Smoky Mountain Pizza Recipe For Healthy Snacking

Smoky Pizza Ingredients

1 large whole wheat bread dough loaf, frozen
6 plum tomatoes, sliced
1 small red onion, sliced
1 cup mozzarella cheese, part skim, shredded
½ cup smoked Gouda cheese
2 teaspoon cornmeal
2 tablespoon fresh basil
1 tablespoon rosemary
1/8 teaspoon red pepper, crushed
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

Method:

1. Divide the whole wheat bread dough loafs into 2 portions on a lightly floured surface. Place both the portions in 2 separate containers. Cover the containers and let the dough rest for about 10 minutes.
2. After 10 minutes roll each dough portion on a lightly floured surface into a 10 to 12 inch circle.
3. Lightly grease two baking sheets, extra large ones. Sprinkle the greased baking sheets with cornmeal. Place the rolled dough circles on the prepared baking sheets. Bake the circles for 5 minutes in a 450 degree Fahrenheit oven.
4. Remove the baking sheets from the oven and let the baked base cool on wire racks.
5. In a small bowl stir together the crushed red pepper along with extra virgin olive oil. Lightly brush the baked crusts with this mixture. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese all over evenly. Arrange the onion slices and tomato slices over the cheese layer.
6. Season the vegetables with fresh basil and dried rosemary. Lastly sprinkle grated smoked Gouda cheese over the vegetables.
7. Place the prepared crusts in a 450 degree Fahrenheit oven and bake for about 7 to 8 minutes. As the cheese begins to melt and the pizza base turns golden brown, consider the pizza done. Remove from the oven and cut the pizza into 8 wedges with a pizza cutter.
8. Serve hot immediately. This recipe makes 16 servings; 1 wedge is equal to 1 serving.

Health Tip:

• Smoky tomato pizza is a low calorie pizza recipe which provides only 135 calories, 16 gm carbohydrates, 2 gm dietary fiber, 8 gm proteins and 5 gm total fats per serving.
• As this pizza recipe is completely vegetarian it provides negligible amounts of cholesterol (most of the cholesterol in this recipe comes from mozzarella cheese and Gouda cheese). This recipe provides only 11 mg cholesterol and 2 gm saturated fat per serving.
• To make this recipe healthier you may add a variety of other vegetables according to your choice. Some common pizza vegetables that help to make the pizza colorful are red, yellow and green peppers, mushrooms, corn, black olives, jalapeno peppers and scallions.
• You may add cottage cheese or tofu or soy chunks to this pizza to increase the protein content of this recipe.