We talked about "The Pizza Prescription" on The Fat to Fit Radio Show a couple weeks ago. You can go and listen to the recording on our Fat to Fit Radio Show Podcast HERE.
We all LOVE pizza, especially kids, but we all know that ooey gooey deliciousness is not so much on the healthy side. Kids in the United States eat so much pizza that some researchers now argue the food should join the ranks of sugary drinks and fast foods. In fact in a new study, researchers found that pizza is a large source of calories, saturated fat and salt in kids' diets. They suggest kids should not eat more than one or two slices of pizza for a meal, and should pair that with salad, fruit, or vegetable side. Basically using the pizza as the "meat" on their plate.
Now come on, most kids esp teenagers are not going to eat just 1 or 2 pieces. I wanted to come up with a recipe for pizza crust that was not only healthy and easy to make but that tasted good too. After all whats the point in making a healthier version to eat and it not tasting good? So after a few trial and errors this is my "perfected clean pizza crust recipe"
Plantain Pizza Crust
I had made plantain tortillas before, so I had thought why not make a pizza crust out of plantains. The problem was I knew that the tortilla mix would be way to thin fro pizza crust, so I had to add something to the mix to make it more "dough" like, Enter Almonds...
Boommmmmm! Perfect!
I'm sure at this point you want to know how it was done or at least I hope you do, lol! Let me first tell you it was super easy and quick to make. So here it goes...
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Makes one large pizza crust.
Ingredients...
1 cup almonds (ground into a meal in your food processor)
1 large yellow ripe plantain
1 heaping tbsp coconut oil
2 eggs
Juice of half a lime
1/4 cup water
1/2 tbsp of salt
olive oil spray (optional)
Mix it all in the food processor till smooth. Pour onto parchment paper on top of a pizza pan. I spray my parchment paper with olive oil spray so that the edges have that crispy taste (optional). Bake at 350 for about 25-30 minutes. Pay attention to it to make sure the edges don't burn.
After it is a nice golden brown top it with your favorite toppings
I topped mine with 1 small can of organic tomato sauce mixed with Island Getaway Seasoning (You can mix any seasoning at this point. Whatever you like:), 1 lb of ground lean turkey meat, chopped kale, sweet onions, and low moisture mozzarella.
Put it back in the oven till cheese is melted.
Cut with pizza cutter. I was soooo very happy that it stayed together and was just like a regular pizza crust when I picked it up.
It was super delicious and totally kid friendly! the best part is that they can eat more than 1 or 2 pieces and be ok. I hope that you guys will try it out and let me know how you liked it. If you decide to try it I would love to see it, TAG @0to26point2 in your post, thanks!
Have a great day...
What is your favorite type of pizza?
Do your kids eat a lot of pizza?
