(Relatively) Healthy, quick home pizza?

runswithascript

I have a friend that sometimes buys a plain own-brand pizza at Supervalu, and adds her own toppings like chorizo and mozzarella etc, as she believes this to be healthier.

If that is the case, I was going to try it this weekend, and I wanted to ask if any of the major supermarkets stock or sell pizza bases or 'starter pizzas' that are be particularly tastier and/or healthier than others?

When I was a kid I remember we used to go to Superquinn and make up our own pizzas, but this is something I do not think any supermarkets do any more?

Maybe a home pizza really not that much healthier than a Base or Quattro Woodfired?

rizzee

I use wraps as a base, sprinkle on some grated cheese, some home made sauce (tomato puree and spices), add toppings, 5mins in oven.

never_mind

I have been making this for awhile and it's kinda amazing...

Get a wholemeal or white pita bread
Cut in half
In a pot add passata or a tin of crushed tomatoes
Add in spices if ya want or salt and pepper
when it's heated up a bit put on top of pita bread
Add toppings (i put a bit of low fat cheese and a few slices of pepperoni)
Pop in oven and DONE!

TheChizler

Lidl do a good premade base. If you're not making significant changes to the ingredients I think you're probably kidding yourself as to how healthy it is. No good reason for the words 'healthy' and 'pizza' to be in the same sentence IMO...

Jamie Oliver had a good recipe for a very quick pizza base, made with baking powder whizzed up in a food processor, roll it out. Whole thing done in 2-3 minutes. Think it was one of the 15 minute meals.

Cakerbaker

A lot of supermarkets sell pizza bases. They’re in the fridge sections, can’t remember the brand name though. I’ve seen them in both tesco and SuperValu. For sauce a tin of tomatoes simmered with some garlic, pepper and salt and add whatever topping you want.

Pizza dough is incredibly easy to make too and can be batch made, especially if you have a mixer, and can be frozen. Just have to remember to take it out in time to defrost.

Gorgeousgeorge

2 brown wraps with tomato puree in the middle. Then more tomato on top. Finished off with your toppings.

Nice and handy and quick

runswithascript

rizzee wrote: »

I use wraps as a base, sprinkle on some grated cheese, some home made sauce (tomato puree and spices), add toppings, 5mins in oven.

That sounds great, my only concern would be the wrap base would be so light slices would be difficult to hold in your hand?

What herbs, how about some finely cut up basil, and dried oregano? What temperature, 180?

never_mind wrote: »

I have been making this for awhile and it's kinda amazing...

Get a wholemeal or white pita bread
Cut in half
In a pot add passata or a tin of crushed tomatoes
Add in spices if ya want or salt and pepper
when it's heated up a bit put on top of pita bread
Add toppings (i put a bit of low fat cheese and a few slices of pepperoni)
Pop in oven and DONE!

That also sounds great, and I have wholemeal pittas! I have them most days and I put in the microwave for 1 minute so I can easily cut them around the perimeter with a scissors so they do not tear, and then put in panini maker with fillings. Do you toast the pittas first?

copeyhagen

local shop (jcs swords) sells packed Mediterranean wraps, wholemeal or white.
these work great as a pizza base and are a decent size.

I mix tomato paste with possata, add that as the sauce.
add whatever toppings.
into the oven for about 8 minutes
delish.

runswithascript

A lot of great suggestions there!

Come on, these have to be at least a bit healthier than ordered pizza?!

never_mind

runswithascript wrote: »

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That also sounds great, and I have wholemeal pittas! I have them most days and I put in the microwave for 1 minute so I can easily cut them around the perimeter with a scissors so they do not tear, and then put in panini maker with fillings. Do you toast the pittas first?

No need! It might burn if you do so just pop them in for around 10 mins

Cakerbaker

runswithascript wrote: »

A lot of great suggestions there!

Come on, these have to be at least a bit healthier than ordered pizza?!

If you read the back of a pizza box there will be a lot of ingedients you wouldn’t use at home. Palm oil bring one that I can spell, there’s plenty others I can’t! I also figure that it’s unlikely that it’s the highest quality ingredients that are being used in mass produced frozen products. At least if you make it yourself you know exactly what goes into it. There may not be a difference calorie wise but there will be from a food quality point of view.

runswithascript

copeyhagen wrote: »

local shop (jcs swords) sells packed Mediterranean wraps, wholemeal or white.
these work great as a pizza base and are a decent size.

I mix tomato paste with possata, add that as the sauce.
add whatever toppings.
into the oven for about 8 minutes
delish.

So do you mean puree and passata? You must find this works better than one or the other. When I make spagbol I use them interchangeably.

igCorcaigh

I go with the wholemeal pita option, storebought (should be 100% wholemeal flour, water, yeast salt and maybe preservatives; nothing else).
Homemade tomato sauce, canned sardines, olives, small amount of good cheese and rocket for toppings.
Tasty and relatively healthy.

filbert the fox

runswithascript wrote: »

A lot of great suggestions there!

Come on, these have to be at least a bit healthier than ordered pizza?!

