If you’re looking to whip up some pizza for your next family dinner, then you need to try one of these pizza recipes!
Who doesn’t love a good pizza? This food is well loved throughout the world, and while you can eat it with traditional toppings, you can get creative and add your favorites to make it more personalized. But if you think that pizza isn’t that nutritious, you may want to reconsider– we talk about this a lot, and especially how the tomato sauce found in most pizzas contains lycopene! Lycopene is a powerful antioxidant that has been proven to protect the body against many chronic diseases. Similar to most nutrients, it’s more natural to obtain lycopene from foods rather than supplements. In order to achieve maximum health benefits associated with lycopene, it is recommended to consume tomato products with a heart healthy fat, such as olive oil or avocado. That’s why we recommend enjoying lycopene and its health benefits through delicious foods such as these pizza recipes.
Do you love Shakshuka? Then you’re sure to fall head over heels for these Shakshuka Pita Pizzas. These personal pizzas are topped with fresh spinach, eggs, feta cheese, and–of course–the classic melty egg. With flavors like this, what’s not to love?
Looking for a seasonal homemade pizza that everyone will love? This scrumptious Grilled All-American Avocado Pizza recipe is a perfect dish to share with your family and friends!
Yes, pizza CAN be a health food! This recipe for Thin Crust Spinach Pizza is ready in under 30 minutes and is filled with nutritious ingredients, vitamins, and minerals!
Switch out your pizza from Italian to Mexican with this South of the Border recipe. Use traditional pizza crust – just add beans, corn, peppers, taco seasoning, salsa and cheese. Is it Taco Tuesday or Pizza Friday? You decide.
Looking for a seasonal homemade pizza that everyone will love? This scrumptious Grilled All-American Avocado Pizza recipe is a perfect dish to share with your family and friends. During the summer, everyone wants an easy meal that will satisfy the taste buds of both kids AND adults, which is why you can’t go wrong with pizza. Plus, you can always add more veggies or your choice of protein and customize the pie to your liking. The versatility of pizza dishes allows you to get creative in the kitchen!
By adding avocados to the top of your pizza, you’re getting a hefty dose of heart healthy fats and a creamy texture that makes this recipe a standout. While the avocado topping on this pizza is an important part of this recipe, the canned tomato sauce steals the show! After all, some of the best pizzas contain tomato products, and it’s easy to see why. Not only do they provide a stunning color, but canned tomatoes are jam-packed with antioxidants that have been shown to reduce the risk of certain diseases and cancers. The antioxidant properties found in canned tomatoes enable you to obtain vitamin C, vitamin K, folate, and potassium. In addition to their amazing nutritional quality, canned tomatoes are easily available, affordable and accessible to just about anyone. So next time you’re at the grocery store, make sure to stock up on canned tomatoes so that you can have a pizza party by the pool!
Yes, pizza CAN be a health food! This recipe for Thin Crust Spinach Pizza is ready in under 30 minutes and is filled with nutritious ingredients, vitamins, and minerals!
Spinach is awesome! And as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, I want to celebrate everyday like it’s national spinach day. And spinach, tomato sauce and cheese? One of the best combos. I’ve cooked up a super quick and easy dinner recipe for spinach pizza that I’d love to share with you. I’m a fan of healthy convenience – that means cooking from scratch when you can, shopping for healthy packaged foods, and using time-savers to get dinner on the table pretty darn fast. My shortcuts here? Frozen chopped spinach, jarred pizza or marinara sauce, pre-crumbled feta, and whole-wheat flatbread. No need to rinse, sauté, boil, mince, crumble, mess up six pots and pans, or roll out dough that clearly has no interest in flattening out. If you’d like to sub the shortcuts for homemade dough or fresh spinach or some other ingredients, I know it’s going to taste awesome, I have no doubts. But these shortcuts are great for busy nights and dishwashing-haters like me.
Indulge me for a second while I opine about spinach. I load this pizza up with the stuff. Why? Well, 2 cups is 89% water, which means it’s naturally low-calorie and filling. For just 129 calories, you get 15 grams of protein and 14 grams of fiber, which helps you feel satisfied, and supports muscle growth and development and bowel regularity. To get the same amount of protein, you’d need to eat 6 slices of turkey and you wouldn’t get any fiber. Plus, those 2 cups of spinach are high in calcium, magnesium, potassium, vitamin A, and vitamin E, and a good source of zinc and vitamin C. And bonus – the vitamin C in the pizza sauce will enhance iron absorption!
So here’s the recipe. Perfect for a busy night. Fun to make with kids. Great for singles. Or couples. Or parties.
Thin Crust Spinach Pizza (Ready in under 30 minutes)
Yes, pizza CAN be a health food! This recipe for Thin Crust Spinach Pizza is ready in under 30 minutes and is filled with nutritious ingredients, vitamins, and minerals!
Ingredients
1 whole wheat flatbread or lavash (I used Trader Joe’s whole wheat lavash bread)
1/4 cup good pizza sauce or marinara sauce
2 cups frozen, chopped spinach, cooked. Squeeze out excess water.
3 artichoke hearts, roughly chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh buffalo mozzarella
2 tablespoons crumbled feta cheese
Instructions
Pre-heat the oven to 450 degrees FahrenheitLine a baking sheet with tinfoil.
Pre-crisp the flatbread by baking it for 2 minutes on each side (4 minutes total).
Spread the marinara on the toasted flatbread, leaving a 1-inch border of crust.
Cover evenly with chopped spinach.
Arrange the artichokes on the spinach.
Add chopped mozzarella.
Sprinkle feta cheese on top.
Bake for 8-10 minutes, until the goat cheese is slightly brown and the mozzarella has melted.
Caroline Kaufman MS, RDN is a Los Angeles-based Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, freelance writer, blogger and media spokesperson. Her advice has been featured in Health, EatingWell, Real Simple, Fox News, PBS Parents, upwave, and Food and Nutrition Magazine. Caroline loves to help busy people achieve their nutrition goals without adding stress; if you like the sound of that, check out her blog and follow her on Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook.
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