If there is a food that almost everyone likes this food is pizza. Responsible for gathering and feeding whole families, pizza is definitely one of the most friendly and beloved dishes in Brazil.
Because it's such a popular and tasty meal, it's hard to live without it, and anyone on a diet doesn't have to go through this sacrifice of running out of pizza.
Replacing some ingredients with lighter ones and transforming toppings with more nutritious, low-glycemic options is one way to keep pizza on the menu without leaving the diet.
Here are some creative suggestions for dribbling pizza calories and adapting it to your healthy eating routine.
Preparation
1. Keep the oven warm: to prevent the middle of the pizza from becoming? soft? And to ensure that the whole dough is crispy, it is essential to keep the temperature high. From 230 to 260 degrees Celsius is enough.
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2. Do not overdo the quantities: To keep pizza tasty, avoid placing large amounts of each food you choose to flavor the dough. Heavier foods such as cheese should be placed in small quantities or thin slices.
3. Bake or roast dough before placing ingredients: This is a viable option for you to make sure that the dough will hold the weight of the ingredients and ensure that the middle of it will not go soft.
4. Beware of water-releasing ingredients: Tomato and cheese, for example, can release liquids as they are baked and take out all the crunchiness of the dough. Therefore, when choosing to include these ingredients, put only the minimum necessary and thinly sliced.
5. Bake the dough on the grill: This is an interesting way to innovate in the preparation of your pizza, giving it a special flavor and a different look.
6. Bet on the ready made pasta: Some bakers make good pasta so you only have to worry about the ingredients to flavor your pizza. But it is worth remembering that it is important to buy in an establishment that you know to care about product quality, with fresh ingredients and light pasta.
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Pasta
7. Invest in an Integral Mass: Replace part of the refined white flour with 100% whole wheat or grain added flour to create a healthier, more nutritious pizza dough with a lower glycemic index.
8. Turn your sandwich into a pizza: lightly toast one or more thin slices of sandwich bread, add your favorite sauce and add your favorite pizza flavor. For an extra touch of pizza, include oregano.
9. Pizza with pita bread or flatbread: Another healthy option is to use a pita bread, also known as pita bread, to make an individual mini pizza. If possible, opt for the full versions of this mass.
10. Add quinoa to the dough: Enjoy all the benefits of quinoa by including this seed in the dough. Flax or chia are also good alternatives to make your pizza even more crispy and healthy.
11. Pizza on Tapioca Pasta: Swap the traditional pasta with wheat for a pizza-flavored tapioca. Make the tapioca in a nonstick pan so you don't have to use oil.
12. Gluten-free pizza dough without flour: Although it seems strange, the idea yields a very tasty dish. Replace the pasta with flour with a pasta of broccoli, as in this recipe here or try making the pasta with cauliflower, as in this other recipe.
13. Rice flour doughAnother option for gluten-free and lactose-free pizza is to use rice flour for the base of the dish. Check out the recipe here.
14. Include sesame on edge: like a special edge? How about adding a little sesame and enjoying the flavor that the seed gives to your pizza dough? Try it!
Sauce
15. Classic Homemade Tomato Sauce: Traditional tomato sauce is a good choice for the base of your pasta. Cook the tomatoes and season to taste. Here you will find an easy recipe to make from the blog Mel e Pimenta.
16. Avoid Ready Sauces: You can find a multitude of ready-to-use tomato extracts and sauces in your grocery stores, but they usually have high levels of sodium, preservatives and other ingredients that you don't need to include in your healthy pizza. Therefore, the ideal is to prepare your own sauce at home.
17. Sliced Tomato Sauce: Are you too lazy to make your own homemade sauce? Okay. Cut a tomato into thin slices and use in place of the sauce.
18. Pesto Sauce on Pizza: Another tasty idea is to replace tomato sauce with a traditional Genoese pesto. Kitchen Help teaches you how to do it in this recipe.
19Light Homemade Barbecue Sauce: how about including a homemade barbecue sauce in place of tomato sauce? The idea is to make the sauce at home so that it is not exaggerated in the amount of salt and preservatives. The recipe is from the blog Do Jeito H.
20. Sweet Pizza Sauce: When you want to eat a tasty and lighter sweet pizza, bet on the dark chocolate for the base. Break into small pieces and let melt in the oven. Then just cover with banana and cinnamon or strawberries.
Healthy flavors
21. Skillet Pizza: The dough in this pizza takes oatmeal and the stuffing can be turkey breast, cottage cheese, among other light options. It is essential that it is made in a nonstick skillet so as not to stick to the bottom.
22. Ricotta and courgette pizza: A different pizza with a sophisticated and ultra light presentation with white cheese and vegetables.
23. Pizza in the wrap dough: Wrap dough is often used to make those rolled sandwiches, but it may very well be the basis of your pizza when purchased in light, fit or full version.
24. Chicken and Arugula Pizza: This recipe takes protein and vegetables, ideal for a light lunch. The dough can be of light wrap or flatbread.
25. Pizza with Greek Yogurt Dough: This recipe is very different and very light and can be made with the light filling of your choice. The secret is in the dough that takes only 2 ingredients.
26. Light Marguerita Pizza: This pizza dough is made in a blender and is simple to make. The filling is due to the combination of cheese, tomato, basil and oregano.
27. Eggplant Pizza: the big difference of this pizza is the dough. It has no pasta, its base is made with eggplant slices. Worth a try!
28. Tuna and Spinach Pizza: This pizza is made with wholemeal dough and the stuffing gets cream cheese, tuna and spinach. An easy delight to make!
29. Vegetarian Pizza: This pizza has many vegetables to make it super healthy and is still made with a dough that takes whole flour in the composition. According to the blogger, it has only about 243 calories per piece.
30. Sweet Fruit Pizza: This pizza can be made with wrap dough or pita bread or with skillet dough and the filling is made up of fruits such as bananas, raisins, strawberries and apples. For an even more special touch, include nuts and other nuts in small quantities.
Partly translated and adapted from Greatist.
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