I’m so utterly excited about this recipe!
I didn’t expect it to be this gorgeous or taste so wonderful!
A few weeks ago a co-worker was eating his lunch in our break room. It looked and smelled delightful. He told me it was a pizza omelette. 
My wheels began to turn. I recalled these egg white biscuits my Mom used to bake when she was on the Adkins diet in the early 80’s.
They were light and sort of melted in your mouth.
I had all these left over fresh herbs from my butternut squash dip. 
I got to work.
The result was perfect! 
The crust doesn’t taste like bread. It tastes like egg. But, this isn’t a pizza substitute. It’s an amazing tasting oven omelette that just happens to be pretty low in calories and extremely high in flavor!
I bragged about this Open Face Oven Baked Omelette Pizza all week at work! I usually don’t post this many photos of one recipe but I guess I’m just really proud of it!
Open Face Oven Baked Omelette Pizza
Ingredients
- 8 egg whites + 2 whole eggs
- 17 slices 30 g turkey pepperoni
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 4 Tbsp. 32 g sliced black olives
- 1 oz. thinly sliced mushrooms
- 1 Tbsp. fresh garlic minced divided
- 1 cup 112 g Italian cheese blend (shredded)
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh herbs oregano, basil, parsley, sage
- Salt & Pepper
Instructions
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Preheat your oven to 350°F. Line a 9” x 13” x 2” baking pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
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Add 5 of your egg whites to the bowl of a stand mixer (or using a hand mixer) and beat on medium speed until frothy.
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Add a pinch of salt to the whites and speed your mixer up to medium high until stiff peaks form.
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Add your other 3 egg whites and 2 whole eggs to a blender.
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Add ½ of the garlic a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper, blend for about 30 seconds (until frothy).
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Fold the blender eggs into the stiff egg whites until well mixed but still extremely light and airy.
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Pour mixture into the lined baking pan. Spread the mixture out evenly.
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Bake for 20 minutes.
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Remove the eggs from the oven (they will be puffed up like a soufflé but will deflate within a minute or two).
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Spread the pizza sauce evenly over the egg crust.
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Sprinkle on ¾ of the cheese evenly.
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Evenly top the cheese and sauce with the turkey pepperoni, black olives, mushrooms, minced garlic, and fresh herbs. Top with remaining cheese.
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Turn the oven up to 425°F. Bake the pizza for 10 to 15 more minutes (until cheese is melted).
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Remove the pizza from the oven. Grasp edges of the parchment paper and lift the pizza out of the pan.
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Place pizza on a cutting board and slice into 8 pieces. EAT!!!
I just am loving the idea of an open faced omelette here! It looks and sounds so delicious.
Thank You, Thalia! It was one of those recipes that worked out perfectly! I love it when that happens!
You certainly can be proud of it, it IS an art work and It seems that I can smell it all the way to Hawaii !
It will be on our table pretty soon, thank you !
You’re a sweetheart! Thank you so much! I hope you like it as much as we did!
I am just starting the THM diet and this recipe looks like it will fit nicely in my food plan. I sure hope I’m right. Great job!
Thank You, I hope it works for you!
now THAT is a RECIPE!! Wowsers, Julie, fantastic recipe and fantastic photos. When are you going to publish a cookbook? [grin] I used to make stuff like that in hunting camp. I couldn’t count the number of times I made “pizza spuds” … a big cast iron skillet of fried spuds with bacon and onions, with “pizza ingredients” piled over the top — like browned sausage, peppers, tomatoes, herbs, and loads of cheese — all done on the top of a wood cookstove. Eggs and biscuits on the side and you’ve got a power breakfast fit for hiking up hills all day. Not exactly low-calorie, of course, but firefighters and elk hunters don’t need low-calorie, they need extra-calorie!
High fives on an awesome recipe post!
p.s. This certainly qualifies as “pocket food” for hikers, hunters, firefighters. I baked hundreds of quiches and “pastry pockets” loaded with vegetables and cheese for just that purpose. Hunters leaving camp at oh-dark-thirty would stuff them into their coat pockets and backpacks for “anytime snacks” during the day. This would certainly qualify.
Thank You, Kelly! It’s so good to hear from you! Your opinion means a lot to me!
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How many calories does a serving of this contain? Thank you!
Ugh I cant wait to make some of this.
I estimated 1000 calories for the entire pizza. So 500 calories each for 2 servings and 250 calories each for 4 servings. I’ll run it through My Fitness Pal to get a nutrition breakdown and post it in the next couple of days. BTW, thanks for stopping by!