The Pizza Thread Updated 16/1 with Piccies!

Ok i have a recipe for Wholewheat pizza dough whic i have posted below, now all im after is users suggestions for healthy toppings.

Makes a pizza dough for four people

1 tablespoon dried yeast +1 teaspoon sugar

1/4 pint / 150 ml warm skim milk

8 oz / 200g wholemeal flour

1/2 oz / 15g Olive Oil

salt to taste

* Crumble the fresh yeast into the liquid or mix in the dried yeast and sugar. Keep warm until the yeast is working well.

* Put the olive oil into the flour.

* Slowly, mix the flour into the liquid until a uniform dough is formed.

* Knead for 1 minute into a stiff dough.

* Roll the dough out to form a 12 inch / 30 cm circle and place on a greased baking tray.

* Leave in a warm place for 30 minutes when it should have risen.

veg and lean chicken for toppings! chicken and sweetcorn is the obvious one? how about some lean minced beef thrown on too?

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Passata, garlic, peppers and mushrooms for the sauce
Low fat mozzarella for the cheese (the fresh mozz. has a similar nutritional content to cottage cheese)
Add some dried parmesan to the mozz. if you want it more cheesy tasting.
Olives on top.

Luvverly.


Your recipe makes enough for 4 people? Hmm... Don't invite me then, if you want the other 3 to have any!

Try out the tesco Healthy Living Range od mature cheddar as its only 3% Fat of which per 100G serving is 1.7G saturated. Also per 100G the protein is 36G per 100 grams!

So healthy toppings could be

Black Olives
All Veggies like aubergine, peppers, sweetcorn, sweet onions, Mushrooms etc
Tomatoes (plum variety are the best as they are the sweetest)
Lean Chicken
Lean Minced Beef
All seasonings, i recommend Oregano Garlic Powder and Basil

The whole recipes Nutrient breaks down like this

750 kcals
36G protein
146G complex carbs
10g simple carbs
14 G Mono

So if the dough divides up into 4 equal portions which you can freeze each portion BTW. Each portion of dough for a persoan Pizza woud come out to be 187.5 Kcals with the following nutrient content

187.5 Kcals
2.5G Simple Carbs
3.5G of Mono Fats
9G protein
36.5 Complex Carbs


Ok now all i want from you peeps is your Pizza inventions ranging from High Protein variants to as many as you think of!

For simple pizza this is what I do:

One whole wheat pitta bread
Mix tomato puree, a little basil and oragano - spread on the pita
Top with low fat or non fat mozzeralla cheese
Sliced and diced chicken breast
Small bit of diced pepperoni

Into the oven at high heat for 25 mins - doesn't taste to bad at all I can tell ya. Sorry to hijack thread - just an alternative to mixin up the dough.

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Forget healthy living cheeses etc..... some good organic cheese, maybe some healthy mozarella if you want extra but keep cals down, then for me it's capers, oilves, prawns OR a various selection of meats. Unless you have it ED going for crappy 'healthy option' foods ruin a damn good pizza IMO

Tried organic cheese very high in saturated fat, i wouldnt mind if it was the good kind but im posting this because there isnt a healthy alternative to a real pizza. Dont forget its all about taste here and most importantly the sense of sight as well as smell influences the sense of taste ;). As regards to healthy Mozzarella its 13G of saturated fat per 1/2 pack! Thanks but no thanks. Besides if i wanted a "proper" pizza i would go down to Papa Johns :D

ORIGINAL: dirtyvest

Forget healthy living cheeses etc..... some good organic cheese, maybe some healthy mozarella if you want extra but keep cals down, then for me it's capers, oilves, prawns OR a various selection of meats. Unless you have it ED going for crappy 'healthy option' foods ruin a damn good pizza IMO

Can you get non-fat cheese over in the UK? I mean ive seen it when i used to live in the US and it tasted like chicken feet lol. Pepperoni is my weakness but its got lots of saturated fat in it plus its pork so its a double whammy for me.

