Low(er) calorie pizza recipes (UK)

Jenninscotland

Hi there,

My husband and I LOVE pizza on a Friday night. So, last night I decided I would make one homemade. After buying loads of fresh veggies and finding a homemade sauce online, I was all ready to go. I also had planned to make a homemade dough...but ran out of time! Soooo, what did I do? I went to the local and bought this pastry thing that you roll out and top with pizza toppings. Imagine my HORROR when I found that it had 610 calories per half sheet (which by looking at it is what my husband and I would have eaten). Well, I did not eat any of it and since hubby has way more calories than I do, he was able to eat some of it and save the rest for another day.

I would love to read some of your ideas of how one can make a low(er) calorie pizza - especially for the crust! I know I can use reduced calorie mozzarella and my homemade sauce and veggies - but the crust seems to be the high calorie part!

Thanks in advance for any ideas

Fkika3131

Low Calorie Pizza

Fkika3131

Low Calorie Pizza

1 Pita wrap
1 tbsp pizza sauce
2 slices of black forest ham
1 small tomato
2 mushrooms
.25 cup of pineapple
.25 cup of shredded cheese

Makes one individual pizza

Preheat oven to Broil
Assemble pizza
Bake for 3 mins


Servings Per Recipe: 1
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 399.2
Total Fat: 14.2 g
Cholesterol: 56.6 mg
Sodium: 1,542.9 mg
Total Carbs: 44.5 g
Dietary Fiber: 3.2 g
Protein: 24.8 g

acpgee

I used to make pizza using frozen bread dough. Just pick a dough recipe without a lot of added oil. Roll it out as thin as you can.

Fkika3131

Easy Low Calorie Pizza

1 Whole wheat flour tortilla
1TBSP of pizza sauce
1/2 cup of chopped green peppers
1/4 cup of chopped onions
1/4 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions

Simple warm up a frying pan that is big enough to fit the whole wheat tortilla in it, flat. Warm it and then reduce heat to low, do not use oil in the pan. Spread pizza sauce on tortilla, sprinkle with various vegetables as you please and then top off with cheese. Cook pizza on low heat until cheese is melted. Remove from pan with spatula, cut, and serve.

Servings Per Recipe: 1
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 218.1
Total Fat: 3.5 g
Cholesterol: 5.0 mg
Sodium: 745.9 mg
Total Carbs: 35.3 g
Dietary Fiber: 5.8 g
Protein: 14.3 g

mrsg2013

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Jenninscotland

Those look yummy I did not think of using pita bread or tortillas....great ideas!

I'll have to have a look for dough balls...not sure I've seen those but might be looking in the wrong place.

Thanks so much.

777Gemma888

Hi there,

My husband and I LOVE pizza on a Friday night. So, last night I decided I would make one homemade. After buying loads of fresh veggies and finding a homemade sauce online, I was all ready to go. I also had planned to make a homemade dough...but ran out of time! Soooo, what did I do? I went to the local and bought this pastry thing that you roll out and top with pizza toppings. Imagine my HORROR when I found that it had 610 calories per half sheet (which by looking at it is what my husband and I would have eaten). Well, I did not eat any of it and since hubby has way more calories than I do, he was able to eat some of it and save the rest for another day.

I would love to read some of your ideas of how one can make a low(er) calorie pizza - especially for the crust! I know I can use reduced calorie mozzarella and my homemade sauce and veggies - but the crust seems to be the high calorie part!

Thanks in advance for any ideas

Reactively I'm thinking a wet pizza dough over a dry one. With a wet dough you should be able to make the pie larger using a small amount of flour. Another option would be to consider and lookup low-calorie focaccia recipes and use that as your pie base. Many opt for a tortilla, a roti or a pita pie base, loading it with their toppings. A vegan option would be to use vegetables as your pie base. Think cauliflower, zucchini, broccoli plus a low-fat cheese (many choose parmesan), bake it up first, then add sauce and toppings later.

Paleo and Gluten-free options may offer lower calories but not by much flour mixes. I don't rightly know if pre-mixed versions are readily available where you are. Off the hip, i'm thinking coconut flour and whole wheat flour; A 75%: 25% split or a 25%: 25%: 25% : 25% split of whole wheat, rice, coconut and chickpea flour, should help you achieve your dough, which should retain enough of a normal pizza-based flavoured texture, to help keep things interesting enough and real; Maintaining the flavour profile integrity.

