Week 1: September 28 – October 4

Mini Veggie Pizza with Green Salad

Ingredients

5 English muffins (or bagels)
1 small zucchini
1 green or red bell pepper
8-ounce package part-skim mozzarella cheese
8-ounce can of tomato sauce
1/2 teaspoon dry oregano

Instructions

  1. Slice English muffins in half. Place them on a baking sheet, and toast lightly in oven or toaster oven.
  2. Wash zucchini and bell pepper. Grate zucchini. Chop pepper into small pieces.
  3. Grate mozzarella cheese.
  4. Top each muffin in half with 1 tablespoon of tomato sauce. Add grated zucchini, chopped pepper, and grated cheese. Sprinkle with oregano.
  5. 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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