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Guilt free pizza

June 11th 2009 22:53
I say guilt free because its cheaper than buying pizza at a take out parlor, and its quicker, and with one of my tips, its even a little healthier too.

I buy those 1$ cheapo frozen four cheese pizzas at the grocery store and buy my own ingredients to add to it, and bake it as the box says.

When I do it that way, I can make 15 pizzas with custom ingredients for the price of 1 specialty pizza at a restaurant.

I usually add a tad extra cheese, fresh onion, green peppers, hamburger, bacon, pepperoni, and spinach to ours.

And its that easy.
These are small enough that you can cook 4 custom pizzas in your oven at the same time for about 15 minutes and then your whole family can have what flavors they want.

That's about the time it takes to call an order in, wait, drive to go pick it up, AND drive back home.

Its quick and easy, and here is my healthy pizza tip......
For any pizza.

After it has cooled down a bit, blot the top of it with a paper napkin, and you will get off all of the extra fat just sitting there.

I read somewhere that if you do that, you're saving 60 calories per piece of pizza.

And it doesn't change the flavor of the pizza at all.

So your getting rid of the extra fats from the meats and the cheese that you really don't need anyways.

My hubby has even started eating spinach on his pizza since I started doing this. I use about a cup chopped fresh spinach and put it under the pepperoni (so it doesn't burn) and he loves it.
You can't even taste it to be honest.
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Healthy meal tips

June 11th 2009 02:54
Spinach:
I chop fresh spinach and add it to just about everything. Stir fry, chili, soups, casseroles....you name it and spinach is in it.
The best part is, it looks like parsley! No one can say "eeew! That's spinach!" Haha!

Boxed dinners:
I add a handful of frozen veggies, and a little onion and garlic, and its a new healthier version.

Ramon noodles:
Ok dirt cheap!
Throw out the season pack, which is pretty much a butt load of salt, and add chicken broth instead of water, frozen veggies, leftover chicken, salt and pepper, cilantro, and a dab of sesame oil, and a healthy version of plain old noodles!
Cook it the same way. 2 minutes! I start with the veggies and add the noodles at the end, total cooking time under 8 minutes.
My kids love it! And its a QUICK lunch when I have no time to cook.

Truvia:
Healthy sugar substitute.
Its awesome on fruit and in fruit salads.
It has a hint of vanilla flavor. SO good and good for you!

Drink mixes:
I add a drink mix to bottles of water all of the time. I also add instant TEA to it also, or green tea bags.
Tea in cold water doesn't add as many antioxidants as in hot water, but at least I'm getting a few when I wouldn't have elsewhere.

Water:
My kids won't drink water. They throw their cups if I put water in them, but I found a tip that Will blow away any parent.
I found some little neon green plastic shot glasses At the dollar tree. Well I give them to my kids at snack time to drink water out of and they can't get enough water with them!
I have a theory that if the cup is "cool" or "cute" enough they WILL drink water! Haha its crazy I have tried everything, but we were in the process of teaching them to drink out of a glass with no lid, and these little shot glasses were the perfect fit for my toddlers. The little glasses really reduce spills.
Point is.... get fancy looking crazy glasses and kids will drink water without a problem!!

Ok those are my tips for today. Ill add more later on another post.
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Healthier Brownies

June 10th 2009 06:36
1 Box store bought brownie mix
3 egg whites
1/4 c. Unrefined coconut
oil (melted)
1 c ground flax seed meal
2/3 c. chopped walnuts
1/4 c. water

Follow directions on box. (Some directions may vary)

*You can find unrefined coconut oil in the vitamin section of the store.
*substitute 3 T. Flax seed meal for 1 T oil in recipes.
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I love cooking!

June 10th 2009 03:37
I love cooking for my family and coming up with new original ideas.
That are fast. So I kindof do like Sandra on semi homemade sometimes. I need help from the store sometimes.
This blog will be full of my recipes. I can't wait to share them.
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