eHealth Connection
September 2008
Health eCooking: Homemade Veggie Pizza
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Here’s how to make pizza that’s healthful and easy. This pizza uses a store-bought crust, and squash and zucchini over a bed of hummus. |
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Ingredients
1 (about 14 inch in diameter) thin pizza crust
Cooking spray (olive oil flavor)
5 Tbsp hummus (original flavor)
1 cup mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cup red onion, sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 cup zucchini, sliced
1 cup yellow squash, sliced
Preparation
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Spray pizza crust with cooking spray and heat in oven (using directions on packaging).
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While pizza crust is heating up, sauté vegetables in pan until onion is translucent. Add
freshly ground black pepper to taste.
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Take pizza crust out of the oven and spread with hummus. Then, spread vegetables over
top evenly.
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Heat for one additional minute.
Nutrition Information Per Serving (Recipe Yields 4 Servings)
Calories: 234
Fat: 4 grams
Saturated Fat: 0
Cholesterol: 0
Sodium: 555 mg
Carbohydrate: 42 grams
Fiber: 3 grams
Protein: 8 grams
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