Sneaky Healthy Pizza

We devoured some delicious pizza tonight. It looked like pizza, it tasted like pizza, but it certainly wasn't a typical tomato and cheese pizza from the neighborhood shop. This pizza was loaded with some secret, (healthy) ingredients. When it's one of those "don't feel like cooking, don't feel like eating out" kind of nights, pizza it shall be. There were a few steps involved, but it felt more like assembling than cooking.


Here are some of my tricks for getting healthy ingredients into pizza:


*Mixing shredded carrot into the tomato sauce.
*Adding a layer of sauteed spinach and garlic, and roasted zucchini and onion.
*Using a whole wheat pizza crust.
*Topping with non-dairy cheese (Especially during cold and flu season research shows that it's important to avoid dairy products because they are mucus forming in the body.


The layering process:
1. Carrot-filled tomato sauce
2. Loads of spinach
3. Roasted zucchini and onion
4. Topped with Daiya (non-dairy, non-soy) cheese. This "cheese" is a treat for me when I'm craving pizza. It's a little pricey and of course, processed, but it melts really well and tastes delicious.