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Italian Pizza Egg Rolls
Healthy Recipe

Ingredients:
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/4 cup finely chopped carrots
1/4 cup finely chopped onions
1/4 cup finely chopped green peppers
3 oz. lean ground beef
1/2 cup tomato pasta sauce
1/2 cup grated mozzarella cheese
1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
9 egg roll wrappers (5-1/2 inch square)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray baking sheet with vegetable spray.

In nonstick skillet sprayed with vegetable spray, heat oil over medium heat. Add garlic, carrots and onions; cook for 8 minutes, or until softened and browned. Add peppers and cook 2 minutes longer. Add beef and cook for 2 minutes, stirring to break it up, or until it is no longer pink. Remove from heat and stir in tomato sauce, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses.

Keeping rest of wrappers covered with a cloth to prevent drying out, put one wrapper on work surface iwht a corner pointing towards you. Put 2 tablespoons of the filling in the center. Fold the lower corner up over the filling, fold the 2 side corners in over the filling, and roll the bundle away from you. Put on prepared pan and repeat until all wrappers and filled. Bake for 14 minutes, until browned, turning the pizza rolls at the halfway mark.

Recipe makes 9 servings Italian Pizza Egg Rolls.

Nutrition analysis per serving:
Calories: 184
Total fat: 6g
Cholesterol: 17mg
Protein: 10g
Carbohydrate: 23g
Sodium: 332mg
Fiber: 1g
Diabetic Exchanges: 1 Starch, 1 Vegetable, 1/2 Lean Meat, 1 Fat

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