New Ways To Eat Pizza

by Pocatello Electric

We all fell in love with the great taste of pizza our first time we ate some, but we often feel guilty when eating this kind of food because it seems to be unhealthy. Don’t panic, there is a solution! Let's take a look at some healthier pizza ideas we found for you!

Portobello Pizza:

Ingredients: (4 servings)

• 4 diced tomatoes (medium sized)
• 4 Portobello mushrooms with stems removed (large sized)
• 2 chopped cloves of garlic
• 1 onion chopped in small pieces (medium sized)
• Fresh chopped basil leaves (to taste)
• Fresh chopped parsley (to taste)
• Grated parmesan cheese (to taste)
• 2 tbs olive oil
• pinch of salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Fry the onion pieces in a pan with olive oil (medium fire). Stir until it's slightly brown, then reduce the fire to low.
3. Add the diced tomatoes and the garlic cloves in the pan. Stir until all the ingredients are soft. Add salt and pepper.
4. Add the basil leaves to the pan, stir and remove the pan from the fire.
5. Place the Portobello mushrooms on an oiled baking sheet, bottom side up, and add the ingredients into each mushroom.
6. Top with the grated parmesan cheese.
7. Put the mushroom into the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes. When time's up, remove the pizzas from the oven and sprinkle them with the fresh parsley.

Zucchini Pizza:


Ingredients: (4 servings)

• 1 tomato sauce can (medium sized)
• 2 zucchinis with pips removed (large sized)
• 1 red onion chopped in slices (medium sized)
• Mini tomatoes (try different colors)
• Green or black olives chopped in two pieces
• Grated cheese (to taste)
• 2 tbs olive oil
• pinch of salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Place the zucchinis on an oiled baking sheet, cut side up, and add the ingredients, to taste, into each of them, starting by the sauce.
3. Add as much cheese as you like.
4. Put the garnished zucchinis into the oven and bake 8-10 minutes. Then, Bon appetite!

Eggplant Pizza:

Ingredients: (4 servings)

• 1 eggplant chopped in slices about 3/4 inch thick (large sized)
• 2 chopped cloves of garlic
• 2 cups of diced tomatoes
• 2 tbs of dried herbs (choose your favorite)
• 6 chopped fresh basil leaves
• Grated mozzarella cheese (to taste)
• 2 tbs olive oil
• pinch of salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Place the sliced eggplant on paper towel to remove the water in it. The process takes approximately 30 minutes.
3. In a pan, start frying the garlic in olive oil at medium fire.
4. Add the tomato dices to the pan and add 1-2 tbs of water, then the sauce wont dry. Let it cook for 15 minutes and remove the sauce from the fire.
5. Place the eggplant slices on an oiled baking sheet, sprinkle a little bit of dried herbs and add the tomato sauce on each.
6. Roast the eggplant for about 20-25 minutes into the oven and remove them.
7. Add the fresh chopped basil and the cheese as much as you like.
8. Turn the oven to broil and put the eggplant pizzas into the oven and bake 5-6 minutes.
9. Enjoy this delicious meal!

 

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