Everyone seems to have this odd perception that pizzas are one of the most fattening, unhealthy meals you could possibly ever eat. If you order one from a late night takeaway, this may well be the case, but there are a few simple tricks that you can put in place to make sure that your own homemade pizzas don’t add inches to the waist:

Difficulty: Easy
Serves: 4
Prep: 30 minutes
Cook: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

250g strong white flour
250g wholemeal flour
1 sachet dried yeast
2 tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil
250ml luke warm water
4 tbsp tomato purée
handful chopped ham
handful spinach
handful cherry tomatoes, halved
handful sweetcorn
handful cheddar, grated

Method:

Put the flour, yeast and salt in a large bowl and mix together. Stir in olive oil and water to form a soft dough.
Turn out the dough onto a well floured surface and knead for approximately 5 minutes. Leave to rest in a warm place for roughly 1 hour.
Once the dough has risen, roll it out to a 30cm circle and bake in the oven (220°C, 200°C fan, Gas 7) for 5 minutes to crisp off.
Remove from the oven and spread over the tomato purée. Top with as many ingredients as you like but remember not to go overboard with the cheese! Bake for another 10 minutes.

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