August: Featured Meal Main Course
Mini Veggie Pizza with Lemony Green Beans
Ingredients
5 English muffins (or bagels)
1 small zucchini, grated
1 green or red bell pepper, finely chopped
8-ounce package part-skim mozzarella cheese, grated
8-ounce can of tomato sauce
1/2 teaspoon dry oregano
Instructions
- Slice English muffins in half. Place them on a baking sheet, and toast lightly in oven or toaster oven.
- Grate zucchini. Chop pepper into small pieces.
- Grate mozzarella cheese.
- Top each muffin in half with 1 tablespoon of tomato sauce. Add grated zucchini, chopped pepper, and grated cheese. Sprinkle with oregano.
- Broil in oven until cheese is melted (about 2 minutes).
Yield: 10 pizza muffins
Source: Sisters in Health: A Nutrition Program for Women. Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University and Cornell Cooperative Extension, 1999. Recipe adapted from Susan Kessler, Healthy Heart Snack Choices Resource Guide (Plainview, NY: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County, 1995)
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