Keto Friendly Pizza!

Yesterday I gave Ed a break in the kitchen and made a couple of Keto Friendly Pizzas for our evening meal.   I made two different kinds because I wanted leftovers. 

These pizzas are not your normal pizza, though.  In fact, some of you may wrinkle up your nose and say no way without even giving it a try.  

But these pizzas will probably become a regular in our household.  We liked both of them that well.  I fully expect Ed to take the recipe and run with it.   I imagine he will come up with some of his own pizza creations.

The crust is mostly made of Chicken.  Well, chicken and cheese.  The original recipe called for shredded Parmesan Cheese, but we did not have any on hand so I used shredded Fiesta Blend and it turned out fine.  There is absolutely no flour what-so-ever.  But check this out.  Does it look like a chicken crust?

I turned one chicken crust into a BBQ Chicken Pizza.

Keto BBQ Chicken Pizza

Check out that "Crust"!

I turned the other crust into a Chicken Alfredo Pizza.

   

Chicken Alfredo Pizza - before baked

I only had one pizza pan, so the Chicken Alfredo Pizza ended up being a rectangular pizza - cooked on a Cookie Sheet.  But to be honest, I think I liked that best.  It was much easier to cut and place the leftovers into dishes. 

 Chicken Alfredo Pizza

When I am the one doing the cooking, I don't remember to stop and take a photo of each step.  I sure wish I had gotten a photo of the Baked Chicken Alfredo Pizza before we ate into it and then cut and put the rest of it in the fridge for later.  Maybe next time!

Anyway,  I think the main secret to get the perfect crust, is to cook your chicken well enough that it just shreds.  I cut the boneless, skinless chicken breasts up into chunks and cooked it in the Instant Pot.  But if you don't have an Instant Pot I am sure you could just boil it on top of the stove or cook it on low for several hours in the crock pot.

Anyway!  Let's get on to the recipe!  Remember, to double everything if you want to make two pizzas - leftover pizza reheats so well.  

Chicken Crust 

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts 

4 cubes of Chicken Bullion

Seasonings of your choice

(I used Pink Salt, Garlic Powder and a Mesquite chicken seasoning)

water

Cut the chicken into 2 inch cubes and put them in the bottom of your Instant Pot.  Toss in the Bullion Cubes and sprinkle on your seasonings.  Then cover with water.  

Pressure cook for 40 minutes.  

Release Steam & Drain.

Preheat your oven to 375 at this time.

If you are making 2 crusts, you will want to make them separately. So just use half the chicken at a time. and again, you will need to double the ingredients below.

Put the cooked chicken in mixer bowl and using the flat beater, shred the chicken. Then Add:

1 package of shredded cheese (I used Fiesta Blend)

2 eggs

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp pink salt

1 tsp pepper

1 tsp basil

1 tsp parsley

Mix it all together until it forms a "dough".  Add another egg, if you need to.

Line a pizza pan or cookie sheet with Parchment Paper and spray it with Olive Oil.  Then press the chicken mixture onto the pan to form your Pizza Crust.

Bake at 375 for 30 minutes.

While the first crust is baking, mix up the 2nd one.

BBQ Chicken Pizza

1 Chicken Crust

1 jar Sugar Free BBQ Sauce

1 package Real Bacon Bacon Bits

1 package Shredded Cheddar Cheese

8 oz Mesquite Smoked Chicken Breast

Parsley & Basil

any other seasonings of your choice

Spread the BBQ sauce evenly over the crust, sprinkle with toppings and  bake for 15 minutes, or until cheese is melted.

Chicken Alfredo Pizza

1 Chicken Crust

1 jar low carb Alfredo Sauce

1 package shredded Mozzarella Cheese

1 package real bacon bacon bits

8 oz Mesquite Smoked Chicken Breast

Parsley & Basil

any other seasonings of your choice

Spread the Alfredo Sauce evenly over the crust, then sprinkle with toppings.   Bake for 15 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Keto BBQ Chicken Pizza

Keto Chicken Alfredo Pizza

Keto Snack Attack

For those that don't know, I am currently off work due to hand surgery.  The being off work part has been great, other than the pain associated with recovery.  Oh yes, and the itty bitty short term disabilty paycheck.  

But, I have not been getting hardly any exercise.  For one thing, I am not walking the 25,000 to 30,000 steps six out of seven days a week while at work.  Plus, I am unable to ride my bicycle right now and my bicycle is basically the only form of exercise I get, other than work.  So, yes, I am struggling once again with the scales.  

We just got home from an out of state visit with our son & family and unfortunately, even though I tried to always make wise choices with my eating, I didn't fully succeed.  So now that we are back home, Ed and I are both Full-On Keto again!  

The other day were in a neighboring town, working on a project at our daughter's house.  Foolishly, we didn't pack anything Keto to eat.  I was thinking I would just do OMAD (One Meal A Day)  - and I'd just fast until we got home that night for our evening meal.

Unfortunately, that did not happen.  We both got to feeling like we needed something to eat.  Normally, in this situation, we'd have just dropped everything and gone to grab a bite at one of the local restaurants.  But, we just ate Mexican the day before celebrating our daughter's birthday so we really didn't want that again.  So I decided instead, to just do a Wal-mart run to grab some stuff to satisfy us until dinner.  

I ended up spending about $17 and I bought way more than we needed!  Ed has snacks leftover for when he gets hungry the next time he works over there.

Fully Cooked Bacon (0 carbs)

Beef and Cheese Sticks (less than 2 carbs for both)

Panino (2 carbs per package)

P3 Snacks - this one has Turkey, Ham and Cheddar (2 carbs for package)

Pepper Jack Cheese (2 carbs per serving)

 

We both had about 4 carbs in our snacks - and they were enough to get us to our evening meal.  And, as I said, he has plenty of snacks left over for next time.