Scrumptious Homemade Pizza

My family LOVES Pizza!! It costs so much money to order it out once a week, so we decided to start making it on our own once a week. Seriously, only like $5 for a large pizza. Plus, since I've been trying to count calories everyday and lose weight, it became a healthy alternative for me to be in control of what goes on the pizza.

All you do is buy one of the tubes of pizza dough in the refridgerated/buscuit isle, role it out to the size and crust-thickness desired, put some spaghetti sauce on it, a light layer of italian shredded cheese, all the toppings your heart desires, then the rest of the cheese, in a 425 degree oven for 13-15 minutes, and whalaa---A picture perfect pizza!!

I always buy the pre-shredded 2 cup package of itallian cheese and use the whole package. Yes, we love cheese!! We love combination pizza with pepperoni, olives, mushrooms, bell pepper, onions and pineapple, but our second love is hawaiin-style with ham and pineapple. I buy the little cans of sliced olives and mushrooms, and I try to incorporate the left-overs into another meal during the week so they don't go to waste--Like making spaghetti with the left-over sauce, olives and mushrooms.

And to top it all off, a serving size is one-sixth of the pizza, which is a HUGE portion. I usually cut the pizza in six slices then each slice again in half-once, so I get to eat two pieces. You are not going to believe this ladies, but it is only 450 calories. I know this because I calculated it all out. One slice alone from dominos or little cesaers is that amount of calories. Plus, we always have left-overs for lunch the next day. Last but not least, as an added bonus of making your own pizza, we haven't experienced the undesired heartburn from the pepperonni, like from the retailers.