ranch"

All Natural

No Preservatives or Artificial Flavors

NO MSG!

Gluten Free

45 calories per 2 Tablespoon serving!

Thank you KRISTEN for introducing this great product to me!

Purchase this at SPROUTS and I promise you won't be disappointed.

Another FANTASTIC food find introduced to me by Kristen is

Palermo's Primo Thin Margherita Pizzas (Frozen)

Sold at Costco, these babies are deeeeeeelicious!

And healthy too!

Cut the pizza into 8 slices: Consume 2 1/2 pieces + 2 Tbsp of Bolthouse Farms Ranch and your dinner was only 300 calories!

Since the pizza is Ultra-thin, we also add baby carrots as a side to dip in the ranch and help fill us up :)

This has been my go to meal during this busy week and I wanted to share the goodness with you all!

Eating Cleaner can be JUST as DELICIOUS and SATISFYING!

Flatbread Pizza w/ Spinach, Carmelized Onions, and Feta

This recipe comes from our sister Kelli Adams! Kelli and her husband Payne are serious GOURMET cookers.  Payne smokes his own meat for like 10 hours, makes his own special BBQ sauces, etc! They are pretty much the best cooks in the family.

This pizza recipe look delicious! Especially with the healthy spinach!

Thanks Kelli!

Flatbread Pizza with Spinach, Caramelized Onions, and Feta
Recipe originated from Our Best Bites

·         Flat Bread or Pizza Dough (Whole Wheat Pizza Dough from Fresh & Easy or homemade)

·         Tiny Bit of Alfredo sauce (either store bought from a jar or homemade)

·         Fresh baby spinach leaves

·         Cooked chicken, cut in cubes, strips or shredded

·         Caramelized onions*

·         Feta cheese

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.

If you are using pizza dough, roll out your dough on a stone or pan and then pre-cook it for 7 minutes.

Layer the above ingredients on flatbread or pizza dough and cook in a 400 degree oven for about 10 minutes.  Slice and serve!

*Caramelizing Onions: thinly slice onions and saute them in a skillet on med-low heat with a couple of pats of butter.  After about 15 minutes, when they’re nice and soft, add a sprinkle of sugar (either brown or white) if you want to enhance the sweetness.  Continue cooking until they’re caramel colored.  It can take 20-30 minutes depending on the heat of your pan and the thickness of the onion.  You could make them ahead of time and just store them in the fridge.

Homemade Pizza Dough

This pizza dough recipe is my absolute favorite. I use it anytime I make pizza or calzones. Start by using 1/2 wheat, 1/2 white flour and work your way up to 100% whole wheat pizza dough.

 

Ingredients:

* 2 cups flour (use 1 c. wheat flour, 1 c. unbleached white flour) 

* 1 T. sugar

* 1 tsp. sea salt

* 1 pkg yeast (use Fleischmann's RAPIDRISE highly active yeast)

* 1 1/2 T. olive oil

* 1 cup heated milk (microwave 1 minute)

Directions:

* Mix all ingredients EXCEPT oil and milk. Heat milk for 1 minute in the microwave and add oil to the heated milk, stir together. Add milk and oil mixture to dry ingredients gradually while STIRRING until dough forms. (dough should be sticky, but not wet)

*Roll dough onto greased cookie sheet or pizza stone. Add toppings

*Cook at 350 degrees until lightly browned (About 25 min.)

*Always follow the instructions in your specific pizza or calzone recipe. If the recipe says to cook the pizza at 425 for 12 min., do so.