Pizza or cheeseburgers for dinner tonight? Make them both! Cheeseburger pizza is ready in less than 30 minutes. Just grab the skillet and brown the ground beef, unwrap the ready-to-use pizza crust, open the bag of shredded cheese, chop the onion and you're minutes away from a kid-friendly, family-friendly meal that makes everyone happy. Of course as a registered dietitian nutritionist, I'm thrilled this easy pizza contains 4 of the 5 nutrient-rich food groups: grains (crust), vegetables ...
Pizza Sloppy Joes
Family meals. You want them fast. And healthy. I've got you covered with this easy and nutrient-rich Pizza Sloppy Joe dish, because it's an easy stove-top skillet recipe. Choose a really lean ground beef in this recipe so you can save some calories and fat grams for those mini pepperoni slices! Perfect example of balance, by the way. It's packed with onion, garlic, green pepper and pizza sauce, which ALL count as vegetables. Serve on whole-wheat hamburger buns, and everyone enjoys a ...
Pizza Hummus
Dive into a bowl of Pizza Hummus if you're trying to eat more vegetables. And who isn't? From moms and dads trying to get their kids - and themselves - to eat more nutrient-rich vegetables, it's time for a family-friendly solution. Pizza Hummus is one of the easiest ways to "eat more vegetables" because hummus counts as a vegetable. That's right. It's made from garbanzo beans, a vegetable. And my Pizza Hummus has even more vegetables, since it includes sun-dried tomatoes and tomato paste. ...
Four Reasons to Stop Calling Pizza “Junk Food”
Here's why I'd like you to stop calling pizza "junk food." 1. Pizza typically provides at least three of the five nutrient-rich food groups. Surprise! Pizza indeed has nutritional value. Take a basic, kid-favorite cheese pizza. It contains cheese (dairy), tomato sauce (vegetable) and crust (grains.) Make a Hawaiian Pizza by adding ham (protein) and pineapple (fruit) and now you’ve got all five nutrient-rich food groups! This hardly qualifies as “junk food.” Which by the way, is a term I ...
Very Veggie Pizza Pasta Salad
I had no idea this pizza-inspired pasta salad loaded with vegetables would be so popular. But it was a hit with the Fox 59 Morning News production crew. They enjoyed it after one of my segments...even coming back for seconds! This big-batch recipe perfect for picnics, potlucks and parties is loaded with nutrient-rich vegetables and whole-grain goodness. This dish features mushrooms, bell peppers, artichokes hearts, onion and tomatoes. All these vegetables are fairly low ...