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The food of this week is pizza, pizza is one of the most popular food that we love but we are always worried about eating it due to its high calorie content, we hate that how much pizza is unhealthy for us. Starting with the crust they are always coming from refined carbohydrates they have trans fat in them and there is the topping coming from cheese to sausage mostly coming from unhealthy animal sources and full of unhealthy fats, So i am going to show you today how to make your healthy pizza without sacrificing flavor or time, this is going to be very easy and fast.

Now I start with a raw flour tortilla because when choosing raw tortilla you can control how its cooked, I cook mine in a non-stick pan with no oil, this tortilla is about 120 calories, that’s awesome for a crust. The next think I do is I saute’ fresh vegetables, I take the opportunity to pack on vegetables to make my healthy tasty pizza. Be creative look up in your freezer what do you have up there, I usually have frozen spinach or frozen artichokes hearts. You can use tomato slices, broccoli that you are not using or some asparagus tips, look to you cabinet maybe you have some sun dried tomatoes or pepper flakes and think about throwing some nuts on the top such as pinenuts to make it even more healthy.

Now the next thing you want to think about  is your pizza sauce, I actually do not recommend using the ready made jarred pizza sauce, because it is full with artificial flovors, colorings and preservatives which always we want to avoid, some stores have fresh made sauce it is ok to use that, or make it at home which is easy and the best, put your favorite seasoning as desired, I actually use more sauce and less cheese.

So now you’ve got all your ingredients, you can put your sauce on your tortilla sprinkle a little bit of cheese mozzarella or whatever you like, try to use low fat cheese, put your saute’ed vegatables, when i saute’ these vegetables I use a little bit olive oil, crushed pepper, some oniones and a little bit of garlic and salt and you can season it how you like it to be. Now you got your pizza ready, sprinkle a little bit more cheese on the top to get the color, bake about 10 minutes, you will get a crispy shell, the cheese is going to melt and the entire pizza will cost you about 350 calories not to mention its packfull of fibers, vitamins and minerals from those vegetables, now if you want to go a step further, cut this pizza in two halves share it with someone else with a side salad dish. I’ve checked on the internet about common pizza restaurants to check the calories of 1 slice and I’ve found that 1 slice from those pizza contain about 300 calories, so why not make your own at home??!

Make your kids help you making this healthy pizza, you will be teaching them how to make a healthy pizza and healthy food in general besides good eating habits. Let them learn that healthy food is also delicious, so why exposing our health to danger by eating those junk food which is full of unhealthy fats, let them know they can make whatever they want at home, and stay healthy.

One more thing I want to share that if you are a gluten intolerant you still can enjoy this pizza just use corn tortilla, it is going to be a little more crunchier but it will stay taste as good.

I hope you find these tips helpful for enjoying a healthy pizza, if you have any questions please feel free to ask.