Lifelong carnivore is quickly becoming a Vegan. Currently, I have a fair amount of Haddock, Salmon and a small amount of Chicken left, that I will slowly consume. But I am truly enjoying my transition to a "Low Fat Whole Foods Plant Based" diet.
Pictured below a Vegan Pizza and a nice salad.
The Pizza is simple: A 12" whole wheat Pita. I use a Pita because it is a fraction of the calories, Fat, Carbs of a standard pizza crust, and it is similar to a thin crust pizza. Top it with tomato paste. Yes tomato paste. It's full of sweet tomato flavor and doesn't turn the Pita or Pizza crust soggy. If you want to try a meat substitute, the Pizza pictured had a nice layer (55g) of Yves Italian seasoned ground round on it. It's a soy product that looks, and has the same mouth feel and a similar taste to ground beef. Top it with Veg of your choice. I used garlic, mushrooms, olives, hot pepper rings. Red, yellow and orange bell pepper and sliced Roma Tomato's. Kind of a Mexican Pizza. The yellow sprinkles on top is a product called "Nutritional yeast". It taste's like cheese. I went with that product because it can be used in many ways to make cheese type sauces, and from what I have read, Vegan cheese you buy in the store doesn't melt. So I wasn't going to waste the money buying that product.
Frankly, traditional pizza's weren't drowned in cheese anyway.
The entire Pizza is 329 calories and 5.8g of Fat. However 4g of fat is the olives
so they can be omitted for a really low fat pizza. The Yves ground round was 60 calories and 0 fat and is optional as well. So for the same calories in a single slice of traditional pizza, you get to eat the entire pizza. And it's tasty !
