Quick Tortilla Pizza

If you follow me on my facebook page, you'll see that I promised several things this week. I admit, I'm a slacker. In my defense, it is the holiday season AND my husband redid our plumbing AND I mowed the grass AND raked the leaves AND rinsed the mud from the steps. Busy lives are just the way of things, after all. Sometimes, things don't go as planned. When you're on a normal diet, you just hop in the family van and grab some grub from your favorite dining spot. When you've got a kid on the ketogenic diet, you're freaking out, and that's why I've got this weeknight or last minute dinner gem up for you!

Best part of tortilla pizza? The whole family can have a tortilla pizza without any complaints from the normies (those two normal eating kiddos of mine)! Seriously. This is the easiest dinner. 

I love low carb tortillas. Especially, the Mission Carb Balance Tortillas. We use them in place of bread for all of the sandwiches we miss. Oooh! That reminds me of the time we had Bahn Mi tacos...maybe I'll make that next week...Anyhoo, Mark (the hubster) and I need to lose extra pounds quick before we go on vacation. Lose five to gain five. It is our way. So, we need easy meals for the kiddos this week while we eat like rabbits and it couldn't get any easier than tortilla pizza. 

Cutting out the mini pizzas with the cookie cutter

Flipped in olive oil

All ready for the oven!

Tortilla pizza for the whole family! Keto on the right.

Cook on the top rack, side by side. Just Keeping It Keto, folks. 

No filter. Just one tasty dish! 

Here's the deal

3:1 ratio at 497 calories

4:1 ratio? Increase cream to 82g and reduce tortilla to 20g, marinara sauce to 8g and mozzarella to 12g. Lose the parmesan cheese (sorry!). That's 4:1 ratio and 502 calories

Ingredients:
67g cream

24g Mission Carb Balance tortilla
19g Rao's Homemade Marinara Sauce (*Pretty low carb for a marinara sauce and flipping delicious! Plus, it's in the calculator!!!)

20g whole milk mozarella

2g 100% parmesan cheese, grated

16g olive oil

3:1 ratio, 497 calories

Directions:

Heat oven to 450 degrees

1. Use a cookie cutter to cut pizza circles out of tortilla. Weigh to proper gram amount. This can get tricky, but you'll get the hang of how many grams you get out of your cookie cutter. If you're a few grams over, try peeling the outer layer off of the tortilla. Tricky, tricky! 

2. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Measure oil and pour the oil into the center of the foil. Flip tortillas back and forth in the oil covering both sides of the tortillas. 

3. Measure sauce. Using a rubber spatula, spread sauce. 

4. Shred and measure cheese, or slice the cheese if you want to be fancy. Place on pizza. 

5. Bake for about 12 minutes or until it's perfectly brown. You can always broil for a few seconds, but watch out! The edges of the tortilla quickly burn. 

6. Don't forget the parmesan cheese. I suggest putting it in a bowl and letting your keto kiddo sprinkle. Just like the normies do (normal diet people). 

7. Serve it up! Whole or slices, it's your choice! Cream on the side!

OPTIONAL: Calculate in some toppings by reducing cheese or sauce first. Maybe a sprinkle of oregano or hot pepper flakes, if you've got an adventurous kiddo.