ORIGINAL: IrishSparky

For simple pizza this is what I do:

One whole wheat pitta bread
Mix tomato puree, a little basil and oragano - spread on the pita
Top with low fat or non fat mozzeralla cheese
Sliced and diced chicken breast
Small bit of diced pepperoni

Into the oven at high heat for 25 mins - doesn't taste to bad at all I can tell ya. Sorry to hijack thread - just an alternative to mixin up the dough.

Daveo. The dough makes enough for 4 people assuming they have a quarter each of a 14" Pizza which is about 3 slices or so each. Never thought abotu using passata but think ill give that a go now as i usually use tinned chopped toms with some herbs and heated it up until it reduced and got thicker.

ORIGINAL: daveo

Passata, garlic, peppers and mushrooms for the sauce
Low fat mozzarella for the cheese (the fresh mozz. has a similar nutritional content to cottage cheese)
Add some dried parmesan to the mozz. if you want it more cheesy tasting.
Olives on top.

Luvverly.


Your recipe makes enough for 4 people? Hmm... Don't invite me then, if you want the other 3 to have any!

smear of grandma's tomato sauce, six anchovy fillets, single black olive. (no cheese).

Healthy pizza forget that!! I love pizza, it's a staple cheat meal of mine, If I'm having pizza it's 12 inches and fresh from my local pizzeria with all the bad boys on top

Currently rocking the Caveman Diet...

ORIGINAL: Gothic_Muscle

Healthy pizza forget that!! I love pizza, it's a staple cheat meal of mine, If I'm having pizza it's 12 inches and fresh from my local pizzeria with all the bad boys on top

Pizza a cheat nooo parmesan now thats a cheat meal, the only problem is i seem to have a few to many cheat meals

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ORIGINAL: Gothic_Muscle

Healthy pizza forget that!! I love pizza, it's a staple cheat meal of mine, If I'm having pizza it's 12 inches and fresh from my local pizzeria with all the bad boys on top

Pizza a cheat nooo parmesan now thats a cheat meal, the only problem is i seem to have a few to many cheat meals

Freddus, thats why im here to turn your favorite cheat meals into healthy version that you quite possibly eat every day of the week as part of your goals whether it be cutting or bulking. Why cheat when you can have the same meal without any of the bad consequences attached to it. I personally have yet to find or invent a recipe to replace Ben & Jerrys Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice Cream but one step at a time hey

ORIGINAL: theiopener
I personally have yet to find or invent a recipe to replace Ben & Jerrys Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice Cream but one step at a time hey

Here you go:

Put half a pint of milk in a bowl and add a sachet of chocolate angel delight (or supermarket own brand stuff if you're a scrooge like me) and a scoop of unflavoured whey. Use a hand blender on it until the powder is mixed in and it's frothy on top.
Put it in the fridge for 15 minutes and then in the freezer for half an hour.
Enjoy!

OK, it's not exactly like fudge brownie ice cream, but it is pretty good!

Contains about 30g of protein (obviously depending on the size of your scoop) and only about 10g of sugar.
Of course there are many flavours of angel delight to try out. Butterscotch is the best one in my books.

ORIGINAL: daveo

ORIGINAL: theiopener
I personally have yet to find or invent a recipe to replace Ben & Jerrys Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice Cream but one step at a time hey

Here you go:

Put half a pint of milk in a bowl and add a sachet of chocolate angel delight (or supermarket own brand stuff if you're a scrooge like me) and a scoop of unflavoured whey. Use a hand blender on it until the powder is mixed in and it's frothy on top.
Put it in the fridge for 154 minutes and then in the freezer for half an hour.
Enjoy!

OK, it's not exactly like fudge brownie ice cream, but it is pretty good!

Contains about 30g of protein (obviously depending on the size of your scoop) and only about 10g of sugar.
Of course there are many flavours of angel delight to try out. Butterscotch is the best one in my books.

