Healthy Homemade Pizza (Vegetarian)

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This healthy homemade pizza is loaded with veggies, made with a whole grain crust, and topped with gooey mozzarella and fresh parmesan. Ready in 30 minutes and guaranteed to please even the pickiest eaters!

My whole family LOVES pizza. If I let them, they’d probably be happy eating pizza every night of the week!

I like pizza too, but I rarely eat it because it’s not the healthiest option and always makes me feel low energy after eating it.

But with this recipe, making homemade pizza has become one of our favorite family traditions! With this healthy pizza recipe, I love that I can pack in lots of protein, whole grains, and veggies into this all-in-one meal. It’s a healthy vegetarian Italian recipe!

Tools and Equipment You’ll Need

• A high quality pizza pan like this one from Cuisinart. If you’re looking for a cast iron pizza pan, I love this one from Lodge.
• A great pizza cutter like this one from Kitchy

How to Make Homemade Healthy Pizza – Step by Step

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees
2. Lightly spray a pizza pan with cooking spray – use as the base to spread out the dough. One tip for spreading out the dough – don’t try to use a rolling pin if you’re using a premade dough (like the Trader Joe’s Whole Wheat pizza dough)! Use your hands: sprinkle flour on the dough and on your hands, knead it, and then spread it with the palms of your hands.
3. Once the dough is spread out, top with pizza sauce
4. Sprinkle garlic, red pepper, onion and tomato slices over the sauce
5. Top with grated Parmesan and chopped spinach leaves
6. Bake in the oven for 10-12 min until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is bubbling/slightly golden

What Makes This Homemade Pizza Recipe Healthy?

• Whole Grains: Instead of refined, white flour for the pizza crust, this recipe uses a pre-made whole wheat pizza dough that’s packed with whole grains and fiber.
• Low Sugar: By choosing a pizza sauce with no added sugar, each slice of this pizza has less than 1 gram of sugar!
• Lots of Veggies: Bell peppers, spinach and tomato are all nutrient-dense (rich in vitamin C and Potassium) and contain inflammation-reducing antioxidants.
• Lower in Calories: A typical slice of Pizza Hut cheese pizza will run you about 300 calories and 11g fat. 1 slice of this healthy pizza has less than 200 calories and only about 4g fat!

Will Kids Enjoy this Homemade Healthy Pizza?

I haven’t yet met a kid that doesn’t like pizza. This healthy pizza is perfect for kids — because they get to enjoy their slice, and you get to sneak in a bunch of veggies into their meal!

For super picky kids, I recommend pureeing the veggies with the pizza sauce and topping the pizza with the veggies/sauce puree + cheese. They’ll think they’re getting a cheese pizza but you’ll be able to sneak those vegetables right in!

Variations and Toppings Ideas

This pizza recipe is a great base for a variety of toppings – so you can switch it up with whatever you like! Some of my favorites include:

• Mushrooms
• Caramelized Onions
• Roasted squash (zucchini, yellow squash, butternut squash)
• Any leafy green (kale, arugula, even some wilted chard would work well)
• Pineapple
• Olives
• While this recipe is vegetarian, if you are a meat lover, you can always add meat as a topping for this pizza as well!
• Fresh herbs
• Pesto

What to Serve with Homemade Pizza

While this recipe can be a meal all on its own, it would also go really well with:

• A fresh garden or Caesar salad
• Roasted vegetables
• A light soup
• Whole wheat garlic bread
• A fruit salad

Top Tips for Making this Homemade Healthy Pizza

• If you’re making this recipe for a crowd, you can easily double the dough/sauce and toppings and make two pizzas!
• For alternate crusts – try a flatbread, whole wheat naan bread, whole wheat pita bread, or cauliflower crust for a gluten free option.
• This pizza freezes really well – to freeze, wrap each slice in foil and store in an airtight container in the freezer. To reheat: pop it into the oven or toaster oven for a few minutes at 400 degrees.
• For a perfect pizza, use a pizza stone or a pizza pan: it helps to cook the crust evenly and makes it crispy and chewy.
• If you choose to top your pizza with fresh herbs, make sure to garnish after you have baked the pizza in the oven!
• Feel free to switch up the toppings with whatever you have on hand.

CHECK OUT THESE OTHER HEALTHY Pizza RECIPES!

• Barbecue Black Bean, Corn and Red Pepper Pizza
• Mushroom Flatbread with Roasted Vegetables
• Healthy Copycat Taco Bell Mexican Pizza
• Healthy Pita Pizza with Goat Cheese
• 40+ Healthy Pizza Recipes and Toppings from Delish

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