Pizza..healthy?

I had PapaMurphy's take and bake Hawaiian de-lite and it was only 151 calories per slice (that would be 1/10th of a large pizza!!
It made me very happy:-)

Have you tried making your own? You can buy bases or make them, but it's best to chose thin ones. Then top with some tomato puree and loads of veg (mushrooms, peppers or anything else you like) and a little mozzarella. As you are making it yourself you can control the amount of cheese on your pizza. When I have pizza I don't have as much as I used to but I will have carrot and cucumber sticks with a low fat humous to fill me up a bit first.

Walmart. . buy boboli whole wheat crust. . .. I put veggies and cheese with red pepper flake and bake. . .

You could put sauce on it though. . like they have Classico light alfredo. . . then you can put chicken and artichokes olives. . make a white pizza. .

My daughter likes red sauce so sometimes I put that on with the veggies. . .

If you are going out the lowest that I have found is just plain cheese pizza at little ceasers. ..

We make a pizza at home that has about 1300 calories total. We used Boboli (sp?) whole wheat crust, no salt added tomato sauce, low fat mozzarella cheese and lots of veggies. We also use turkey pepperoni sometimes. The only down side is that the whole wheat crust is a little denser and we haven't figured out how to make it crispy. Overall, though, it's pretty good pizza for a lot fewer calories, and we have fun making it!

A "healthier version of pizza?? You're kidding, right? Short answer is that pizza can be healthy, just watch how much you eat!!

look into making them at home. lots of recipes out there on the internet.

i like making mini-pizzas.. arnold's sandwich thins, a little sauce (or salsa!), cheese, veggies, whatever you like!

I too make my own pizza at home with Flatout light flatbreads. They're huge... they're tasty and they come in different flavors.... even a tomato or tomato basil one and a spinach variety. Cheese is a very important selection on this one as well. I use very very little cheese and always fat free - it doesn't exactly melt, but it's not so bad. I've found some lean ground turkey that's nice for a meat option, but I usually go with the Boca 'meat' crumbles. I also mix it up with the vegetables on mine. I cook thinly sliced onions, bell pepper, portabello mushrooms and matchstick carrots until very soft. Those go well on pizza and carrots in any sort of pizza or pasta sauce is an easy winner in my house. I always put finely diced carrots in my sauces for an extra veg serving. Black olives always go on my pizza too and I cut the sliced versions in half so it looks like more. For me, sometimes eating something that I used to crave is all about satisfying the eye first. If it looks good, and then tastes good, I'm set.

Making your own can be much cheaper, tastier and healthier. My favorite pizza used to be a pepperoni pan pizza. The problem is that it's so greasy and calorie laden that even modest amounts would kill my calorie count and make me not feel my best. We now make our own pizza and it's much better. Here are a couple tips:

1) We make dough in a bread machine. That way, all I have to do is put in the ingredients, turn the machine to dough mode, and boom...in two hours I've got fresh dough. The only "unhealthy" ingredient in a good recipe is a small bit (1Tbsp in this case) of olive oil. It also allows you to cut down on salt from what regular pizza joints put in their dough.
2) Pre-Cook Toppings: We used hormel pepperoni on our pizzas...but before putting any on the pizza, I place it in a microwavable bowl with two paper towels for 1 minute. That small amount of cooking removes an amazing amount of grease without affecting the taste at all.
3) I dice up pepperoni slices and sprinkle them on the pizza. That way you get a more even distribution and don't need nearly as much to get the same taste. This reduces the grease and calorie totals.

Using this method, I can make a much better tasting pizza, and the calorie counts are estimated to be anywhere between 33% and 50% less than a slice of frozen or delivered pizza. I also don't feel nearly as heavy, lazy or thirsty afterwards. Of course...at the end of the day, the best way to knock 250 calories out of your diet is to have on less slize and replace it with a healthy snack a few hours later.

Good luck!