Nice one Daveo . Im still trying to come up with a BB version of Frozen Yogurt, tried many different things but no joy as of yet. The consistancy is all wrong, i thinjk i may need to splurge on a ice cream maker

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ORIGINAL: daveo

Put it in the fridge for 154 minutes and then in the freezer for half an hour.

That should read 15 minutes not 154!

what about healthy dominos texas bbq ?? how would you do that?

ORIGINAL: sivvy1

what about healthy dominos texas bbq ?? how would you do that?

Well use my pizza dough recipe for starters, Use some low fat cheese for the topping, use the same ingredients but omit the bacon. So you can take some sliced chicken breast and rub it in bbq spices or simply put some uncooked chicken in some bbq sauce and leave for the night to marinade then cook it up. Put half cooked veggies on top like peppers and red onions mushrooms etc and stick it in the oven to finish off. Main things about Dominos as well as others like Papa johns is that their bases are high GI and their cheese is very high in saturated fats, plus the sauce is always full of sugar. So if you can take these things and make them healthy there shouldnt be any reason to include pizza or any other healthy version of meals in your everyday diet and thus eliminate your cravings

Phew that was a mouthful (pun not intended)

Ok folks i have piccies now that ive uploaded of the bae when it was made as well as the finished result. Ive tried it and i have to say i feel like Dr Frankenstein, ive made somehting that tastes good, looks good and is downright drug like addictive! WHAT HAVE I UNLEASHED UPON THIS WORLD!?

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Looks very nice.

What's the last picture?

ORIGINAL: daveo

Looks very nice.

What's the last picture?

The last piccie is a pizza pocket i made with the leftover dough as i rolled ou the dough to be thin and crispy. Its like a normal pizza except its closed and a nice twist on a classic idea

that dough doesnt serve 4 people i used 300g of flour and ate it all myself ...... 3 nights on the run lol having a break from homemade pizzas now b4 get sick of them

is there really non fat mozzerella?

good work once again TIO, the black olives look like droppings though

ORIGINAL: Davidoff

is there really non fat mozzerella?

think TIO mentioned the Healthy living Tesco grated cheese, ive used it a couple times, tastes real nice

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ORIGINAL: Davidoff
is there really non fat mozzerella?

Not in this country mate, in the USA there is but its ok. As youre in Oz surely there must be a reduced fat option somewhere?

Ive even made pizza with cottage cheese and chopped frozen spinach which is called a white pizza IIRC

Like CoNs said i used the tesco healthy living stuff for melting on pizza but i dont fancy it raw as its kinda dry and weird

ORIGINAL: Davidoff

is there really non fat mozzerella?

Yes, low fat mozzarella in english supermarkets is about 0.2% fat in my experience.

I've always wondered why Domino's don't do a healthier pizza? Strange really, I know they do the option of a fat reduced cheese called 'de-lite' I think, so why don't they try using wholemeal flour and healthier fats etc...there must be a market!?

ORIGINAL: strikalite

I've always wondered why Domino's don't do a healthier pizza? Strange really, I know they do the option of a fat reduced cheese called 'de-lite' I think, so why don't they try using wholemeal flour and healthier fats etc...there must be a market!?

This would be great, but i think the reasons they don't do it are:

-Using wholemeal flour, no salt/sugar, low fat mozzarella etc. would change the taste entirely. To me it would still taste nice, but most people are so used to the things they like that they aren't open to new/different tastes.

-Domino's are a large and successful brand. They won't risk that by making something which doesn't taste like their brand is famous for tasting.


The only people likely to do this are the small companies, looking for a niche. Anyone want to use this as a business opportunity?

I agree yeah, Domino's probably need change nothing with their pizza's, but good advertising on a 'healthy pizza' would possibly draw people in, I'd have a footballer or even an England rugby player(for UK obviously) involved in promoting it, it's about choice really, they cater for vegetarians so maybe for the people out there who actually care about what they eat then would it really be that much of a gamble for them?