Jenninscotland

Hi there,

My husband and I LOVE pizza on a Friday night. So, last night I decided I would make one homemade. After buying loads of fresh veggies and finding a homemade sauce online, I was all ready to go. I also had planned to make a homemade dough...but ran out of time! Soooo, what did I do? I went to the local and bought this pastry thing that you roll out and top with pizza toppings. Imagine my HORROR when I found that it had 610 calories per half sheet (which by looking at it is what my husband and I would have eaten). Well, I did not eat any of it and since hubby has way more calories than I do, he was able to eat some of it and save the rest for another day.

I would love to read some of your ideas of how one can make a low(er) calorie pizza - especially for the crust! I know I can use reduced calorie mozzarella and my homemade sauce and veggies - but the crust seems to be the high calorie part!

Thanks in advance for any ideas

Reactively I'm thinking a wet pizza dough over a dry one. With a wet dough you should be able to make the pie larger using a small amount of flour. Another option would be to consider and lookup low-calorie focaccia recipes and use that as your pie base. Many opt for a tortilla, a roti or a pita pie base, loading it with their toppings. A vegan option would be to use vegetables as your pie base. Think cauliflower, zucchini, broccoli plus a low-fat cheese (many choose parmesan), bake it up first, then add sauce and toppings later.

Paleo and Gluten-free options may offer lower calories but not by much flour mixes. I don't rightly know if pre-mixed versions are readily available where you are. Off the hip, i'm thinking coconut flour and whole wheat flour; A 75%: 25% split or a 25%: 25%: 25% : 25% split of whole wheat, rice, coconut and chickpea flour, should help you achieve your dough, which should retain enough of a normal pizza-based flavoured texture, to help keep things interesting enough and real; Maintaining the flavour profile integrity.

Thanks so much. I don't think I've ever seen anything but white and whole wheat flour here in Scotland I'll google however and see as this seems like a great idea!

lewandt

In the summertime we make pizzas on the grill. We use tortillas, pizza sauce, moz. cheese, and any other toppings that anyone wants.

Everyone makes their own and put on the grill until done (2-3 minutes usually).

they are a huge hit when we have people over as well.

Nice part about it is it is easy to figure out your own calories. They are yummy too.

I have also made these in a toaster oven.

Shooter219

I make my own Dough in my bread maker, I put it on a rectangular baking sheet, it covers the whole thing and cut into eight slices is only 121 calories per slice for the dough, they are good size pieces too!!

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Sugar
Garlic, 2 Cloves (I.e. 6 G) - Raw, 2 tsp (6g) 8 1 0 0 0 0
Flour, Bread - Gold Medal, 120 g (1/4 cup) 440 88 0 16 0 0
Gold Medal - All Natural Whole Wheat Flour, 1 cup 400 84 2 16 0 0
Hy-top 100% - Olive Oil Extra Virgin, 0.67 tablespoon (15ml) 80 0 9 0 0 0
Honey - Clover, 0.33 Tablespoon 20 5 0 0 0 5
Fleischmann's - Bread Machine Yeast, 1.5 tsp (0.8g) 18 0 0 2 0 0
Add Ingredient
Total: 966 178 11 34 0 5
Per Serving: 121 22 1 4 0 1


Hhhmmmm, that translated kind of crappy!! Anyways, it is REALLY good!!! Half the pizza crust is only 484 calories, oh and last time I made it, I added some Italian herbs into the bread maker, it was amazing!!!

Oh, and I scanned the bar code for everything and measured exact, so the numbers are right on!

777Gemma888

Thanks so much. I don't think I've ever seen anything but white and whole wheat flour here in Scotland I'll google however and see as this seems like a great idea!

