National Pizza Day

Hi Everyone,

With this Tuesday 9th February being National Pizza Day I thought I’d talk to you about how many different ways you can still have pizza and stay on plan without depriving yourself!

It probably doesn’t come as a big shock that pizza isn’t a health food, but if you’re a pizza lover, a life without pizza is no life at all. If you’re looking to treat yourself with a 10-inch pizza, calories may not be at the forefront of your mind. Can you get a small cheese pizza and stay within your calorie goals?

The exact amount of calories in a 10-inch Domino’s cheese pizza depends on the crust you choose, but for a standard, hand-tossed cheese pizza, you’ll consume 1,140 calories if you eat the whole thing. If you don’t plan on eating the entire pizza, you’re looking at 190 calories per slice.

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If you get a thin crust pizza, calories drop down to 800 for the whole pizza.

For a few of us that first option would be nearly your full calorie allowance for the day!

Even the skinny option would be quite high.

But if that’s what you want with calorie counting you can have this and plan the rest of your day around it.

A bowl of berries for breakfast for around 60 calories and a large salad for lunch for about 100 calories. This would leave you up to 1300 calories for the day or 960 for the skinny version.

However if you are like me and wouldn’t waste that amount of calories on a pizza here’s a few options for you!

1… a wrap pizza made with a Weight Watchers tortilla wrap, tomato purée, mushrooms, onion, a little ham, bacon or chicken and 30g 50% grated mature cheddar cheese all for around 280-300 calories.

2…. for a bit of a thicker base use the same method as about but with a pitta bread instead of the wrap.

3…. a Turkey meatza. This is a Turkey breast steak topped with tomato purée, a pinch of mild chilli powder, low fat cheese, onion mushrooms and a little chopped ham or bacon. Delicious and also around 300 calories.

4…. if a calzone pizza is more your style you could also do this with a tortilla wrap. Fry off some onion, mushrooms and bacon, add 100g passata and a pinch of mixed herbs and salt ant pepper, mix in 30g grated 50% fat mature cheddar. Place in the tortilla wrap, egg wash round the side and fold over pressing the edges together so it sticks. Egg wash the top and pop in the oven for 10/12 minutes until golden.

Don’t deprive yourself as there’s always a way. All you have to do is choose how many calories you want to spend on that pizza!
Let me know if you’re having a pizza on Tuesday and which way you decide to do it!
Enjoy 🍕🍕🍕