Watch out, Domino's...

If I had it my way, I would eat some form of pizza, be it pizza bread, bread sticks, pepperoni rolls, KrazyBread, pizza goldfish, delivery, frozen, etc., for lunch, afternoon snack and dinner, every single day. (Not breakfast - ew - instead, I would eat 2 brown sugar poptarts and chocolate chip taco pancakes....mmm... if only calories didn't have calories.) We have all seen the "diet" pizzas at the grocery store in the LeanCuisine packages. They're great, except for the fact that they only sprinkle about 2 tablespoons of diet cheese atop already mediocre crust. Thanks, but after "filling up" on the suggested serving size of ONE tiny pizza, which I would cut into 4 bite sized slices to fool myself into thinking I got more, I would feel very cheated and immediately drive myself to the nearest Little Caesars and defeatedly walk out with my $5 hot-and-ready. Also, try suggesting that your boyfriend/husband/fiance/brother/father should try eating a LeanCuisine pizza instead of his beloved Pizza Hut. Yeahright.

Here is an option for healthy pizza that passes the dude test.






Flatbread Pizza:



2 whole grain flatbread wraps, lo-carb

3/4 c. low moisture, part-skim mozzarella cheese

1/2 c. (more or less to taste) pizza sauce

1 ripe tomato, chopped

2-3 tbsp. chopped fresh basil (or 1-2 tsp. dried basil)

1/4 pkg turkey pepperoni (optional)

Sprinkling of Parm


Preheat the oven to 375. This should be pretty self explanatory. Sauce on flatbread. Cheese on sauce. Tomatoes and pepperoni on cheese. Basil and parm sprinkled on top! Into the oven for about 7-9 minutes. YUMM. Makes 2 servings (2 pizzas).


Variations: I am decidedly more adventurous than my sweetdear hubby when it comes to food, but I don't do goat cheese. Mainly because "goat" is in the title, and that, I cannot get over. Plus, it smells like gym feet. (Sorry). My brother and his gf LOVE the goat cheese though and they made their pizzas with an olive oil base (instead of pizza sauce - just brush the crust with about 1-2 tsp. of olive oil), and crumbled bits of goat cheese. Very good - apparently - and also an option! For the "meat lovers" out there, try adding the Boca breakfast turkey sausage! And of course, adding veggies is ALWAYS delish! Some of my pizza favs are banana peppers, green peppers, mushrooms, and eggplant. I would suggest quickly sauteeing them before adding them to the pizza since this pizza only cooks for 7-9 minutes.




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One of my favorite things to do is makeover unhealthy recipes. Send me your favorite foods and I'll make them over into healthified delectables!