Besan Flour is Chickpea flour . Dosa Flour is Rice flour. Wheat ladoo flour is whole wheat flour. Singoda flour is water chestnut flour. Rajagara flour is lentil flour (you could easily use this one for your pizza dough). Corn flour is another one you may consider mixing with regular flour. All these are available at ASDA along your baking aisle and international foods aisle. If not at ASDA then you may look into your closest Indian/Pakistani Grocers.' They should also have the coconut flour in stock and if they don't, simply purchase unsweetened coconut flakes, soak them for about 4 hours in a water to coconut ratio of 4:1, pop it into your food processor, drain as much of the water as you can out of it, layer over a baking sheet, bake in 200 degrees Fahrenheit oven 'til it is dry, pop it into a spice grinder (or a food processor) 'til it is finely pulverised and voila ~ your very own coconut flour. Using more coconut flour or any of the above to all purpose flour ratio, lowers your calorie markers. Oat flour is another option. And if you can't find that, simply throw your rolled oats into a spice grinder, zing it through and voila - your oat flour.

Good luck!

ETA: Cassava Flour to All Purpose Flour to Coconut Flour mix would better@Flavour profile. You might want to knead your dough in corn flour to attain the crispy crust.

Jenninscotland

In the summertime we make pizzas on the grill. We use tortillas, pizza sauce, moz. cheese, and any other toppings that anyone wants.

Everyone makes their own and put on the grill until done (2-3 minutes usually).

they are a huge hit when we have people over as well.

Nice part about it is it is easy to figure out your own calories. They are yummy too.

I have also made these in a toaster oven.

Yum, sounds very delicious We don't have a grill as we live in a flat but we can try in a pan or under the grill in the oven

Jenninscotland

I make my own Dough in my bread maker, I put it on a rectangular baking sheet, it covers the whole thing and cut into eight slices is only 121 calories per slice for the dough, they are good size pieces too!!

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Sugar
Garlic, 2 Cloves (I.e. 6 G) - Raw, 2 tsp (6g) 8 1 0 0 0 0
Flour, Bread - Gold Medal, 120 g (1/4 cup) 440 88 0 16 0 0
Gold Medal - All Natural Whole Wheat Flour, 1 cup 400 84 2 16 0 0
Hy-top 100% - Olive Oil Extra Virgin, 0.67 tablespoon (15ml) 80 0 9 0 0 0
Honey - Clover, 0.33 Tablespoon 20 5 0 0 0 5
Fleischmann's - Bread Machine Yeast, 1.5 tsp (0.8g) 18 0 0 2 0 0
Add Ingredient
Total: 966 178 11 34 0 5
Per Serving: 121 22 1 4 0 1


Hhhmmmm, that translated kind of crappy!! Anyways, it is REALLY good!!! Half the pizza crust is only 484 calories, oh and last time I made it, I added some Italian herbs into the bread maker, it was amazing!!!

Oh, and I scanned the bar code for everything and measured exact, so the numbers are right on!

Oh my goodness...I have thought about buying a bread maker so many times - in the end however, my husband and I have decided that we cannot be trusted with one! Still, maybe with our healthy eating, we could find ways to cook healthier breads? Do you tend to find that your breads are a lot healthier?

Jenninscotland

Thanks so much. I don't think I've ever seen anything but white and whole wheat flour here in Scotland I'll google however and see as this seems like a great idea!

Besan Flour is Chickpea flour . Dosa Flour is Rice flour. Wheat ladoo flour is whole wheat flour. Singoda flour is water chestnut flour. Rajagara flour is lentil flour (you could easily use this one for your pizza dough). Corn flour is another one you may consider mixing with regular flour. All these are available at ASDA along your baking aisle and international foods aisle. If not at ASDA then you may look into your closest Indian/Pakistani Grocers.' They should also have the coconut flour in stock and if they don't, simply purchase unsweetened coconut flakes, soak them for about 4 hours in a water to coconut ratio of 4:1, pop it into your food processor, drain as much of the water as you can out of it, layer over a baking sheet, bake in 200 degrees Fahrenheit oven 'til it is dry, pop it into a spice grinder (or a food processor) 'til it is finely pulverised and voila ~ your very own coconut flour. Using more coconut flour or any of the above to all purpose flour ratio, lowers your calorie markers. Oat flour is another option. And if you can't find that, simply throw your rolled oats into a spice grinder, zing it through and voila - your oat flour.

Good luck!

ETA: Cassava Flour to All Purpose Flour to Coconut Flour mix would better@Flavour profile. You might want to knead your dough in corn flour to attain the crispy crust.

