Healthy homemade Pizza Recipes

If you have a bread maker there should be a dough setting. You simply add all the ingredient and let the machine do it's job.

4 cups flour
2tsp yeast
3/4 tsp salt
1 3/8 cup water
3 tbsp olive oil

Pizza dough is fairly easy to make and you can get recipes anywhere (I like traditional Italian thin crust a la New Haven style) so I use Marie Espositio's recipe (Ciao Italia).

Hand stretch it to make a very thin crust (I can get a pound of dough to cover a 1/2 sheet cake pan). Spray the pan lightly with olive oil before laying the dough down. Spray the top of the unbaked crust lightly with more olive oil (I use a mister). Spread/sprinkle on some soft cheese (not an inch thick! goat cheese is best, ricotta or blue cheese works too), add caramelized onion (I use one large vidalia sauteed in olive oil, then drained), and very thinly sliced proscuitto.

Drizzle with a fig-balsamic reduction (super easy to make - 1/2 cup fig puree, 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar and 1/2 cup of water - simmer until blended and syrupy).

Bake at 500 degrees for about 10 minutes or until the crust is to your liking. Finish by piling fresh baby arugla on the top, and some shaved parmesan cheese.

My idea of healthy might be different from others - but this is such a flavorful pizza that has all my favorite ingredients, and it's made from scratch - that I consider it a worthwhile caloric expenditure.

Here's the macro breakdown:

1/2 sheet cake pan cut into 16 slices, 2 slices per serving:

Calories:278
Carbs:33
Fat:13
Protein:12
Cholesterol: 16
Sodium: 471

I use whole wheat pitas for a great thin crust and top with a little sauce, cheese, cooked chicken, roasted red peppers, chopped onion and fresh mushrooms. Delish! Whole Foods and most super markets carry their own whole wheat dough.

Check out Hungry Girl she has some really good and good tasting pizza recipes.
I like skinnytaste.com also for great tasting alternatives.

Here is a tasty recipe from skinnytaste.com


LAVASH FLATBREAD PIZZA

Servings: 2 • Serving size: 2 squares • Old Points: 4 pts • Points+: 5 pts
Calories: 191.8 • Fat: 4.7 g • Protein: 12.2 g • Carb: 23.9 g • Fiber: 1.4 g • Sugar: 1.4 g

Ingredients:

9x12" lavash flatbread
olive oil spray
3 tbsp marinara sauce
2 oz reduced fat shredded mozzarella
pinch dried oregano
2 tbsp fresh basil

Directions:

Preheat oven to 450°. If you have a pizza stone, heat it as well.

Spray lavash lightly with oil then top with sauce. Too much sauce will make the bread soggy so don't over-do it.
Top with cheese and oregano, then bake until the cheese melts, about 5 minutes.Remove from the oven and cut into 4 pieces. Top with fresh basil and eat immediately.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/amazing-whole-wheat-pizza-crust/

I only use whole wheat, even though the recipe calls for about half all purpose. Makes two thin dough pizzas that will fit the average pizza pan in stores.

I forgot to add that this dough freezes well. Take a ziplock out of the freezer and let it thaw for a couple of hours.

bump.....I want an easy crust recipe

Fleischmann’s Pizza Crust .... 1 step ... easy

1 3/4 - 2 1/4 cups of flour
1 envelope Fleischmann’s® Pizza Yeast
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup of very warm water (120° to 130° F)
3 tablespoons oil

Combine 1 cup flour, undissolved yeast, sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Add water and oil. Mix together until well blended; about 1 minute. Add ½ cup flour gradually until dough forms a ball. Add additional flour, if needed, to handle. Spoon dough out of bowl onto floured surface. Dough will be slightly sticky. Knead on floured surface. Knead until dough is smooth and elastic; about 4 minutes.
Press dough out to fill greased pizza pan. Top as desired with pizza sauce, cheese and toppings. Bake on bottom oven rack at 425° for 12 to 15 minutes until cheese is bubbly and crust is brown.

**** Use whole wheat flour if you like & roll the dough really thin. Toppings - turkey pepperoni is much lower in fat. Use less cheese. Add more veggies. Yum!

my secret here is a bit of a cheat. My main goal is, other than to eat something nutritious and in my macros, to know what I'm eating. I do this best by assembling a fake pizza from known quantities (in this case from Trader Joe's):

1 organic whole wheat pizza
1 spritz olive oil (I count it as 1/2 tab)
1 fresh mozzarella stick
2 tab organic garlic roasted tomato sauce
(add veggies or whatever).

nuke it for 30-40 sec to melt cheese, then toast in toaster oven to crisp up.

When we've made pizza I've always cheated and bought the dough from the grocery store and rolled that out. It's usually in a mini-fridge near the bakery and they have a few favors of dough including whole wheat. A couple local places sell their dough too if you ask.

But for common toppings for us are:

broccoli florets,
fresh tomatoes, sun dried tomatoes,
garlic,
chopped spinach (thawed from frozen works if you squeeze it dry it first),
black olives (yuck for me but hubby likes them),
cheese, BBQ sauce or red sauce or just olive oil,
and maybe some pre-grilled chicken

I have used wheat pita breads, wheat tortillas or those mini crusts from walmart that come 3 to a pack! Never tried anything homemade, just fast and convenient and calorie-friendly If you like some meat and similar to canadian bacon, I love to use turkey bacon!!! I have tried chicken alfredo pizza, cheese pizza, ground turkey instead of hamburger. I only make mini pizzas for each of us in my family to have our own so we can put what we want on them and so we have some portion control!!! I could never give up pizza!!!