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How to prepare a delicious and healthy pizza in 9 easy steps, by Kimi:

Step 1

Empty a double-sized tin (140g) of tomato paste into a small bowl.

Step 2

Add and mix enough water to make a suitable tomato sauce.

Step 3

Add a little peanut or sunflower oil (about 1 teaspoon ~ 1 tablespoon*). For authenticity you can use olive oil if you want.
Also add Italian/Provençal herbs to taste.
Mix the oil and herbs into the sauce.
* I added a little too much oil here.

Step 4

Two ready-made pizza bottoms.

Step 5

Spread half of the sauce onto one pizza bottom.

Step 6

About 90~100g of ground meat. Spread half of it evenly over the pizza, pressing it into the sauce layer.

Step 7

Cover the sauce and meat with as much mixed, ready-cut, frozen veggies as you can fit, pressing them lightly into the sauce/meat layer.

Step 8

Bake the pizza at 220°C for 10 minutes. Preheating is not necessary.

Step 9

Enjoy your pizza
Repeat steps 4-9 for the second pizza.

For variation, you can substitute different kinds of meat (small pieces of chicken, strips of pork), herbs/spices (Mexican or shoarma for example), and veggies (most supermarkets have at least two kinds of frozen veggie mixtures).

but... where's the cheese?!

Of course there's no cheese. That's the whole point of making it myself. If I wanted cheese, I could just buy a pizza in the supermarket.

Although those also wouldn't have the desired veggie/meat ratio.

D:

Kimiko, I think you've got a great little system going. Kudos to you for making delicious pizza that you like!

My husband would love one, minus the meat.

My old roomate comes from a family that owns a bunch of pizza businesses (and worked in them for years, much like my history with doughnut/donut/fuckyou shops). I'm sure a part of him cried at that pizza, no offense.

[spoiler]It is a healthy alternative though. I'd say you can do a normal cheese spread (or, rather, probably half) to get used to it and cut that back until you're at 25%. Healthier food is sacrifices after all.

I'd add some seasoning spices to it, though really just basil and cilantro. It'll help accentuate the pizza sauce.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]I could never do a pizza like that~~~

Though I'd also not use frozen veggies, if only for "might as well do it all right!" kind of thing. And whole wheat base. And without the veggies so I could actually care to eat it as I'm not a fan of salad-pizza ^^[/spoiler]