Thanks so much. I'll probably try the Indian store as that's probably the closest thing around here Great post and thank you again

g_allard

My favourite is a tortilla, sauce and then vegetarian style: baby tomatoes cut up & mushrooms - the best part is to top it with one of those spice mixes - Greek seasoning is the best. My family loves these -- never had a complaint!

Jenninscotland

My favourite is a tortilla, sauce and then vegetarian style: baby tomatoes cut up & mushrooms - the best part is to top it with one of those spice mixes - Greek seasoning is the best. My family loves these -- never had a complaint!

Very intrigued - what is greek seasoning? I LOVE Greece. We spent our honeymoon there and have a trip to Crete booked in April

Shooter219

I make my own Dough in my bread maker, I put it on a rectangular baking sheet, it covers the whole thing and cut into eight slices is only 121 calories per slice for the dough, they are good size pieces too!!

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Sugar
Garlic, 2 Cloves (I.e. 6 G) - Raw, 2 tsp (6g) 8 1 0 0 0 0
Flour, Bread - Gold Medal, 120 g (1/4 cup) 440 88 0 16 0 0
Gold Medal - All Natural Whole Wheat Flour, 1 cup 400 84 2 16 0 0
Hy-top 100% - Olive Oil Extra Virgin, 0.67 tablespoon (15ml) 80 0 9 0 0 0
Honey - Clover, 0.33 Tablespoon 20 5 0 0 0 5
Fleischmann's - Bread Machine Yeast, 1.5 tsp (0.8g) 18 0 0 2 0 0
Add Ingredient
Total: 966 178 11 34 0 5
Per Serving: 121 22 1 4 0 1


Hhhmmmm, that translated kind of crappy!! Anyways, it is REALLY good!!! Half the pizza crust is only 484 calories, oh and last time I made it, I added some Italian herbs into the bread maker, it was amazing!!!

Oh, and I scanned the bar code for everything and measured exact, so the numbers are right on!

Oh my goodness...I have thought about buying a bread maker so many times - in the end however, my husband and I have decided that we cannot be trusted with one! Still, maybe with our healthy eating, we could find ways to cook healthier breads? Do you tend to find that your breads are a lot healthier?

Oh absolutely! I don't really eat bread all that often, but I do eat the pizza dough and have plans for a healthy French bread!! I make breads for the family though! To be honest, I just got my machine a couple of weeks ago and am still working out the kinks in my breads, but the pizza dough is spot on!!

You can make this recipe without a bread maker too!! I'm just waaaay to lazy for that! Lol!

the_britster

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Jenninscotland

I make my own Dough in my bread maker, I put it on a rectangular baking sheet, it covers the whole thing and cut into eight slices is only 121 calories per slice for the dough, they are good size pieces too!!

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Sugar
Garlic, 2 Cloves (I.e. 6 G) - Raw, 2 tsp (6g) 8 1 0 0 0 0
Flour, Bread - Gold Medal, 120 g (1/4 cup) 440 88 0 16 0 0
Gold Medal - All Natural Whole Wheat Flour, 1 cup 400 84 2 16 0 0
Hy-top 100% - Olive Oil Extra Virgin, 0.67 tablespoon (15ml) 80 0 9 0 0 0
Honey - Clover, 0.33 Tablespoon 20 5 0 0 0 5
Fleischmann's - Bread Machine Yeast, 1.5 tsp (0.8g) 18 0 0 2 0 0
Add Ingredient
Total: 966 178 11 34 0 5
Per Serving: 121 22 1 4 0 1


Hhhmmmm, that translated kind of crappy!! Anyways, it is REALLY good!!! Half the pizza crust is only 484 calories, oh and last time I made it, I added some Italian herbs into the bread maker, it was amazing!!!

Oh, and I scanned the bar code for everything and measured exact, so the numbers are right on!

Oh my goodness...I have thought about buying a bread maker so many times - in the end however, my husband and I have decided that we cannot be trusted with one! Still, maybe with our healthy eating, we could find ways to cook healthier breads? Do you tend to find that your breads are a lot healthier?

Oh absolutely! I don't really eat bread all that often, but I do eat the pizza dough and have plans for a healthy French bread!! I make breads for the family though! To be honest, I just got my machine a couple of weeks ago and am still working out the kinks in my breads, but the pizza dough is spot on!!

