Taste Test Tuesday: Gourmet Frozen Pizza
The words "gourmet" and "frozen pizza" can now be used in the same sentence.
I love pizza so you might not be surprised to know that I don't usually consider frozen pizza a viable option. For a busy family though, having a couple of pizzas in the freezer can be a lifesaver from time to time and don't I know it.
Well, move over Red Baron, because Mr. Puck is in the house! Wolfgang Puck's signature (literally) is now on boxes of frozen pizza found in your local supermarket. The pizzas are about the size of a small pizza parlor pizza, which is perfect if you are splitting it with someone or if you want to wrap up part of it for lunch the next day.
They are just the size that they fit into my toaster oven so I'm not turning on the big ol' oven in the middle of summer. From start to finish it took about 15 minutes (since you save time because you don't really need to preheat a toaster oven).
The label says that each box serves 3 but if it's a meal and not an actual "appetizer", I’m thinking it's serving more like 2 people. That said, each serving (1/3 the pizza) of Four Cheese, Tomato and Pesto Pizza contains 340 calories, 15 grams fat (39% calories from fat), 6 grams saturated fat (mostly from mozzarella and fontina cheese), 0 g trans fat, 30 mg cholesterol, 15 g protein, 36 g carbohydrate, 620 mg sodium. You might want to enjoy the pizza with some fresh fruit or steamed veggies, which will help bring down the percent calories from fat for the meal.
The first six ingredients for the Four Cheese, Tomato and Pesto Pizza are:
~~Elaine
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I love pizza so you might not be surprised to know that I don't usually consider frozen pizza a viable option. For a busy family though, having a couple of pizzas in the freezer can be a lifesaver from time to time and don't I know it.
Well, move over Red Baron, because Mr. Puck is in the house! Wolfgang Puck's signature (literally) is now on boxes of frozen pizza found in your local supermarket. The pizzas are about the size of a small pizza parlor pizza, which is perfect if you are splitting it with someone or if you want to wrap up part of it for lunch the next day.
They are just the size that they fit into my toaster oven so I'm not turning on the big ol' oven in the middle of summer. From start to finish it took about 15 minutes (since you save time because you don't really need to preheat a toaster oven).
The label says that each box serves 3 but if it's a meal and not an actual "appetizer", I’m thinking it's serving more like 2 people. That said, each serving (1/3 the pizza) of Four Cheese, Tomato and Pesto Pizza contains 340 calories, 15 grams fat (39% calories from fat), 6 grams saturated fat (mostly from mozzarella and fontina cheese), 0 g trans fat, 30 mg cholesterol, 15 g protein, 36 g carbohydrate, 620 mg sodium. You might want to enjoy the pizza with some fresh fruit or steamed veggies, which will help bring down the percent calories from fat for the meal.
The first six ingredients for the Four Cheese, Tomato and Pesto Pizza are:
- organic wheat flour
- mozzarella cheese
- water
- sliced tomatoes
- extra virgin olive oil
- and fontina cheese.
~~Elaine
Related Topics: Technorati Tags: pizza, frozenpizza, wolfgangpuck
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8 Comments:
This can even be done with a cheese substitute. You can't really taste the difference. And, the sauce can be oil, salt, and fat free. Again, hard to tell the difference. I get my sauce at Trader Joe's. In fact, once you get used to eating this way, salt does not taste very good.
The healthiest and best tasting frozen pizza I've eaten is the Kashi Mediterranean. Whole grain crust, spinach, veggies, roasted red pepper sauce and feta cheese. Lots of fiber and vitamins A and C.
I can't eat pizza anymore because the cheese hurts my stomach--and I'm trying to lose weight. But when I get a craving for pizza, I get some whole grain Italian/French bread, cut it open lenght-wise, spread it with refrigerated garlic-infused olive oil (refrigeration makes the olive oil semi-solid), slice a fresh red tomato and spread the slices on the bread. I sprinkle some herbs/spices on top of the tomato (usually Italian seasonings with some garlic salt) and toast under the broiler for a few minutes. To finish it off, I add a few slices of soy cheese--any variety of the "white" soy cheese I can get at Wal-Mart--and heat that to a bubbling melt. It's better if you toast the tomato a little before putting on the cheese. Really satisfies my craving for pizza with less calories and more fiber.
My favorite frozen pizza is made from Amy's Kitchen. They make several organic pizzas. My favorite is the spinach. They also make a cheeseless one with veggies.
Pizza is the worst food you can eat, especially if you're diabetic. Pizza would be so much better if you replace the crust with a bed of romaine lettuce. We should eat more greens, not grains. Fruits and vegetables people! Berries, especially blueberries, as well as raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, are packed with antioxidants and are low in sugar.
Meat and cheese are good for you. We are primarily carnivores by nature. On average, most isolated cultures only consume about 35% of calories from vegetarian sources. The rest is evenly divided between meat and fish.
Make a Vegetarian Pizza without Cheese, then I recommend to drizzle over the pizza, a Healthy Oil for example Organic Linseed Oil or Avocados Oil prior to serving.
Has anyone tried the Pelle Fresco Pizza? It was in a blind taste test on aol.com and was ranked very high. From the looks of it too it seems to be all natural.
Pelle Pizza.is awesome!!!
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