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Give Friday pizza night a healthy makeover with

our recipe for whole wheat dough, simply-
seasoned sauce, and loads of fresh toppings
you can customize for your picky eaters. Our
tips and tricks teach you how to be a
homemade pizza pro!

Make way for pizza! It’s the meal that almost

everyone of every age loves to eat. And with a
few simple ingredients and a little bit of know-
how, you can make this ultimate kid-friendly
dinner at home… and feel proud to serve it!

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Our post teaches you all the steps (they’re not

hard, promise) to making homemade pizza
that’s crispy, cheesy, healthy, and delicious. Be
a homemade pizza pro with our base recipe
that you can customize infinitely to suit your
mood and your kids’ tastes.

The first step to being an all-in lover of

homemade pizza is to acknowledge the truth
that this dietitian spoke out about recently:
pizza is actually pretty healthy for you.

What Makes Homemade Pizza

Healthy?
Despite its party-food reputation, pizza can
provide a lot of good nutrition. That’s especially
true when you make it yourself at home.
Homemade pizza made our way is healthy
because it’s…

Made with 100% whole grains

Spread with lycopene-rich tomato sauce

(Did you know that tomato sauce has
more of this powerful antioxidant than
fresh tomatoes?)

Topped with protein-rich whole cheeses

Sprinkled with fresh veggies

All together, homemade pizza is, believe it or

not, a balanced meal! You’re hitting all the food
groups in a package that your kids will
absolutely love.

Tips for Getting a Crispy, Chewy

Whole Grain Crust
Working with whole grain flour to make pizza
dough is slightly trickier than using all purpose
flour. But it is absolutely possible to get a
marvelously stretchy, light, and savory dough
with 100% whole wheat flour. Here are some tips
that help:

Be willing to work with slightly wet dough.

Drier dough may be easier to handle, but
it’ll have less oomph during the rising
stages, and it’ll break more easily when
you’re trying to stretch it out to fit your pan.

Use white whole wheat flour, or a blend of

white and hard red wheat. White whole
wheat flour is still a whole grain, but the
finer texture makes it easier to work with,
and a closer approximation to all purpose
flour.

Add a tablespoon of gluten. Don’t be

afraid of it! Gluten is already present in
your whole wheat flour. Adding an extra
tablespoon gives your dough a lot more
stretch. You can find gluten in the baking
aisle.

Let it rise twice. A double rise also helps

you get a thin, stretchy crust.

Add a thin olive oil barrier to your crust

before you add toppings. This prevents
the crust from getting soggy underneath
your sauce and cheese.

How to Make Super Simple

Homemade Pizza Sauce
If you imaged that making homemade pizza
sauce involved hours of tending to a pot of
splattering tomatoes on the stove, you’re in for
a treat. In reality, it could NOT be easier to make
a flavorful, homemade pizza sauce. You only
need three things to do it (and a stove isn’t one
of them.) Gather up these items:

A can of plain tomato sauce

One or two pinches of dried oregano

A clove of garlic, grated, OR a dash of

garlic powder

Just stir together these three ingredients in a

small mixing bowl, and you have a totally solid,
not-lacking-anything pizza sauce.

Keep in mind, if you’re cooking for kids, using

raw garlic does make for a fairly zesty sauce. It
tastes great! But it might be a little much for
garlic-lovers in training.

Note that we opt NOT to salt our tomato sauce,

because the cheeses you’re going to use bring
a lot of salt already. Speaking of cheese…

These Cheeses Are Good on Pizza

You only really need two kinds of cheese to get
a perfectly balanced mixture of meltiness,
creaminess, saltiness, and tang.

The magic duo is whole milk Mozzarella, and

grated Parmesan. You can use pre-shredded
cheeses if you like, but please do get freshly-
grated Parm from the refrigerator section, not
the more powdery kind that comes in a jar. You
can substitute Asiago for the Parmesan.