You can make this recipe without a bread maker too!! I'm just waaaay to lazy for that! Lol!

Oh cool - well once you do, please post any interesting recipes on MFP - might just have to buy one!!

Penfoldsplace

These aren't really proper pizza, but I love to use warburton Square wraps, pitta breads or left over french bread as pizza bases. I will make pizza out of anything .

HeidiCooksSupper

Another possibility is "spinach-crust pizza" which isn't a true pizza but good none the less. There are lots of recipes on the web. The first two pics are of one with lots of ricotta, red pepper, bacon and summer squash on it. The third one has mozzarella, mushrooms, salami and a butternut-squash-red-pepper sauce.





Basically, whir spinach, eggs, grated cheese, and salt & pepper in the food processor and pour it out onto a parchment-lined pizza pan. Bake at 400F for about 15 minutes. While it's baking prepare the toppings, e.g. saute mushrooms, etc. Top with whatever you wish and shove it under the broiler until it is brown and bubbly. Voila: pizza-like substance. We've had it several times with all sorts of stuff on top and using anything from parmesan to cheddar in the "crust," which is really more like a thin layer of baked spinach mousse.

777Gemma888

You might also consider Kamut Flour which is really more palatable than the normative flour varieties and is loaded with nutritional benefits ~ protein being one. Should be readily available in the UK.

litoria

Have you tried the cauliflower pizza crust? It sounds like one of those "healthy but it will do" kind of substitutes....until you try it. Seriously, this is awesome. There are lots of recipes out there, google it and see which one suits you. My favourite is simply cauliflower, nutritional yeast, chick pea flower. It has heaps lower calories, increases your vegetable intake by a few serves and actually tastes delicious.

Jenninscotland

Another possibility is "spinach-crust pizza" which isn't a true pizza but good none the less. There are lots of recipes on the web. The first two pics are of one with lots of ricotta, red pepper, bacon and summer squash on it. The third one has mozzarella, mushrooms, salami and a butternut-squash-red-pepper sauce.





Basically, whir spinach, eggs, grated cheese, and salt & pepper in the food processor and pour it out onto a parchment-lined pizza pan. Bake at 400F for about 15 minutes. While it's baking prepare the toppings, e.g. saute mushrooms, etc. Top with whatever you wish and shove it under the broiler until it is brown and bubbly. Voila: pizza-like substance. We've had it several times with all sorts of stuff on top and using anything from parmesan to cheddar in the "crust," which is really more like a thin layer of baked spinach mousse.

That sounds amazing - thank you! I will give this a try

Jenninscotland

You might also consider Kamut Flour which is really more palatable than the normative flour varieties and is loaded with nutritional benefits ~ protein being one. Should be readily available in the UK.

Thanks so much - will have a look around for it.

Jenninscotland

These aren't really proper pizza, but I love to use warburton Square wraps, pitta breads or left over french bread as pizza bases. I will make pizza out of anything .

French bread is a great idea - we have a two bakeries downstairs within a few feet of our flat! I try to stay away, but if I could buy a single serving and top that with low fat mozz, it might just be great!

Jenninscotland

Have you tried the cauliflower pizza crust? It sounds like one of those "healthy but it will do" kind of substitutes....until you try it. Seriously, this is awesome. There are lots of recipes out there, google it and see which one suits you. My favourite is simply cauliflower, nutritional yeast, chick pea flower. It has heaps lower calories, increases your vegetable intake by a few serves and actually tastes delicious.

Wow, had not heard of this (or the spinach idea either) - I knew that cauliflower was used to bulk up a lot of recipes to lower calories, but had not heard of it as a pizza base - will Google thanks

Ideabaker

Love the spinach and cauliflower bases, and especially the tortilla ideas (I always have heaps of tortillas in the house). Thanks, everyone, for the super ideas!

Tigg_er

Tagging these for later use. Thanks everybody !

mhamirani

I've used the Stone Fire - Authentic Tandoori Naan Flatbread, 0.5 naan tandoori; 1/2 serving of the flat bread is 190 cals., but you watch out for the sodium...it's a little high for that brand. love, love, love it tho. I sometimes switch out between pizza sauces to white pizza and also Tika Masala (curry blend) for the pizza base YUM!