I like Pizza I wonder if there are any healthy pizza recipes
Before I gave up wheat, I would use flour tortillas as pizza crusts. I'd top them with pizza sauce and a tiny amount of asiago cheese and veggie toppings (mushroom, onion, and bell pepper are must toppers for me).
For a crisper crust, you can bake the tortillas for a few minutes before putting on the toppings.
Now I use corn tortillas. The texture and flavor isn't quite as good as the wheat, and (in my opinion) they have to be crisped up before putting the toppings on.
I like stronger flavored cheeses because a little goes a long way. You can save calories and get more flavor, by using less of a stronger cheese, than more of a reduced fat one.
I like Pizza I wonder if there are any healthy pizza recipes
Use a tortilla, pita or Flat Out wrap as the base.
Top with lean proteins, veggies, sauce, pesto, salsa, whatever you like.
Use a lighter hand with cheese - add cheese for flavor rather than to make a thick, gooey layer of fat. Use cheeses like old/sharp cheddar, asiago or Monterrey jack.
There are also a number of frozen pizza makers that are starting to make healthier options like whole grain crusts or flatbread style crusts. I have been known to turn to these to help satisfy the need for pizza without completely blowing my plan. You may want to look for the Dr. Oetker Casa Di Mama pizzas or the Delissio Flatbreads.
I like salads. But I put a lot of things in my salads, including goat cheese, figs, cranberries, apples, crushed sugared pecans/walnuts/almonds, and my protein on the salad is usually marinated to an inch of it's life and then grilled. Oh, it's so yummy. I hate boring salads.
There's tons of options and if the tortilla pizzas don't work for you, there's always English Muffin mini-pizzas, which are great portion control and good lunch if you want it.
Pizza, IMO, is actually one of the easiest things to cook a healthy alternative for. Simple whole wheat pita with tomato sauce and measured out shredded low-fat cheese with your favourite toppings, pop it in the oven at 350 for 10 minutes and you are done.
Nobody needs to eat salad or boring to lose weight. Healthy slim people generally eat all sorts of yummy foods, including Olive Garden if they want, but with smaller portion sizes and/or less frequency.
You are eating the wrong foods then. I find I savor my meals and enjoy the taste so much MORE when being mindful and eating healthy. I don't eat anything I do not enjoy. Find healthy foods that you love. I so look forward to getting out of bed to eat what has became my "usual" breakfast, 1/2 cup 0% Fage yogurt, 1 tsp brown sugar, a piece of fruit, and 13 almonds. It feels like dessert for breakfast and it very satisfying. And lunch and dinner just get better.....today chicken fajita for lunch with a salad, and for dinner cabbage and 2 meatballs with red sauce with half a large potato. Still 200 calories left for snack....hmmmm Chocolate with sea salt or an apple with skinny cow? I haven't decided.
Pizza can be made awesome with very little effort. I went through a major pizza kick about a month into my weight loss and dropped eight pounds that month, so I can attest to the magnificence of a good pizza.
If you want a super-skinny pizza or are watching carbs, follow the great suggestions here to use a Flat-Out wrap or tortilla as the crust. If you're counting calories and aren't carb-sensitive, buy a pre-fab thin crust (I think Boboli makes some, though I haven't looked) or make your own thin-crust dough recipe (this is what I do).
You can save a few calories on the sauce if you make sure to buy a product with no sugar added or make your own.
I use real cheese because fake cheese makes me genuinely sad. Weigh your cheese out because it's likely the most caloric thing on your pizza aside from the crust itself. Whoever suggested using strongly flavored cheese more sparingly instead of a whole lot of bland, blah cheese is right--a couple of pinches of mozzarella and some grated parmigiano reggiano is WAY better than a layer of plastic goo.
Use veggies. LOTS of veggies. Cover your pizza with them. They'll fill you, they'll nourish you, and they'll taste good. There's no excuse for a veggie-less pizza.
While I don't recommend eating out a lot, it is possible to eat things other than salads when you go to restaurants.
Speaking of Olive Garden, I actually went there on Sunday. I had a delicious seafood stew with two pieces of toasted bread that had about 400 calories. Get creative. Do a burger "lettuce wrapped" with no mayo....you'd be surprised how delicious it is. Plan ahead when you go out to eat. Most restaurants have nutrition information online. If you have a plan before you get there, you are less likely to be tempted....don't even open the menu! lol
Experiment. No one eats the same exact foods for the rest of their life.
You can make pretty much anything healthier, so there's no reason to think eating healthy is boring! Eating the same salad every single day is boring, yes, but that's not necessarily eating healthy. Have a look around the recipe threads here like others have suggested, Google for recipe blogs and websites, find a low-calorie cook book (I like the Cook Yourself Thin and Hungry Girl ones), etc. If you like pizza, you can have pizza. Just a smaller portion with healthier toppings. Same with burgers and fries and pasta and muffins and any other food it is you love. If there's a food you really love to eat and you're not sure how to make it over, just put it into Google and tack on "low-calorie/healthy/sugar-free/etc. recipe" and you'll be sure to find something that will work for you.
Also, it may take some time to see a drop in the scale. What kind of plan are you on? If it's less of a plan and more just "eat healthy", that may be the problem, as you can still overeat or eat the wrong foods when you think you're eating "healthy".
If you are bored to salads and foods, then you may follow this routine the way I follow
• Drink plenty of water
• Eat Eggs in breakfast
• Drink black coffee and green tea
• Eat low carb diet
• Lift weight
• Do exercise
• Sleep over the night
Last but not least eat protein-rich food such as fish, egg, seeds, nuts, and beans. And I brought all the protein-rich food from this shop sportsinside.co.uk
