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Create a delicious pizza from simple foods. Just choose an item from each category and follow the directions. Use your imagination! Each pizza serves four adults.

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Step 1: Choose/Prepare a crust
Options: homemade crust (see recipe below), premade crust from store, flour tortilla, flatbread, pita bread, English muffin, bagel, French bread.

Whole-Wheat Pizza Dough Recipe
  • 2 cups whole-wheat flour
  • 1 ½ tablespoons yeast
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 ½ teaspoons sugar
  • ¾ - 1 ¼ cups warm water
  • 1 teaspoon canola oil (optional)

Step 2: Choose a sauce
  • Tomato paste thinned with water or tomato sauce + basil + oregano + pepper
  • Refried beans or bean dip
  • Barbeque sauce
  • Sweet chili sauce (found in the Asian aisle of the grocery store)
  • Peanut sauce - peanut butter thinned with hot water + soy sauce + sugar + garlic + crushed red pepper
  • Hummus
  • Salsa

Step 3: Choose flavors
  • 1 - 2 teaspoons dried herbs as needed according to sauce (oregano, basil, cumin, chili powder, ginger, soy sauce, garlic, crushed red pepper, etc.)
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Step 4: Choose toppings
  • Tomato
  • Spinach
  • Onion
  • Green pepper
  • Red pepper
  • Jalapeno
  • Mushroom
  • Banana pepper
  • Olive
  • Avocado
  • Corn
  • Squash
  • Carrot
  • Pineapple
  • Dried cranberries
  • Broccoli
  • Eggplant
  • Chicken
  • Нam
  • Ground beef
  • Sausage
  • Cheese

Directions

Prepare homemade crust and set aside to rise. Preheat oven to 425°F. Prepare sauce and toppings. Spray baking pan or pizza pan with cooking spray. Roll crust out and place on pan. Top with sauce and toppings. Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes or until the crust is cooked and the sauce is bubbly.

 

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