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The below is
an excerpt from “Changes that helped me drop pounds”. To read more go to: Changes that helped me drop pounds
Pizza
Night Changes
Friday night has been
pizza night in our house for years. I had no desire to eliminate pizza
from my life – I love it! So I had to figure out a way to make it
healthier for me and my family. We used to eat Frozen DiGiornos Cheese
pizza nearly every Friday night. It was affordable, easy, yummy and
filling. But I knew it was loaded with sodium, carbs and saturated fat,
with little nutritive value. So we switched to making homemade
pizza, with store bought refrigerator pizza dough. Then we made the
switch to using whole wheat pizza dough (thanks Trader Joe’s!)
Around the same time
we started adding veggie toppers like onions, olives, garlic, mushrooms,
arugula, avocado etc. Once comfortable and used to the whole wheat dough/
crust, we then switched to a lower sodium tomato sauce. After trying
various sauces, we ultimately ended up using a ‘no salt added’ marinara sauce
for our pizza (Thank you again Trader Joe’s!) which was actually delicious even though there was no added salt! We now often use the part
skim shredded mozzarella cheese instead of the full fat option, or other lower fat cheeses, like Feta or Goat Cheese or fresh Mozzarella. And
guess what? It still tastes awesome! It is still pizza after all.
We made these changes
slowly enough that I think it would be a shock to our mouths and bodies to eat
a DiGiornos at this point. We love our new pizzas and we love
feeling a little less guilty knowing that we have made some healthy changes
to decrease sodium, calories, sugar and saturated fats, while increasing whole
grains and nutrients in the meantime. Nobody should have to live without
pizza!!
To read more about how healthy changes helped me
drop pounds, go to: Changes that helped me drop pounds
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