Portions:
8

Serving Size:
1/4 pizza

    Diet Types:
  • CKD non-dialysis
  • Diabetes
  • Dialysis
  • Lower Protein
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup red onion
  • 1/2 cup green bell pepper
  • 1/2 cup mushroom pieces
  • 1/2 cup pineapple tidbits
  • 1/2 cup part skim shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 cup Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Sauce (see recipe in "Sauces & Seasonings" section)
  • Easy Pizza Dough (see recipe in Breads section)

Preparation

  1. Dice onion; chop bell pepper.
  2. Prepare Easy Pizza Dough and Red Pepper Tomato Sauce recipes.
  3. Preheat oven to 425º F.
  4. Shape pizza dough to make two flat 12" pizza crusts.
  5. Spread 1/2 cup Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Sauce over each pizza.
  6. Top with red onion, mushrooms, bell pepper and pineapple.
  7. Sprinkle mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses on top.
  8. Bake for12 to 16 minutes until bubbly and browned.

Helpful hints

  • Red pepper tomato sauce and pizza dough can be made in advance and refrigerated or frozen until the day pizza is prepared.
  • To form 12" pizza, turn a medium-sized bowl upside down and dust with flour. Gently stretch dough evenly over outside of the bowl; turn and place on pizza pan.
  • Makes two 12" pizzas.

Nutrients per serving

Calories 289

Protein 8 g

Carbohydrates 37 g

Fat 12 g

Cholesterol 5 mg

Sodium 165 mg

Potassium 210 mg

Phosphorus 111 mg

Calcium 74 mg

Fiber 2.2 g

Kidney and kidney diabetic food choices

  • 1/2 meat                                      
  • 2 starch
  • 1 vegetable, medium potassium
  • 1 fat 

Carbohydrate choices

2-1/2

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Comments(2)

thicky2004

Jan. 12, 2020 11:33 AM

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My mother has CKD and she and I LOVED this. I didn't do all the vegetables though. I just sauteed the mushrooms with olive oil, garlic powder and sprinkled some parsley as the toppings. Huge hit and I will make again for her. This site rocks!

bfastero

May. 08, 2017 1:17 PM

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Does the total nutrients shown for this recipe including the amounts for the pizza sauce and the pizza dough or should you add them to the ones shown for the Vegetarian Pizza? Dietitian comment: Yes we have included the nutrients from the sauce and dough using our DaVita recipes to calculate the nutrient totals.