Serves:
4
Prep Time:
45
Meal Occasion:
Appetizer, Afternoon Snack, Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine Type:
American, Californian, Italian
Ingredients
| 1 | cup UNCLE BEN’S® Fast & Natural™ Whole Grain Instant Brown Rice |
| 1 | red, green, yellow, or orange bell pepper chopped |
| 1/2 | cup onions chopped |
| 1 | cup carrot shredded |
| 1/2 | tsp. oregano |
| 1 | cup sliced mushrooms |
| 2 | cups fresh baby spinach |
| 1 | cup celery diced |
| 1/2 | cup part-skim mozzarella cheese shredded (topping) |
| 1/2 | cup grated parmesan cheese (low sodium) |
| 6 | green olives sliced |
| 2 | egg whites beaten |
| 1/2 | tsp. salt |
| 1/2 | tsp. garlic powder |
| 1/3 | cup part-skim mozzarella cheese shredded |
| 1 | cup prepared pizza or tomato sauce low sodium |
| 1 | tsp. ground black pepper |
Kid-friendly Kitchen Tips
• Take the kids to the grocery store and let them pick-out the veggies they want to use on their individual pizzas.
• Let the older kids chop or slice the bell peppers, onions and celery with a small paring knife. Have the younger kids break- apart the mushrooms and olives into various sized pieces with their fingers. Everyone can take turns shredding the carrots!
• Add pepperoni or soy pepperoni slices if desired.
Nutritionals (per pizza)
Calories: 376; Protein: 20g; Carbohydrates: 53g; Fiber: 6g; Fat: 10g; Saturated Fat: 5g; Cholesterol: 25mg
Recommended:
Instructions
Let’s Get Baking!
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Pizza Crust:
• Cook UNCLE BEN’S® Fast & Natural™ Whole Grain Instant Brown Rice according to package directions.
• In a mixing bowl, combine 3 cups cooked rice with mozzarella cheese and egg whites. Divide mixture evenly between four 4-6 inch pie pans that have been liberally sprayed with cooking spray.
• Press mixture down into pie pans to form a crust with your fingers or a small spatula.
• Place filled pie pans on a cookie sheet and bake for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside.
Sauce & Assorted Toppings:
• In a small mixing bowl combine pizza sauce, black pepper, salt, garlic powder and oregano. Spoon the sauce equally over each partially baked rice crust.
• Top with assorted toppings and sprinkle with the remaining mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese. Place pizzas back into the oven and bake 5-8 minutes longer. Remove from oven, cool for 2-3 minutes. Remove pizzas from pans with an offset metal spatula or small rubber spatula and serve immediately.
*There will be approximately 1 cup extra rice from this recipe. Store covered rice in refrigerator up to 5 days. Use the extra rice in either the Brown Rice and Black Bean Mini Burger or the Brown Rice and Chicken Veggie Rolls recipes.
