Friday night is pizza night in our house, and we look forward to this all week.
It's hard to imagine a down-side to having a fresh, hot pizza delivered right to your door, but if you're tight on cash, or trying to fit into that bikini by summer, delivery pizza is not your friend.
Making your own pizza is a great alternative, and not as hard as you think. If you have the time, consider making your own crust. This recipe for whole wheat pizza crust makes a thin crust that even the pickiest eaters will enjoy. Top it with your favorite toppings and you have a healthy dinner, super cheap. This dough recipe makes enough dough for two 16" pizzas.
The pizza dough can be made ahead and stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days, or frozen, then thawed in the refrigerator. Take out of the refrigerator one hour before you're ready to cook.
One serving of this pizza is super healthy, super filling, and costs just $ .36! (add artichoke hearts and sun-dried tomato - pictured - for just $ .65 a slice). You can't get that from take-out!
And- if you just don't feel up to making your own dough, some grocery stores carry home-made pizza dough in their deli.
Serve with a side salad for a complete meal.
Whole Wheat Pizza
makes 2- 16 inch pizzas
Ingredients
Crust
1 tsp sugar
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 tbsp active dry yeast ( I like Fleischmann's pizza crust yeast)
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
seasonings to taste (I like to add garlic powder, and some basil and oregano right into the crust)
Toppings
1 tbsp olive oil
2 cups no-salt-added tomato sauce
2 tsp dried oregano
2 tsp dried basil
2 tsp garlic powder
4 cups shredded mozerella cheese
1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese
Directions
1. In a large bowl, dissolve sugar in water, and add yeast. Let stand until bubbly (about 10 minutes)
2. Stir in the olive oil and salt, then mix in all but 1/2 cup of the flours. Mix until sticky dough forms.
3. Turn out dough onto surface covered with remaining flour, and kneed in remaining flour, until dough is smooth, and does not break apart (about 10 minutes)
4. Place dough in a bowl coated with olive oil, cover with a damp towel, and place in a warm place to rise for about 1 hour, or until doubled in size
5. Punch down dough, and divide into two balls. Place each ball into separate bowls, cover and let rise for about 45 minutes
6. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Roll out dough with a rolling pin to desired size, and transfer to pan. Press dough with finger tips into edges.
7. Brush dough with 1 tbsp olive oil all the way to edges.
8. Combine tomato sauce with next three ingredients, and spread onto pizza crusts
9. Sprinkle cheeses evenly over tomato sauce
10. Cook in pre-heated oven for 15-20 minutes
Enjoy!!!
Per serving: 202 calories, 12 grams protein, 6 grams fat, 373 mg sodium, 3 grams fiber
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