Meatza!

In general, I try to minimize my processed grain and refined sugar intake to my peri-workout nutrition and my post workout meal.  You could call it low-carb, or a loose "Paleo".  Eating this way, combined with lifting weights, has been the big reason I was able to shed 50 lbs. in two years, and have kept it off for two more years.

It doesn't take much for me to give into my carnivorous impulses, so tonight I made a pizza where the crust has been replaced by a layer of ground beef.  Hence the term "Meatza." 

This was a perfect choice for two reasons...both because Leah was visiting family in Florida.  First, Leah hates to use the oven in the middle of the summer in Alabama (I agree, it makes the house even hotter).  I'll get to the second reason in a minute...

Here's a photo of all the ingredients:

Start with 2 lbs. of ground beef, mixed together with 2 eggs.  Next spread the mixed ground beef on a cookie sheet, and season (I used Dizzy Pig's Cow Lick Rub).  Part of a Dizzy Pig Sampler pack that I received as a birthday present from my parents.

Bake the "crust" in the oven for 10 minutes, remove, and top just like you would a regular pizza.  For this one I used pepperoni, cubed ham, and a frozen pepper/onion blend.  Put back in the oven on broil for a few minutes until the cheese is melted.

I can usually put away half of a pizza (or more), but it didn't take long for this to fill me up.

Oh yeah, that second reason this was a perfect recipe for when Leah was gone?  She's a vegetarian!