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Apart from being a vegetarian, I don’t follow any particular diet. But if I was going to, a low carb diet makes the most sense to me – much more sense than a low fat diet, a raw diet, etc.
If you feel the same, here’s a low carb dinner idea for you – pizza frittata! It contains all of my favourite pizza-style flavours, but without the bread – and with a few protein-rich eggs instead. I know, it’s not quite the same as a nice crispy base, but it’s a pretty good substitute, as far as low carb pizzas go!
Making an egg-based pizza isn’t a revolutionary idea, but most of the time I see the eggs used as part of a cauliflower pizza base (here’s an example from one of my favourite food blogs) – and although cauliflower bases look…
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