What I Ate - Healthy Pizza

Keeping to a strict diet is no easy feat especially when you are dining with your family and friends. Ann and I would always make our own meals (and our parents of course) whenever we time allows. It's over the years that we got to know and listen to our bodies better. Growing up, I've always had food related allergies now and then. Refined wheat, meat and seafood are some of the main troublemakers to my digestive system. With that said, I l-o-v-e bread, pastas, and pizzas. Apart from the fear of the expanding waistline, these foods are made with refined flour. To err is human, who could resist that sexy piping hot pizza with that crunchy base seated right in front of you? Alas, that's when bloating kicks in really bad. I still have these cheat meals once a week, but on normal days health is key. It was not long ago when I stumbled across the amazing vegan blog, Oh She Glows. The Super Power Chia bread is one of the wonderful recipes that's God sent! With the dough flattened  out thinly, it could be the perfect pizza dough minus the insulin-spiking refined flour. And did I mention because it's so nutrient dense, you'd feel full at the very second slice. I didn't have the exact ingredients in hand so I switched some ingredients up. 


Inspired by Oh She Glow's Super Power Chia Bread.

Pizza Crust: 

• 1/2 cup chia seeds

• 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds

• 1/2 + 1/4 cup buckwheat flour

• 1 tsp dried oregano

• 1 tsp sugar

• 1/2 tsp sea salt

• 1/4 tsp garlic powder

• 1/4 tsp onion powder

• 1 cup water

1. Preheat oven to 325F and line a 9-inch square pan with two pieces of parchment paper, one going each way.

3. Add all dry ingredients into a large bowl and stir well until combined. Stir in the water until combined. The mixture will be very watery and runny at first, but it will thicken up fairly quick.  Scoop it into the pan and spread it out with a spatula as evenly as possible. You can use lightly wet hands to smooth it down if necessary. Sprinkle the bread with sea salt before going into the oven.

4. Bake at 325F for about 25 minutes, or until firm to the touch. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes and then lift it out and transfer it to a cooling rack for another 5-10 minutes. Slice and enjoy or prepare the pizza toppings! 

Pizza Toppings

• 1/4 cup organic barbecue sauce (or pure tomato sauce works fine too)

• 1/3 cup chopped onions

• 1/3 cup mushrooms of your choice

• 1/4 cup vegan burger patty 

• 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast

• salt and pepper to taste 

• one egg (omit if you're vegan) 

These are just some of the ingredients we had in hand, you can get creative with the toppings! 
We popped the topped pizza back into the oven for another 10-15 min until the toppings are golden brown. 



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