I Love piZZa But hard to Find a good Store brought oen thats Healthy I will DEFO give this a go.

Will Asda Sell all the Ingridents i need? Thanks

ORIGINAL: FrankenJim

I Love piZZa But hard to Find a good Store brought oen thats Healthy I will DEFO give this a go.

Will Asda Sell all the Ingridents i need? Thanks

No doubt - yeast and flour should be easy to come by in ASDA.

All I need is a big gun and a coupe that's crazy quick...

Thanks Willie.

Just a few Questions im a Newbie to cooking in general, so i want to get the right ingreadents.

sugar - What Type Brown or white normal suger liek in coffee or a cooking sugar? (if there is one!?)
Olive Oil - Any select brand or make?
Warm skimmed milk how do i get the milk warm ?
So buy the Chesse that contains the lowest Fat content right?

Thanks

Once i Followed the instructions in the 1st page that gets me my base right?

Forgot to ask mate, what should i use as a tomato sause? tomato Purae (sorry about spelling)

ORIGINAL: FrankenJim

Forgot to ask mate, what should i use as a tomato sause? tomato Purae (sorry about spelling)

Passata is the perfect consistency for pizza sauce.
Puree will be a little to thick and sickly.

Theiopener,

did you ever try to spread some cooked beef/turkey mince flavored with any spices you like on the dough, then roll it like a swiss roll, then cut it into thick slices, lay the slices overlapping in a shape of a crown, sprinkle some cheese or even some more spices(poppy seed are good too!), then bake it!


It's different & really nice!


You can do the same with a sweet filling like chocolate, dried fruit/cinnamon, etc...


(I'm dieting!)

 
 
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Malika i think thats stuffed pizza, truly fabulous dish i have to say

If youre dieting and cant have carbs as such have you tried soy protein isolate as a flour substitute or some other no carb baking mix, these work quite well IME

Dont tempt me with chocolate and things like that, im dieting also

ORIGINAL: FrankenJim

Thanks Willie.

Just a few Questions im a Newbie to cooking in general, so i want to get the right ingreadents.

sugar - What Type Brown or white normal suger liek in coffee or a cooking sugar? (if there is one!?)
Olive Oil - Any select brand or make?
Warm skimmed milk how do i get the milk warm ?
So buy the Chesse that contains the lowest Fat content right?

Thanks

Once i Followed the instructions in the 1st page that gets me my base right?

Sugar - I use white, the same as would go in a tea
Olive oil - any will do
Milk - put some in a cup and put it in the microwave
Cheese - it's up to you and depends on your goals

For the sauce i use some chopped tomatoes, add some herbs, wine etc, simmer it down then blend it up - or use passata.

Give me a shout if you need to know anything else, i'm no cooking expert but i make a pretty good granary pizza

All I need is a big gun and a coupe that's crazy quick...

ORIGINAL: theiopener

Malika i think thats stuffed pizza, truly fabulous dish i have to say

If youre dieting and cant have carbs as such have you tried soy protein isolate as a flour substitute or some other no carb baking mix, these work quite well IME

Dont tempt me with chocolate and things like that, im dieting also

I'm on pre-contest diet, so super strict at the moment...

Yes, I do use protein isolate in batter, never used it in pizza dough as I think you need a strong flour(00) for the dough to rise...

 
 
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daveo - Cheers, mate much appracited where would i find it i.e Near the sause's in asda?
Willie - Thanks mate :D Much Appractied , Im Aim for Lean Bulk, So i just pick the lowest Fat Chesse :)

theiopener willie daveo etc, Hoping to give one a bash this weekend or next week will post up pics once i make one.

So its
Make the base as in post 1
Add the sause
Chesse
Toppings and cook

What cooking times should i use? 20mins at Gas mark 7 ?30mins at gas mark 5 ?

( PS im going to use, Chicken Breast Lean beef mince Peppers oioins and speices! )