homemade pizza

Sauce and cheese here... fresh mozarella, parmesan, goat cheese, gorgonzola, everything goes...

i love making pizza with my family its a lot of fun.. but for healthy option i just buy tofurkey's vegan pizza at my health food store... only about 220 calories for 5 medium sized slices very delicious

My family enjoys homemade pizza too. We like taco pizza for a twist once in a while. Make your regular whole wheat homemade crust and after you toss or roll it out pop it in the oven for about 10 minutes. It will be nearly done and firm enough for you to spread beans onto. You could just use drained black beans or canned refried beans if that's what your family likes, but I usually make homemade re-fried type beans using my crockpot (granted I have to plan a day ahead to soak and cook the pinto beans all day. To the beans I add diced onion... and peppers if you like spicy... so the flavors simmer together while they cook. When done, drain the water, add cumin or taco spices or salsa you like and mash, or puree with a hand blender). Back to the pizza...on top of the beans add meat if you want (cooked and seasoned as you would for tacos). Sprinkle on a little cheddar or jack cheese and put back in the warm oven to melt the cheese. On top of the melted cheese add your favorite lettuce chopped, chopped tomato, pico, salsa, hot peppers etc. to your taste. Some of us add a dollop of plain Greek yogurt or sour cream. Done, just cut and serve.

I'm boring...the only pizza I eat consists of pepperonis and green peppers :indifferent:

I like freshly grated cheddar, fresh cilantro and jalapenos as toppings on my homemade pizzas. Of course a good quality garlic-based sauce is obligatory whatever the toppings are. Here recently I've been making stuffed crust pizza with cheddar cheese sticks in the crust, which I've sorta become addicted to.

Try using squash with corn flour makes a tasty crust.

I like goat cheese with green olives, mushrooms, tomatoes & artichokes. If I use sauce I add seasoning salt. If I don't use sauce I add balsamic vinegar. Edited to add spinach...which I'm surprised I forgot since I'm eating a spinach salad right now.

BBQ sauce, pineapple and mushroom
Fresh tomatoes (no sauce), onion, bell pepper
Pizza sauce, fresh minced garlic, spinach and onion

I go cheeseless too (saves a ton of calories and saturated fat)

I've been enjoying making an individual pizza using flatbread; I use one that's multi-grain with flax. I use canola oil and some spices instead of sauce since I don't really like tomato, along with turkey pepperoni instead of regular.

Sour dough starter crust
Fig spread
Carmelized red onions (from my garden)
Blue cheese
Bacon
Mozzarella

Enjoy

Also an alternative for the dough you can use tortilla wraps, then use salsa or pizza sauce, mushrooms, pepperoni, banana peppers, jalapenos, and peppers.

I use homemade dough and bruschetta topping (usually olive oil, spices, tomatoes, and crushed garlic) instead of pizza sauce with fresh oven-roasted onions, garlic, and herbs (usually basil and thyme). I also usually use fresh mozzarella cut into chunks instead of shredded cheese and nice crispy bacon, and it turns out wonderful every time.

We love making this Grilled Chicken Mediterranean pizza using the Naan flatbread all the time! I grill all the veggies and chicken on our indoor grill on the stove so it takes a little while but it's so worth it!

Ingredients:

1 chicken breast, sliced in half length-wise, and each pounded flat (then marinate in any Italian dressing)
1 Naan flatbread (contains 2 flatbreads)
1 zuchinni (cut in bite size pieces)
1 squash (cut in bite size pieces)--instead of the squash you can use eggplant.
4 garlic cloves (finely chopped or minced)
Extra virgin olive oil - 2 TBSP
Roma tomatoes (4 each sliced)
black olives sliced (small can)
Asiago Cheese (enough to cover top of pizza ingredients)
Feta Cheese (as much or little as you like)
fresh baby spinach (small handful)
fresh basil (cut into ribbons)
salt and pepper to taste

***You can also add artichoke hearts (which I also grill), and carmelized onion, or whatever veggies you like. When I'm done adding everything, it's piled quite high on the flatbread!

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

First I place the 2 flatbreads side by side on a large baking sheet. Then you cut the chicken breast in half length-wise and pound them flat (I put them in a gallon size baggie and let out the air to make it easier). Pour in the Italian dressing to coat generously and sit aside while you are preparing the other ingredients. Then you cut the zuchinni and squash (and the artichokes if you are using them too--slice the artichoke heart in half) into bite size pieces and put in a bowl, add a pinch of salt and pepper, and drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil... about 1 TBSP and stir them to coat. I put them on my Jenn-Air grill until they brown up nicely and then turn them over (maybe a good 4-5 minutes each side)... you don't want them to get too limp or soggy. (If you don't have a grill, you can use a large frying pan on med-high heat and sear them on each side until brown). Remove from the grill and put them aside in a bowl. Brown the garlic in a small amount of olive oil or cook with the onion (if you are using onion)... just don't burn the garlic. Then I grill the marinated chicken breasts. It's easy to tell when it's time to turn the chicken... the uncooked side will get a whiter color as the pink goes away. Turn the chicken and cook maybe 4 minutes more. Remove the chicken and let it rest for 5 minutes. Then slice the chicken into strips 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide. Assemble your ingredients and begin to top your pizza.

First, drizzle both flatbreads with about 1 TBSP of olive oil. Add the grilled veggies (zuchinni, squash, eggplant, carmelized onion, garlic, artichoke, etc. whatever you want to use!) evenly over both flatbreads. Then add the sliced tomato to both evenly (you may sprinkle them with a small amount of salt and pepper if you wish). Then top each flatbread with the sliced chicken evenly. Add the black olives and the fresh baby spinach leaves evenly. Then add the Feta cheese (I usually buy the chunk Feta and just break off about 9-10 small pieces and place on top of each flatbread evenly. Then I add the Asiago cheese to cover each and then sprinkle the fresh basil ribbons on top. (Some of the toppings and cheese may fall off the "pile", so I just put it back on the pizza.

Put the baking sheet into the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Enjoy! (I know this sounds like a lot of steps, but my god it's worth it... it's very good!

(Just a tip... When you take them out of the oven, it would be great If you have a flat "pizza mover" -- like a very large spatula. I use that to gently lift the pizza out of the baking sheet (it keeps it all in one piece) and sit the flatbread (while still on the pizza mover) onto the plate. While it's still on the "pizza mover", I cut it into four slices with a rolling pizza cutter. I kind of use a fork to hold the pizza in place while I cut it. Then I slowly tilt the pizza mover and slide the whole pizza down onto the plate using the fork or whatever to gently push it.