Monday, August 15, 2011

Lavash Pizza

So one of the things I do now while trying to cut down carbs is looking at the nutritional facts more and more.  I've read somewhere that around 50 carbs a day is a pretty good goal to in that low carb fat burning mode.  To put that into a little perspective- a can of Coca-Cola has about 40 grams of carbs, and a piece of Wonderbread has 15 grams of carbs.  I ran across some flax seed lavash, a very flat middle eastern flat bread.  It's almost thinner and a lot more fragile than tortillas; it's breaking apart as you pull it from the bag.  But it's only 5 grams per piece which is pretty amazing.  One piece is probably a couple feet long too.  I've tried using it create a burrito but it falls apart way too easily.
I had a hankering for pizza so I did a grilled pizza with it.  Just brushed it it a little quickly made herb garlic oil  (I may need to use more next time to keep the bread from getting too crisp.) tossed it on the grill for a minute or two, took it out and topped it, put it back on the grill (turned off) with the cover on for like 45 seconds.  It was pretty good, basically has all the flavors of a pizza,  and a nice way to help with any cravings. 

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