'Nutritionally-Balanced Pizza' Isn't Just a Fantasy Anymore
'Nutritionally-Balanced Pizza' Isn't Just a Fantasy Anymore
While
I don't fancy myself much of a cook -- I'm probably like 178 degrees
from Julia Child -- I do admit to being a bit of a Bethenny Frankel!
What I mean is that I love throwing together "healthier for you" comfort
foods. And better-for-you pizza is a favorite.
Maybe that's why I wasn't all that shocked to find that a nutritionist and professor named Mike Lean (how perfect is that?!) from Glasgow University believes his team has created a super-healthy -- practically superfood! -- "nutritionally balanced" pizza. A pie that actually kills quite a few "recommended daily value" birds with one delicious slice. No, really, it's true!
The smart pizza they came up with reportedly contains 30 percent of an adult's recommended daily amount (RDA) of vitamins and minerals, plus a third of the RDA of calories, carbs, and protein! Though the calories and carbs don't really come as much of a surprise, the idea that you could get tons of vitamins and minerals from your pizza probably seems totally foreign to most of us.
But it's really not that crazy! Seriously. Pizza may not be a vegetable, but it can be a very balanced meal if done right. For instance, I love to do a pie with part-skim mozzarella or some other kind of reduced fat cheese, whole wheat or whole grain crust, and TONS of fresh veggies. Maybe even some frozen or fresh spinach, mushrooms, basil, peppers, etc. cooked into the sauce.
Mike Lean says he did it by incorporating nutrients in less obvious forms -- like seaweed, fruit and unusual vegetable combinations. Turns out seaweed is actually being used in artisan bread and can sub in for salt to lower a food's sodium content. Very cool! He also added red pepper to the sauce to up the pie's levels of vitamin C.
It might be a while before we see a pizza like Lean's hit our supermarkets, but that doesn't mean you can't come up with something equally healthy and yummy. Mmm ... I know what's for dinner tonight!
Do you agree pizza can be healthy and nutritionally balanced?
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yea I do...almost anythingf this days can be transform into something delicious and nutritionally balance.
Bon apetit my friend
Quoting alyciajoseph:
Absolutely, all depends on the ingredients.. you can make a healthy dough and put nutritious food on the top
Quoting annmorres:yea I do...almost anythingf this days can be transform into something delicious and nutritionally balance.
Bon apetit my friend
Quoting MrsTBailey:
Yes i believe that we can have & eat anything nutritionally better even fast food versions of foods! When i used to make pizza i would use hannaford whole wheat pizza dough, bertolli's organic sauce, add extra herbs & spices on top of the sauce, and top with organic mozzarella cheese! Then i would top half with organic or locally grown veggies and leave the other half plain for our ds.
Quoting mandee1503:
Most of foods can be. It's all about what you put in it.
I agree,it just takes time,perserverence and not giving up.
GOD first ppl next things last you cant go wrong and w/ GOD and JESUS around you,you will be a a triple strand rope
Boring exercise
- Cafe Kelly
on Jul. 6, 2012 at 2:08 PM