When I think about pizza, a few words come to mind: delicious, cheesy and unhealthy.
Usually, you don’t associate pizza with a diet. No, it’s not as healthy as a salad, but it’s not terrible for you. Think about it. A slice of pizza can contain all of the major food groups.
I’m not saying you should eat pizza every day, but a little pizza won’t hurt you, especially if you make it at home with your own ingredients.
And today, I was getting bored of matzo with tuna for lunch, so I decided to get creative and make matzo pizza.
I just got back from a tough spinning class (the instructor killed me), and I had worked up an appetite.
It was time to assemble the ingredients for matzo pizza. So I dug through our refrigerator and found reduced-fat cheddar cheese and tomato sauce. I broke a piece of whole-wheat matzo in half and started to experiment.
I spread tomato sauce and cheese on the matzo and popped it in the toaster oven at 350 degrees. Once the cheese was bubbling, I took it out of the oven and was ready to eat. I sat down to the table to take my first bite, and it was delicious!
I didn’t use an excessive amount of cheese or sauce and was very full after just one piece. We didn’t have veggies in the house, but it would have been great topped with mushrooms or green peppers. So, to make my meal more nutritious, I had an apple on the side.
Sometimes you just have to experiment.
Be warned: Experiments are not always successful, but you never know until you try.