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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 love to be completely mobile again so I could travel. Many places I would love to see….but most require a lot of walking and those days are no longer in my life.
What I would do if I could do anything my heart desires is move to be close to my grandkids, who are both in college in NY (we’ve all lived in CA until they went off to school). I’d make sure we had a home there and time to spend. I would also want my son (single dad) to be able to participate. My grandkids would be happy and not so homesick as they periodically get now!!!
Travel all over Great Briton, Australia, New Zealand. I would also begin a non-profit literacy group to assist all ages, including English as a second language. The group would work with anyone who wanted help with classes, soft skills, job hunting, whatever is needed to help them improve their lives. I love helping others.
I would love to open a scrapbook store with my sister.
I would travel the world and find people that are lost in sin and teach them the Gospel and tell them how much Jesus loves them
If nothing stood in my way, I would have buy a house in Hawaii or Puerto Rico and spend the winter months there away from the cold winters here.
If nothing stood in my way, there are so many things I would do. First of all, I would purchase a house for both of my best friends. They have worked so hard in life and deserve something that they can call their own. I love those girls and would do anything for them.
Second, I would open an animal sanctuary for abused or injured animals. I have been an animal lover my whole life. I have said since I was little that would be the one thing I would do….open a rescue and work there.
Lastly, I would travel to Australia. That has been my dream vacation since, well, forever. I want to see Koalas and Roo’s in their natural habitat.
I am sure there are many other things I would do as well, but these are my top 3.
Sell most of my belongings so I could travel, travel, travel. I just never seem to have enough money left over at the end of paying bills to really enjoy my life. I haven’t been on vacation for at least 10 years.
First let me say this is a GREAT giveaway, and I love the PURPLE color, it honors PRINCE who left this world yesterday here in Minnesota?
I am retired and I would love to travel and would love to spend more time with my kids and grandbabies!
I would try trapeze lessons