5 ways to make your pizza healthier:
1. Wrap Pizza
Instead of using pizza dough to make the pizza, try a tortilla wrap. By using a wrap, you are getting much less calories, carbs and sodium.
How to find the healthiest wraps:
healthier option: get a tortilla wrap low in calories, without bleached flour and no added sugar
healthy option: get a tortilla wrap that’s whole wheat; made with whole grains.
healthiest option: get a tortilla wrap that’s made with sprouted grains. Why are sprouted grains so healthy?
2. Rice Cake Pizza
Using rice cakes are a great idea when it comes to healthi-fying pizza. The rice cakes are low calorie, usually under 100 and they give you a great crunch.
How to find the healthiest rice cakes:
healthier rice cakes: rice cakes that are made with only salt and rice
healthy rice cakes: rice cakes that are whole grain; made with whole grain brown rice
healthiest rice cake: rice cakes made with brown or wild rice. Their arsenic levels are the lowest.
3. Eggplant Pizza
Besides eggplants being a nutritious and low calories veggie, it’s a great base for pizza!
The healthiest eggplant would be an organic eggplant.
healthy rice cakes pizza
4. Pita Pizza
Pitas are an excellent alternative to pizza dough! You still get the satisfaction of having a doughy substance, but you obtain more nutrients and less calories.
How to find the healthiest pita bread:
healthier option: get pita bread low in calories, without bleached flour and no added sugar
healthy option: get pita bread that’s whole wheat; made with whole grains.
healthiest option: get pita bread that’s made with sprouted wheat. Why are sprouted grains so healthy?
5. Cauliflower Crusted Pizza
Cauliflower pizza has gotten all the rage and it deserves it! Cauliflower is a low calorie veggie with an abundance of nutrients so it fits perfectly to serve as a crust for a high calorie food; pizza.
How to find the healthiest cauliflower pizza crust:
healthier option: cauliflower crust with no preservatives, and mainly good ingredients.
healthy option: cauliflower crust made without sugar and a healthy oil (coconut and avocado are the healthiest. Avocado is good too.)
healthiest option: cauliflower crust that’s homemade so you can control the ingredients, and make sure only healthy ingredients are mixed in the recipe.
