Dreamstalker,

I've been doing "meatzas" for years -- since I no longer use grains.

Just a recommendation: look out for pre-shredded cheeses: they frequently use potato starch or corn starch as an anti-caking agent. I have an electric shredder for large quantities of cheese, and a rotary hand-held microplane one for smaller amounts (say, around 4 ounces).

Do you like pepperoni?

Kiralynx wrote:Do you like pepperoni?

Is there any difference in English between "pepperoni" and "bell pepper"?

Over here, bell peeper is a vegetable. Pepperoni is a meat.

Thanks for the heads up on the cheese Kira.

Where is that guy selling the idiots diet who says sugar is no big deal?

Sugar Kills!

DreamStalker wrote:Over here, bell peeper is a vegetable. Pepperoni is a meat.

Thanks for the heads up on the cheese Kira.

Where is that guy selling the idiots diet who says sugar is no big deal?

Sugar Kills!

Thank you, DreamStalker. "Peperoni" (single p) was the word used by my Swiss grandmother to refer to a bell pepper, which is what confused me.

Has anyone tried freezing the "meatza" once it's finished? I realize I could simply make it smaller, but it looks like it might make a good "heat 'n' eat" meal. That's one thing I'm always on the lookout for with low carb, since using whole foods means cooking just about everything from scratch. If I don't take advantage of some make-ahead options, I get too dependent on things like summer sausage, eggs, and cheese. Not that I mind eating any of those, but variety is the spice of life

What about making just the bottom (meat + sauce), and freezing that - then adding toppings to cook?

ozij wrote:

Kiralynx wrote:Do you like pepperoni?

Is there any difference in English between "pepperoni" and "bell pepper"?

Uhm, yes. Pepperoni is a spicy sausage. Bell pepper is a mild green pepper.

Catnap wrote:Has anyone tried freezing the "meatza" once it's finished? I realize I could simply make it smaller, but it looks like it might make a good "heat 'n' eat" meal. That's one thing I'm always on the lookout for with low carb, since using whole foods means cooking just about everything from scratch. If I don't take advantage of some make-ahead options, I get too dependent on things like summer sausage, eggs, and cheese. Not that I mind eating any of those, but variety is the spice of life

I didn't freeze what was left over but it heated up great in the microwave.

JeffH

DreamStalker wrote:Over here, bell peeper is a vegetable. Pepperoni is a meat.

Thanks for the heads up on the cheese Kira.

Where is that guy selling the idiots diet who says sugar is no big deal?

Sugar Kills!

DS

You are correct except that processed sugar is way worse than natural sugar. As a diabetic, I can eat 4-6 servings of fruit each day with minimal spikes in my blood sugar. One snickers bar will elevate my levels beyond 160. I count carbs and worry less about sugars when it comes to natural as compared to total avoidance of processed sugars. You are well educated in what is good to eat and I agree that if we try to eat what cavemen ate our overall health will improve.

Sleepy Taz wrote:
You are correct except that processed sugar is way worse than natural sugar. As a diabetic, I can eat 4-6 servings of fruit each day with minimal spikes in my blood sugar. One snickers bar will elevate my levels beyond 160. I count carbs and worry less about sugars when it comes to natural as compared to total avoidance of processed sugars. You are well educated in what is good to eat and I agree that if we try to eat what cavemen ate our overall health will improve.

It isn't as much about processing than that the sugar in fruit is held in different structures than it is in a candy bar. In a candy bar, the sugar is more or less free in a mixture. In a fruit, the sugar is locked in cells and has to be freed by digesting the cells. That takes longer, so the glycemic index is lower.

Glycemic index is very much about timed release. Take two items, each with 50 grams of sugar, but with very different glycemic indices. Each will deliver 50 grams of useable sugar to your body. The lower glycemic index item will just do it slower.

ozij wrote:

Kiralynx wrote:Do you like pepperoni?

Is there any difference in English between "pepperoni" and "bell pepper"?

Ozij, I think maybe you're thinking of what we would call peperoncini, which are varieties of peppers.