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Happy Friday! Friday has always been my favorite day of the week.
Is there anything better than Friday?
Pizza, perhaps?
Pizza makes my happy 🙂
Combine Friday with pizza and I’m in heaven!
Growing up we often had pizza for supper Friday nights. It was a tradition that I continued through college and into my early working years.
Heck, I love pizza so much I’ve even made it in the crockpot!
Sometimes I satisfy my pizza cravings with lighter, healthier alternatives to traditional pizza that are just as delicious.
I’ve gathered a few of my favorites here for you to check out.
They include pizza-flavored “mini muffin pizza bites,” veggie-crusted pizzas, “English muffin pizzas” and thin crusted pizza flatbreads made from pitas, tortillas, or prepared thin crusts (like boboli or lavosh flatbread).
Even my mom, a huge pizza lover, has started making her own mini pizzas with tortilla crusts at home, instead of heading out to her favorite pizza joint when a craving strikes.
Enjoy!
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Favorite Lighter Healthier Alternatives to Pizza
Pepperoni Pizza Bites – These pepperoni pizza mini muffins are a lighter healthier way to satisfy a pizza craving. I love them dipped in a little warm marinara sauce. Each one has just 29 calories and 1 Weight Watchers SmartPoint.
English Muffin Hawaiian Pizza – A light english muffin topped with sauce, cheese, ham and pineapple is fun, easy, healthy and delicious way to satisfy a pizza craving any time of day, 230 calories, 6 SmartPoints
Chicken Arugula Flatbread – All you need is a flatbread/lavash wrap (we used the whole wheat kind), bruschetta sauce (a simple mixture of chopped tomatoes, olive oil, garlic and basil), cooked chicken (leftovers or rotisserie chicken works well), fresh arugula, and some shaved Parmesan cheese. 8 SmartPoints
Pizza-Bellas Recipe – A portabella mushroom forms the crust of this tomato, cheese, turkey pepperoni, olive and cheese stuffed pizza creation, 118 calories, 2 SmartPoints (Hungry Girl)
Zucchini Pepperoni Pizza, Zucchini slices are used as crust for these clever pepperoni pizzas, 56 calories, 1 SmartPoint (Slender Kitchen)
Meat Lovers Pizza – A thin crust, light cheese, and turkey sausage and pepperoni keep the fat and calories in check, without compromising flavor, 207 calories, 6 SmartPoints (Emily Bites)
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Giveaway has ended: See winner below!
The winner of the HydroFlask is:
Jenny: “If nothing stood in my way, I would travel with my child to other states and other countries. There could be nothing better to broaden her horizons, to see how other people live, and be thankful for what we have!”
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And thanks to all of you who stopped by and participated by sharing your dreams and desires with us.
Hydro Flask Giveaway Details…
This giveaway has ended!
Today, because it’s Friday, because it’s my favorite day of the week, because I care about you and want to help you stay hydrated, I’m giving away a 40-ounce Hydro Flask Insulated Stainless Steel Water Bottle!
My sister introduced me to these amazing double wall vacuum insulated devices that manage to keep beverages hot or cold for hours. They are designed to be lightweight, making them great for long hikes, days on the beach, hot yoga classes, tennis, long road trips or everyday office use.
Even when filled with ice, the exterior of the Hydro Flask will never leave a puddle on your desk, drip on your shirt, or sweat in your bag 🙂
TO ENTER
To enter the giveaway, just answer the following question in the Comments section of this post:
“What would you do if nothing stood in your way?”
I love this question and the powerful positive responses it provokes.
If you could do ANYTHING, what would it be?
Would you travel? Would you start a new business? Would you move? Would you go back to school?
Just share your dreams, big and small, and you’re automatically entered to win the Hydro Flask (affiliate link).
THE RULES
One entry per person, please. Winners will be announced Sunday night.
Good luck!
I would be confident enough to change professions even after 25 years.
If nothing stood in my way I would start my own dog walking business and rescue dogs. I want to also use the dogs to visit shut ins and help them have the joy of an animal in their life for a few hours a day.
No doubt in my mind I would travel and volunteer at all the places I visit.
I would like to go to a disaster area and help the homeless children/families. Extra pounds right now cause me back and leg problems, inhibiting my rough travels.
My dream is to get a kidney transplant
Go back to school and get my doctoral degree, and travel to many far flung places!
If nothing stood in my way, I would have a nice tidy house and plenty of energy to go places and do things, like tour local sites. I would also enjoy clothes shopping because I would feel good about myself when I looked in the dressing room mirror.
I would like to travel
If nothing stood in my way – I wouldn’t be so concerned with myself, I am generally a happy person living a balanced life. I would feel compelled to help someone else fulfill their dreams. I’d like to somehow make someone else life easier for them. I’d also fill my house up with dogs in need of a good home.
I would retire and take care of my dad. Would go walking more than I do now and start riding my bicycle again. I would enjoy being with family and not feeling exhausted all the time, give back to the church and community more.