If you’re watching your weight or trying to be healthy chances are pepperoni pizza is not on your diet, right? Great news though…We’re created a delicious and healthy melt using very low fat and calorie turkey pepperoni, reduced-fat cheese and a high fiber sandwich thin. The skinny on our melt is 215 calories, 8 grams of fat and 6 Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS. We’re comparing it to a Pizza Hut personal pan pizza pepperoni which has a shocking 640 calories ad 29 grams of fat! There’s lots of pizzazz in our yummy melt.
Ingredients
- 1 Oroweat Sandwich Thin, see shopping tip
- 1 teaspoon reduced-fat butter or Smart Balance Light
- 1½ tablespoons pizza sauce or marinara sauce
- 7 slices Hormelâs 70% less fat turkey pepperoni, see shopping tip
- 1 slice light provolone cheese or light mozzarella
Directions
- 1. Preheat Panini maker or George Foreman grill.
- 2. Spread the outside of the sandwich thin, both top and bottom, with ½ teaspoon of butter on each. Split open and spread the inside of the bottom slice with pizza sauce. On top of sauce, place pepperoni slices and top with 1 slice of cheese. Place remaining top piece of sandwich thin, butter side out.
- 3. Place in Panini maker or George Foreman grill and cook for 4 to 5 minutes until melted and golden brown. Remove with a spatula as the cheese oozes out a bit while cooking. We love it that way!
- 4. Serve with a fork and knife.
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Nutrition Facts
Amount Per Recipe | %DV |
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Recipe Size 56g | |
Calories 145 | |
Calories from Fat 102 | 70% |
Total Fat 11.56g | 14% |
Saturated Fat 7.32g | 29% |
Trans Fat 0.0g | |
Cholesterol 30mg | 10% |
Sodium 316mg | 13% |
Potassium 123mg | 4% |
Total Carbs 2.65g | 1% |
Dietary Fiber 0.5g | 2% |
Sugars 0.57g | 0% |
Protein 7.72g | 12% |
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