April 25, 2024
Healthy pizza bases, you see them more and more often. You can buy them ready-made, but getting started yourself is not as difficult as it seems. This way you can eat healthy pizza tonight.
Pizza is often served fast food calculated, but that does not have to be the case at all. If you get started yourself, you can transform a standard pizza into a healthy and nutritious meal. Moreover, it is really not difficult and super fun to put together your own favorite pizza. Iniziamo a cucinare! ????
1. Broccoli pizza base
Mix the florets from 1 Broccoli with 2 eggs, half a cup of mozzarella, half a cup of parmesan and some salt and pepper. Place covered in the microwave for two minutes and then drain the liquid. Roll out the dough and bake it in the oven for ten minutes until the edges are lightly browned.
Also read: 'Try: a cauliflower pizza base'
2. Sweet potato pizza base
Mix 1 sweet potatoMix together some oatmeal and 1 egg and bake until the bottom is crispy. Add Parmesan cheese before baking if you like a spicier flavor.
3. Zucchini pizza base
You make a green pizza by… zucchini (where you have pushed out the moisture with a tea towel) to be mixed with 1 egg, some cheese and herbs to taste. Bake for 20 minutes.
4. Spinach pizza base
For this base you use 400 g spinachL Remove the stems and put the leaves in the blender. Mix with 2 eggs, cheese and pepper. Bake the base in the oven for 35 minutes.
5. Eggplant pizza base
Peel the eggplant and squeeze out as much moisture as possible. Mix with half a cup of almond flour, 1 egg, some salt and pepper. Roll out the dough. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes, turn the base over and bake for another 15 minutes. For spice you can add a red pepper.
After baking one of the crusts described above, top it with your favorite ingredients and bake for a few more minutes.
Healthy pizza recipe
Here's a recipe for a healthier pizza:
Ingredients:
For the pizza base:
- 1 cauliflower
- 1 egg
- 50 grams of grated mozzarella
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- Pinch of salt and pepper
For the toppings:
- Tomato sauce (homemade or sugar-free/healthy variety from the store)
- Fresh vegetables of your choice (e.g. peppers, mushrooms, onion, spinach, zucchini, or arugula!)
- Lean protein source such as cottage cheese
- Optional: a little grated low-fat (vegan) cheese (e.g. vegetable mozzarella)
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
- Cut the cauliflower into florets and grind them in a food processor until it has the texture of rice grains.
- Place the finely ground cauliflower in a microwave-safe bowl and heat for 5-6 minutes, until soft. Then let it cool.
- Place a clean tea towel in a sieve and put the cooked cauliflower in it. Press out the excess moisture. It is important to remove as much moisture as possible for a crispy base.
- Mix the drained cauliflower with the egg, grated mozzarella, dried oregano, garlic powder, salt and pepper in a bowl. Mix well.
- Place a sheet of baking paper on a baking tray and spread the cauliflower mixture evenly over the paper. Flatten the mixture with your hands into a thin circle, about 0.5 cm thick.
- Bake the cauliflower base in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, or until the edges start to turn golden brown.
- Remove the pizza base from the oven and top it with the tomato sauce, fresh vegetables and lean protein source of your choice.
- If you choose to add cheese, sprinkle a thin layer of grated cheese over the toppings.
- Return the pizza to the oven and bake for another 10-15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and the toppings are done.
- Remove the pizza from the oven, cut into pieces and serve warm. Add some arugula leaves at the last minute.
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Mariëtte Boon, Liesbeth van Rossum
TEXT AND RECIPE MANON DAELMANS
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