Healthy Pizza

Rocbola · September 2013

Exactly.

LiftAllThePizzas · September 2013

What happened is that the universe hates cauliflower "crust" because it is blasphemy.

shartran · October 2013

Understanding this...coming from someone who eats Burger King, Pizza Hut, Ice Cream and beer. The OP did ask for a Healthy Pizza...

trogalicious · October 2013

Yeah, but if you don't enjoy the pizza... you aren't gonna eat it. Cauliflower or not. Make good pizza fit into your macros and it's a lot easier to deal with.
Real crust vs cauliflower? I'll take dough any day.

lucystacy71 · October 2013

I make my own pizza and I'm planning on making one tonight actually. I usually go with turkey pepperoni and then I load on veggies with onions, green peppers, banana peppers. My crust is basically like most people have said - flour, warm water, yeast but I like to put a little parmesan and minced garlic for extra flavor. (I'm not allowed much salt, so I put garlic in everything. My breath may suffer, but I'll be safe from vampires for the rest of my life.) For the sauce, I take a small can of no salt added tomato sauce and add oregano, savory, and garlic (told ya). I don't have exact measurements unfortunately.

Edited because I can't spell.

ElsB25 · October 2013

My body really doesn't like wheat, but I've never found a wheat-free base I like. I tend to buy a pre-mixed 'just add water' pizza base from the supermarket. but where it says to make 1 pizza, I'll make about 4. Stretching it out nice and thin, make sure you pre-bake it partially once you've added the sauce base but before adding toppings so it doesn't fall apart and you've cut out a load of calories before you've even started with the toppings!
I mix up a tomato base using puree and herbs, or if I'm feeling it a barbecue sauce base using water to make it spread further (v. high in sugar - go steady with it) I then load on whatever I've got laying around! For example last time I used some roasted chicken pieces, frozen spinach (leave out to defrost for a few minutes, should pull apart easily) low fat mozzarella, a sprinkling of half fat cheddar, red chills, tomatoes, red onion etc.

Basically think about what you usually enjoy on a pizza and make it healthy! Cheese and sauce are the main baddies so just swap out for half fat and use sparingly. I'd recommend steering clear of processed meats unless you have serious moderation control.

Salad wise, I'm just beginning to fall for them myself, so depending on what you like you might be interested in these:

Pesto, chicken, babyleaf spinach, cherry tomatoes, red peppers. I use Ryvita as a healthy wheat-free crouton alternative (some have wheat in, so check if you care about that) and I sometimes chuck in a SMALL amount of sesame/poppy seeds to make it more interesting finished off with a splash of lemon juice.

That's what I've been taking to work recently.
Basically as long as you've got some sort of lettuce/rocket/spinach/watercress base, just add what you like and get creative!

I use things like olives, tuna, spring onion, even fruit! Just depends what your tastebuds enjoy, but for Pete's sake, don't sit there munching on a boring plate of pure lettuce. Chuck in some protein and put whatever you enjoy on.

bcattoes · October 2013

Pizza is as healthy as the ingredients used to make it. I make my own healthy pizzas pretty often, though I never use a recipe. Thin crust is a must for me if I'm trying to keep it "healthy" because otherwise the carb to protein ratio is way off. Thin crust, veggies, lean or no meat, reduce fat cheese.

My husbands LOVES the philly cheesesteak pizza from Dominos. So I make him a healthier version using Ragu reduced fat alfredo sauce, reduced fat cheese, lean beef and onions and peppers on a thin crust. Cuts the fat and calories almost in half.

LiftAllThePizzas · October 2013

None of those things are inherently unhealthy. So apart from advertising your own food phobias, what is your point?

brendamueller37 · October 2013

Well for me I make wheat tortilla pizza - its thin and crispy and you can put what you want on it as long as its healthy ingredients, but it satisfies my pizza craving
:happy:

lewandt · October 2013

Sorry if this is a repeat...i don't feel like looking at all the other posts.

We make our own using a tortilla, a little pizza sauce, some cheese and any other ingredients you like to use and grill it on the grill for a couple minutes.

My kids love them! And you can control the calories by making your own.

sometimes i make one in the toaster oven at work and they turn out ok there too.

firstsip · October 2013

Of all the things you mentioned, beer's the kicker. Unfiltered craft beer's like a slice of multigrain bread. Nice try.

In for homemade pizza dough recipes nomnom.

bcattoes · October 2013

Is cauliflower crust inherently unhealthy? If not, what was your point re: the universe hating it?

LiftAllThePizzas · October 2013

It's inherently not pizza.

Cindyinpg · October 2013

You call cauliflower pizza, pizza? Now, this, this is pizza! :happy:

LiftAllThePizzas · October 2013

I think the most important lesson to come out of this thread is that "animatedpizzagifs.com" is a real website.

Sabine_Stroehm · October 2013

ditto

NovemberJune · October 2013

Homemade pizza is by far the BEST! I've been using this recipe for dough lately:

http://food52.com/recipes/16641-jim-lahey-s-no-knead-pizza-dough

I love mushrooms, peppers, and onions and sometimes pepperoni or sausage :bigsmile:

Sabine_Stroehm · October 2013

You pretty well did that yourself.

Sabine_Stroehm · October 2013

That looks great. I'd make with an unbleached, unenriched whole wheat dough myself, but YUM! Thanks for linking.

Sabine_Stroehm · October 2013

OP: if you haven't tried the cauliflower crust PIZZA, and you like to cook and try new things, give it a try. I hear it's great, and keep meaning to try it myself.

But then, I also love kimchi pizza which I'm sure is sacrilege too. cheers!:drinker:

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