Healthy Pizza Recipe 
Follow this healthy pizza recipe for a low fat alternative pizza that you can enjoy whilst cutting the calories. Ii is easy to make and popular with dieters and children.
Pizza can be healthy and low fat if you make a low fat base with wholemeal flour and only bake it not fry or coat in oil. Then you need to add vegetable toppings and if required lean meat or seafood.
Finally add a thin sprinkling of cheese rather than a heavy coating. Use a mature cheddar for a strong taste so you need not use as much cheese to get the flavour.
Follow the Healthy Pizza Recipe to create your own healthy low fat pizza.
INGREDIENTS
Wholewheat dough
- 2 cups (250g) wholewheat flour
- 2 1/4 tsp (1 packet) yeast
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup warm water
- 1 tbsp honey
- 2 3/4 tsp wheat gluten
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Tomato Topping
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 brown onion
- 1 tsp garlic in jar or one clove garlic
- large slice red capsicum
- 1/4 tsp dried chilli
- variety fresh herbs such as basil, oregano and sage
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1 can crushed tomatoes
METHOD
Pizza dough
- If using active dry yeast, place it in a bowl with the water and honey for 10 minutes or until frothy. If using instant yeast, disregard this step.
- Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead the dough for ten minutes until dough is smooth. If using a mixer, use the dough attachment and knead on a low setting for about five minutes until dough is smooth and no longer sticks to the bowl.
- Cover the dough with a towel and rise for one hour until doubled in size.
- Roll out the dough, cover with toppings and bake or roll out the dough and bake for three or four minutes before removing to put on your healthy pizza toppings. Afterward, finish baking until crust has browned and cheese is melted.
For the Sauce
- Heat oil and add the chopped onion and garlic until golden brown.
- Add diced capsicum, chopped herbs, sugar, salt and tomatoes.
- Cook for about ten minutes
- Allow the sauce to cool for about ten minutes and then blend until texture is like a paste.
When making a healthy pizza at home limit the amount of cheese used and keep the base thin. The dough and the cheese are what add up the calories ion a pizza. Use a thin layer of cheese only.
Top the pizza with lots of vegetable toppings, like chopped mushrooms, olives, bell peppers, onions, chillies and add lean meat cuts or seafood. This increases the nutritional value of your pizza and lowers the fat content.
To raise metabolic levels add some chilli power to the sauce and this helps burn fat and boost energy levels. Chillies are the active ingredient in many weight loss pills such as Capsiplex or FutureShape and is an easy ingredient to add to a pizza.
Useful links
Read about Capsiplex chilli pills
Read about FutureShape Fat Burner pills
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