OP mentions "Healthier" in the same sentence as Chorizo and Mozzarella. I understand that Chorizo is a type of sausage made from well, FAT and scraps (some spice also). Cheese contains saturated fats being a product of the dairy industry. Perhaps flavour can be achieved in a healthier way by the introduction of stronger veggie, spice or herb combinations.

Try these:
Thyme,
Chillies
Roasted Red Pepper
Garlic
Artichoke
Red Onion
Paprika
Black Olives

or for meat lovers:
tuna
spiced chicken
anchovies

waffleman

3 cups self raising flour
2/3 cup water
1/3 cup veg oil
1 teaspoon salt

Mix in a big bowl and divide into 4 dough balls

Roll out on table with some flour underneath and on top of dough to prevent sticking. Move bases to baking tray and top with sauce (i like using tomato puree, garlic granules, cumin and water) and toppings

B0jangles

runswithascript wrote: »

So do you mean puree and passata? You must find this works better than one or the other. When I make spagbol I use them interchangeably.

I'm pretty sure Aldi have fresh pizza dough in the fridge section - I think you're better off getting raw dough than any of those partially-baked plain pizza bases which just turn into nasty biscuits when they are cooked.

Also if you have a stick blender, you can turn any aul tin of tomatoes into passata in about 5 seconds and with none of the added salt that most pre-pack passata has.

Pitas do make a v. handy little pizza snack - if you're feeling super-lazy you can spread a bit of aldi jalapeno or tomato relish on one, top that with a few slices of goat's cheese and some bits of red onion. Bake for about 8 mins and you have a tasty little 'pizza'!

Dial Hard

I do the wrap base if I'm trying to be good but let no-one fool themselves that it's anything like an actual pizza.

During the BBQ months I make my dough from scratch as only cooking on the barbie does it justice, imo.

I don't order takeaway pizza anymore as all the places in my area are muck.

lawred2

TheChizler wrote: »

Lidl do a good premade base. If you're not making significant changes to the ingredients I think you're probably kidding yourself as to how healthy it is. No good reason for the words 'healthy' and 'pizza' to be in the same sentence IMO...

Jamie Oliver had a good recipe for a very quick pizza base, made with baking powder whizzed up in a food processor, roll it out. Whole thing done in 2-3 minutes. Think it was one of the 15 minute meals.

I really don't think that's a good base personally... just a fraction on the thick side for me without any sort of spongy freshly baked feel to it

lawred2

filbert the fox wrote: »

OP mentions "Healthier" in the same sentence as Chorizo and Mozzarella. I understand that Chorizo is a type of sausage made from well, FAT and scraps (some spice also). Cheese contains saturated fats being a product of the dairy industry. Perhaps flavour can be achieved in a healthier way by the introduction of stronger veggie, spice or herb combinations.

Try these:
Thyme,
Chillies
Roasted Red Pepper
Garlic
Artichoke
Red Onion
Paprika
Black Olives

or for meat lovers:
tuna
spiced chicken
anchovies

tuna on a pizza makes me want to vomit

lawred2

waffleman wrote: »

3 cups self raising flour
2/3 cup water
1/3 cup veg oil
1 teaspoon salt

Mix in a big bowl and divide into 4 dough balls

Roll out on table with some flour underneath and on top of dough to prevent sticking. Move bases to baking tray and top with sauce (i like using tomato puree, garlic granules, cumin and water) and toppings

I do something similar to this but I add oregano to the mix

Cakerbaker

Dial Hard wrote: »

I do the wrap base if I'm trying to be good but let no-one fool themselves that it's anything like an actual pizza.

During the BBQ months I make my dough from scratch as only cooking on the barbie does it justice, imo.

I don't order takeaway pizza anymore as all the places in my area are muck.

A pizza stone on a gas bbq can be used year round. I think my neighbors think we’re mad when they see us at the bbq in December!

woodchuck

Dial Hard wrote: »

I do the wrap base if I'm trying to be good but let no-one fool themselves that it's anything like an actual pizza.

I've heard of using a wrap as a base before, but I don't even have to try it to know that it's not pizza...

Macy0161

Equal weight Self Raising Flour and (low or zero fat) Natural Yogurt (e.g. 100g Self Raising Flour, 100g yogurt) works in our household, including passing the hardest test of the children! Just mix the two together, then kneed until totally mixed and roll out - doesn't need to proofing.

I would think it's the toppings that do the damage though in terms of calories though really.

Edit - just to add, hot oven for this 220+.

lawred2

Macy0161 wrote: »

Equal weight Self Raising Flour and (low or zero fat) Natural Yogurt (e.g. 100g Self Raising Flour, 100g yogurt) works in our household, including passing the hardest test of the children! Just mix the two together, then kneed until totally mixed and roll out - doesn't need to proofing.

I would think it's the toppings that do the damage though in terms of calories though really.

very interesting

thanks

CDBWhoop

We love the stonebaked pizza bases from the artisan company. The bases are fairly thin and they have an authentic sourdough type taste.

Our local shop used to stock them but the website says you can get them in most supermarkets now.

https://pizzadapiero.ie/our-pizzas-1/

dartboardio

Seen a guy at the Superquinn counter getting a pizza made up for him the other day!