No Dough Pizza easy recipe - For WLS cheese lovers only - 5-minute meal - ThinnerTimes

LisaM · 12-02-2005, 07:50 AM

I was looking at my string cheese last night thinking there was no way I could eat it, and nothing else looked good, so I tried a few things out...

No Dough Pizza

Two one-ounce, low-fat, mozzarella string cheese thingies
A little cooking spray
Italian spices (garlic, onion, etc.) I use a concoction called "scampi blend" from Wildtree Herbs which is awesome - and no, I don't sell them, but here's their website: http://www.wildtreeherbs.com.

Use a small, non-stick frying pan (and the non-stick part is important). Spray a tiny bit of your favorite cooking spray in the bottom, and put it on at Medium High heat - 7.5 on my electric stove. Sprinkle your Italian herbs and spices onto the cooking spray.

Pull the string cheese into the smallest strings you can accomplish, and just when the cooking spray begins to turn brown, put them into the pan a few at a time to make a layer... they'll melt and run together. Once the cheese is all bubbly, flip your cheese pancake once. Let it brown on the other side and then slide it onto a plate.

Two choices - let it cool, roll it up and eat it like a burrito (don't forget to chew, chew, chew!) or eat it while it's warm and messy and yummy. You could also add any kind of pizza meat that you can tolerate, mushrooms, whatever turns you on - scramble it around in the spices and cooking spray before putting your cheese in the frying pan.

Made the way it is shown: 140 calories, 16 grams of protein (if you use Precious Mozzarella low-fat cheese sticks).

coptergirl · 12-02-2005, 08:14 AM

MMMMMMM - sounds really yummy!!!

HAMPTON5555 · 12-02-2005, 08:16 AM

Carb free croutons are made similarly.

Use parmesean or romano and wait untill the cheese melt in skillet, flip it for extra crispy. Slide off pan onto paper napkin and let cool, break up and add to salad.

If you keep it soft, it can be used as a wrap outer.

You can herbs like rosemary or garlic to add more flavor...yum!!

sbjim5755 · 12-02-2005, 10:40 AM

sounds yummy

alikat · 12-02-2005, 03:33 PM

Okay, you have taken grilled cheese to a whole new level and for some reason, this just tickles me! Thanks for the yummy idea, I love cheese and as soon as I am able to eat it, I am melting me some...

LisaM · 12-02-2005, 04:48 PM

OK, here's why I had to try it - the part of the pizza I always loved most was the brown crispy crunchy bits of cheese on the crust that got a little overdone... Other than that, I could take it or leave it...

I'm so tired of thinking about what's going in my stomach, so if I don't get a little creative with food, I'm going to flip out (husband's out of town, always makes me edgy - he's my serenity). So tonight on the way home, I picked up tofu, cooking wine, teriyaki, and baby portabella mushrooms. That's the next experiment.

alikat · 12-03-2005, 08:33 AM

I am kind of a tofu junky. I love it in egg drop soup, stir fried with green beans, stir fried with black bean sauce, stir fried with teryaki and vegitables, the stuff rocks. (And I have discovered that Pam rules also....LOL)

coptergirl · 12-03-2005, 08:35 AM

I have never been a tofu fan, because it reminds me of a slab of rubber. I know it is riddled with protein, so I appreciate you guys posting your tofu ideas - I sure will need them after I have surgery and am able to introduce reall foods!

alikat · 12-03-2005, 09:12 AM

The only part of a grilled cheese sandwhich or pizza that was ever really worth eating was the burned cheese. The old me has been known to spend twenty minutes with a spatula scraping the "burned drippins" of cookie sheets after baking pizza. Oh! and the pieces of chicken wings or breaded pork chops that stuck to the pan were another personal favorite of mine...I wish there was a way to put cheese slices in a toaster. Maybe I should just throw some american cheese on a cookie sheet and see what happens....LOL

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okiegrl · 01-16-2006, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by LisaM

OK, here's why I had to try it - the part of the pizza I always loved most was the brown crispy crunchy bits of cheese on the crust that got a little overdone... Other than that, I could take it or leave it...

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You got that right...is there any other reason to eat pizza...I am absolutely going to try this!!! My family always knows to save the crispy cheese for ME!