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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!”
Congratulations! Please send an email to support@simple-nourished-living.com to claim your prize!
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 end hunger
I would travel the world with my sweet husband, and paint every day! Thank you so much for your consistent positive encouragement, and delicious recipes!
I would work to make sure that no one was ever hungry for example support organizations that work on feeding those who are unable to provide for themselves. I am blessed and would like to be able to bless others as well. Thanks for all your hard work Martha and for the opportunity to win.
Go back to college and get my degree!
“What would you do if nothing stood in your way?” ~ I would travel to visit my family and friends that I have not seen for years. Distance, transportation are some of the problems that “stand in my way”. It has been too many years since seeing family members and friends. As I say to them, if miles were inches I would be there in an instant!
Thank you for your postings and for the giveaway!
I would RETIRE!! Then I would have time to travel whenever and wherever I wanted.
In answering the question”what would I do if nothing stood in my way”. I would then have money to set my Mom up in a nice place that caters to elder handicap people with a dietitian who will provide good and healthy meals for her. I will get money to set her up with an on-call doctor to care for her illness. I will get money to take care of my twin sister and of my son to set them up with a good home and a healthy lifestyle. Our poor health and lack of funds keeps us from living a better life.
If I had the money and be in shape I would like to do the St Jacques de Compostela walk
If nothing stood in my way, I would take Pilates teacher training and become a Pilates instructor. I love meeting people and would love to help them be the best they can be.
i would LOVE to open a sewing studio where folks could drop in and just sew. i would have classes to teach people to sew (I’m a certified instructor) and offer specialty classes. sometimes I see spaces that are vacant and wonder if they would be good locations for a studio…. sigh