Yummy and Healthy Pizza Toppings

When it comes to toppings, the sky’s the limit!
Some toppings we like on our homemade pizza
are these:

broccoli

mushrooms

bell peppers

fresh tomatoes

red onion slices

black olives

fresh tomatoes

pineapple

deli ham

pepperoni

leftover cooked chicken

fresh basil leaves (scatter them on as

soon as the pizza comes out of the oven)

fresh or frozen spinach

What to Cook Homemade Pizza On

You don’t need any specialty bake ware to
make homemade pizza. An ordinary baking
sheet will work!

If you have one, you can of course use a round

pizza pan or pizza stone (go ahead and preheat
the stone along with your oven before baking.)

More Healthy Pizza Recipes to Try

Veggie-Packed Pizza Rolls
10-Minute Veggie Pizza
Hidden Veggie Pizza

Healthy Homemade Pizza

Healthy, kid-friendly pizza made with a whole grain
crust, a simply-seasoned tomato sauce, whole
cheeses, and loads of optional fresh toppings.

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Course: Main Course Cuisine: American

Keyword: Healthy Homemade Pizza
Prep Time: 2 hours Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours 15 minutes Servings: 8

Ingredients
For the dough
3 cups whole wheat flour regular or white whole
wheat, or a mix
2 ½ teaspoons active yeast
1 ¼ cups warm water
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons honey
1 tablespoon wheat gluten optional, but
recommended

For the sauce

1 14-ounce can tomato sauce
½ teaspoon dried oregano
1 clove garlic, grated or a pinch of garlic powder

Topping ideas
shredded Mozzarella
grated Parmesan
fresh veggies like bell peppers, onions,
mushrooms, broccoli, or spinach
pepperoni, ham, chicken, or ground beef

Instructions
1. In a small bowl, whisk together warm water and
yeast, and set aside. The mixture should start to
foam after a few minutes.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, and
gluten if using. Stir well, then add the
water/yeast mixture, olive oil and honey. Stir
until a ball forms.
3. Use your hands to knead the dough for several
minutes. (If the dough is too wet, you can add a
couple of tablespoons of extra flour so it's easier
to handle. But keep in mind that a dry dough
won't get as stretchy and light as a wetter
dough.)
4. Form the dough into a loose ball, drizzle a little
olive oil on top, and cover the bowl with a clean
dish towel. Let the dough rise for 1-2 hours.
5. When the first rise is finished, punch down the
dough (deflate it with your fists) and cut the ball
in half. Roll each piece of dough into a new ball,
place them in separate bowls, and let them rise
for another 30 minutes.
6. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 425 F and
prepare your toppings. Mix the sauce
ingredients together and set aside, chop any
veggies you plan to add, and grate your cheese
into piles.
7. Sprinkle a few tablespoons of whole wheat flour
on a clean counter top, then flatten one of the
dough balls onto it. Use a rolling pin (a glass
bottle works in a pinch) to gently roll the dough
into a circle (if you're using a pizza stone) or an
oval (if you're using a baking sheet.) Use your
fingers to shape the edges into a slight crust.
You can also lift up the dough by the crusts and
gently turn it to help the dough stretch evenly.
8. Once the dough is shaped into a crust, place it
on the stone or baking sheet.
9. Rub about 2 teaspoons of olive oil onto the
surface of the crust, then add your desired
toppings.
10. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until crust is brown,
and cheese is bubbling.
11. Slice and serve hot! Repeat the process with
your second ball of dough. OR refrigerate or
freeze the reamining dough for later.

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10 Comments

maja May 18, 2020 at 6:58 pm

I loved the recipe but it had some

hard words to understand in it.
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Emily Bennette
August 26, 2020 at 10:20 pm

I want to make some healthy pizzas

for my nephew when he comes to
stay with me this fall. It is good to
know that I could try making a whole
wheat flour dough. It might also be
smart for me to look into any
restaurants that have healthy pizza
options.
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How to make healthy pizza

September 2, 2020 at 3:13 am

Great recipe….
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Olgun aziz
November 19, 2020 at 11:16 am

Very good straight forward easy to

follow. …thank you
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Norma November 20, 2020 at 5:15 pm

My husband and I began using this

pizza recipe and we love it! It’s a little
bit of work but we are enjoying
working together as team and get to
put the toppings we like.
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Aubrey Smith