You won’t find slices like this at your local supermarket.
Your favorite take-out pizza shop’s piping hot pizza in a box is fantastic. But consider this: most pizza places use the cheapest ingredients, resulting in a subpar pie with more fat, calories, and sodium than a healthy diet can handle.
You can control the ingredients and deliver a genuinely gourmet pizza at home, with fresh, healthy toppings and flavor twists you won’t find on a take-out menu: pizza with falafel crust, taco pizza, and how about Gruyere Swiss, pancetta, and caramelized onions.
1. Falafel Pizza
You can make a delicious falafel that goes great on pizza with just a can of chickpeas in your pantry. This falafel pizza recipe is loaded with nutritious ingredients. This hearty falafel pizza is ideal for vegetarians looking for a filling recipe other than a bland cheese pizza. So finish that Greek yogurt in your fridge by making this falafel pizza for dinner tonight.
2. Harvest Pizza with Chicken, Grapes, and Goat Cheese
Do you have any leftover cooked chicken in your fridge? This harvest pizza recipe is ideal for doing so! This harvest pizza is as nutritious as it is delicious, thanks to the addition of refreshing grapes, fennel, goat cheese, and arugula. With these sweet and savory flavors, your taste buds will have a field day. You’ll want to make this harvest pizza whenever you have leftover chicken.
3. Portobello Mushroom “Pizzas” with Sausage, Bell Pepper, and Basil
Do you want pizza but want to keep it low-carb? Make use of portobello mushrooms! Fill those mushroom caps with your favorite pizza ingredients to make flavorful portobello mushroom pizzas without the carbs. These portobello mushroom pizzas are ideal if you’re looking for something quick and easy to make for the week ahead.
4. Spanish-Style Pizza with Romesco Sauce, Spinach, and Artichoke Hearts
Why go to a gourmet pizzeria when you can make a restaurant-quality pizza at home—and for half the calories? This Spanish-style pizza with romesco sauce is the pizza we fantasize about with savory red sauce, many vegetables, and crumbled goat cheese. Plus, with all those flavors crammed into one dish, this Spanish-style pizza will surely be a hit.
5. Greek Salad Pizzas
Whoever said you had to choose between salad and pizza was completely wrong. These Greek salad pizzas are unquestionably the best of both worlds. Combining a Greek salad with whole-wheat pita pockets is the ideal way to transform a boring salad into a delicious dinner feast. So the next time you’re craving salad and pizza, skip the decision and have both with these Greek salad pizzas for dinner.
6. Taco Pizza
It may seem strange at first, but trust us on this one. This taco pizza recipe is similar to a giant tostada but made with your favorite pizza dough. We used lean ground beef, turkey breast, reduced-sodium black beans, and tomato sauce to keep the calories low. With all of the flavors of the taco meat and those fresh veggies, you’ll want to make this taco pizza every Taco Tuesday from now on!
7. Whole-Wheat Pizza with Gruyère, Pancetta, and Caramelized Onions
Cheese pizza is fun, but let’s be honest: it gets old fast. So if you want to make homemade pizza for dinner but don’t want to settle for boring cheese pizza, try this flavorful whole wheat pizza instead. Your tastebuds will be singing after just one bite of this whole wheat pizza masterpiece, which is topped with gruyère cheese, pancetta, and caramelized onions.
8. Socca with Curried Cauliflower and Spinach
With the right toppings, socca, a flat unleavened pancake originally from France, can be transformed into a delicious pizza. Some of our favorite additions to this chickpea-based dish include curried cauliflower and spinach. Plus, with raisins, lime juice, and cilantro, this socca is full of unexpected flavors that you’ll love.
Learn more: 9 Pizza Recipes That Will Not Make You Fat