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Pizza Bowls are low carb, tasty and customizable. Full of protein and ready in 30 minutes. The family will love these.
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Why Make These Pizza Bowls
These pizza bowls are really easy to make and they are loaded with veggies and seasoning. They are low carb, however I love to pair them with Garlic Rolls or knots. They are customizable, use ground turkey, chicken or ground beef. You can make any flavor “pizza” of choice. I like to go for supreme flavor and a classic marinara. You will love these protein loaded bowls, and so will your friend and family.
Make these bowls a complete meal and serve them with my Lemon Honey Kale Salad or Lemon Kale Caesar.
Ingredients Needed
Ground Turkey. You can use ground beef or chicken as well. I prefer turkey, it’s lean and clean since we use pepperoni and mozzarella, I try to cut the fat a little where I can for this recipe.
Marinara. Use any red sauce of choice. Pasta sauce or marinara will work.
Tomato Paste. This brings all the flavors together and helps to thicken the meat mixture a bit.
Pepperoni. I use regular, high quality pepperonis. You can use turkey pepperoni as well.
Veggies. I use mushrooms, bell peppers, jalapeños and onions for this recipe. The onion give the meat more moisture and flavor. You can use any pizza mix ins you prefer.
All other ingredients and measurements can be found in the recipe card below.
Recipe Variations
Pepperoni. This is optional! You can use turkey pepperoni to make it less fat.
Ground Turkey. Use ground chicken. ground venison or ground beef.
Marinara Sauce. Use spaghetti sauce or pasta sauce if needed.
Veggies. You can add black olives, red onions, chopped tomatoes, spinach and so on into the mix if desired. Don’t forget to check out my Taco Pizza too for more pizza ideas.
Steps To Make This Recipe
Step One. Preheat oven to 450º. Chop mushrooms, jalapeño and bell peppers into bite sized pieces and set aside. Finely chop onion and mince garlic. In a large skillet, heat oil, add the ground meat. Cook for about 5 minutes, soak up any leftover grease or liquid with a paper towel. Add in seasonings, onion and garlic.
Step Two. Once the onion starts to sweat, add in chopped mushrooms and peppers. Add seasonings and tomato paste. Mix well. Let the seasoning and tomato paste brown just a bit. Add in the marinara sauce.
Step Three. Once the marinara sauce begins to simmer a bit, continue to stir for another minute. Add equal amounts of the meat sauce mixture to oven safe bowls (20-25 oz bowls). If you don’t have oven safe bowls, no worries use microwave safe bowls.
Step Four. Cover the meat mixture with Mozzarella and top with pepperonis. Put bowls on a caking sheet and bake for about 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted, browned and bubbling. Or, you can cover them and pop them into the microwave for 1 minute or more until the cheese is melted.
Step Five. Let the pizza bowls cool for a minute or two and serve in the bowls, once they are cooled and enjoy.
Leftovers can be covered with plastic wrap and kept in the fridge for up to 5 days. To reheat just warm them up in the microwave.
Recipe FAQs
Use dairy free cheese, goat cheese, feta or Parmesan in this recipe. The options are endless for cheese!
Be sure to use lean ground meat. If you want to cut calories and fat, use turkey pepperoni.
Leftovers can be covered with plastic wrap and kept in the fridge for up to 5 days. To reheat just warm them up in the microwave. You can also freeze leftovers in an airtight container or bag for up to 3 months.
Recipe Pairings
These pizza bowls are great on their own, but I like to serve them with my Kale Salad And Roasted Red Pepper Dressing. They would also be great with Air Fryer Garlic Bread. Another fun side would be Dill Pickle Pasta.
Other Low Carb Meals To Try
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Pizza Bowls
Equipment
- large skillet
- sharp knife
Ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground turkey , *see notes
- ½ Tbsp olive oil
- ¼ cup mushrooms, chopped
- 1 small Jalapeño, chopped
- 1 small green bell pepper
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- ¼ cup onion, diced
- 1 Tbsp tomato paste
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- ¼ tsp salt, more as needed
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes
- 1½ cup marinara sauce
- 1 cup mozzarella, shredded, more as needed
- ¼ cup pepperoni, *see notes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450º. Chop mushrooms, jalapeño and bell peppers into bite sized pieces and set aside. Finely chop onion and mince garlic. In a large skillet, heat oil, add the ground meat. Cook for about 5 minutes, soak up any leftover grease or liquid with a paper towel. Add in seasonings, onion and garlic.
- Once the onion starts to sweat, add in chopped mushrooms and peppers. Add seasonings and tomato paste. Mix well. Let the seasoning and tomato paste brown just a bit. Add in the marinara sauce.
- Step Three. Once the marinara sauce begins to simmer a bit, continue to stir for another minute. Add equal amounts of the meat sauce mixture to oven safe bowls (20-25 oz bowls). If you don't have oven safe bowls, no worries use microwave safe bowls.
- Cover the meat mixture with Mozzarella and top with pepperonis. Put bowls on a caking sheet and bake for about 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted, browned and bubbling. Or, you can cover them and pop them into the microwave for 1 minute or more until the cheese is melted.
- Let the pizza bowls cool for a minute or two and serve in the bowls, once they are cooled and enjoy.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
How many servings does one batch make? Could I break up the ingredients and make individual bowls to bake?
Hi Veronica!
You can find all the serving size/nutritional info in the recipe card on the blog post (it serves about 4). You can easily add the additional servings to a tupperware for the week or freeze the additional servings. Enjoy!