Pizza!

It's no secret that I love pizza.  I think I could eat it a couple times a week.  But what I can no longer love about pizza is the fat in the cheese and the meat.  (I am making an effort to cut back on fat and cholesterol in what I eat since my LDL is too high and I am trying to avoid going on medication.)  What I have been doing lately is combining my love of this book

with my love of 'za.  This is the result:

I start with a delicious crust made without oil, using whatever dough I have in the 'frig.  Once the dough is shaped, I put just a smidgen of olive oil on the rolled-out crust, followed by whatever I can find for toppings.  On this pizza I used thinly sliced tomatoes, some black olives (yes, I know they contain fat, but no cholesterol), some thinly sliced fresh mozzarella, and lots of fresh herbs such as thyme, basil, oregano, and parsley.  Bake it on a pizza stone in a 550 degrees F oven for 10 minutes, and you have the most delicious pizza on earth.  I especially like tomatoes and basil as toppings.

If you haven't been bitten by the artisan bread craze, I urge you to check out Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day and/or its sequel, Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day.  You can also visit the website at artisanbreadinfive.com.