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I have already blogged about making your own pizza at home but now I want to share how you can healthy it up! A way to improve any food is to use fresh ingredients or make from scratch so that you know exactly what is going into it.
I start with homemade pizza dough and lately I have been using jar sauce but I am going to make another big batch of homemade sauce to have on hand soon. Make sure you roll out your dough thin to save calories. You can save about 50 calories per slice going for thin instead of thick.
Load that son gun with veggies! All kinds of veggies; cucumbers, onions, peppers, squash…whatever you like. You can eat non starchy veggies until you bust. Use minimal cheese, the cheese is where a lot of the calories are!
Now for some math that I picked up in this month’s Women’s Health (thinking of subscribing to a women’s muscle magazine…too much?).
If you must order or eat out then ask for you pizza to be made with half the cheese they normally do. This can save 85 calories per slice. We are at 135 calories saved with the cheese and crust!
The calories of these toppings per slice may influence how you top your pizza:
Sausage: 44 calories
Bacon: 43 calories
Ham: 11 calories
Spinach, green peppers, roasted peppers, mushrooms, onions or tomatoes have less then 5.
I was partially raised by an almost Italian Grandma who has worked at a speciality Italian grocery, Graziano’s Bros, for as long as I can remember so I have always been around pasta, cheese, pizza and good Italian food. I am slowly learning how to make those recipes work for me and my new lifestyle and I hope that I can help some of you do the same!
LOVE me some pizza. I haven’t had much success at making my own…maybe I’ll try again
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Oh I love making pizza and so do the kids.. I probably need to do that this weekend.
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I love homemade pizza too. So much healthier when you know what’s on it!
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Being diabetic, pizza is always trickey for me. I love it but it’s super hard on the blood sugars and really sends me on a wild goose chase. When I’m the one ordering (and paying) I always order one just for me because no one else eats the way I do
I get the thinnest crust possible and I always get the veggie supreme. I don’t like meat on my pizza (unless we’re talking bacon with pineapple… That I can do). I think people are afraid to try out veggies on pizza…. It’s actually really good! Such a burst of flavors and SO many options!
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