Yes, Five Cheese Pizza, and I'm still on a diet. Pizza is ok to have on a diet. Just plan for it and then there is no guilt. A key tip for this recipe and really when cooking everything MEASURE out all the ingredients. Don't be like those guys on TV that pour olive oil over everything. That does make the food taste good for the first few bites. But it adds a lot of empty calories. I would rather have an extra piece of pizza than add the oil.
Measuring everything really balances out the flavors. We have found using spice and fresh herbs adds no calories but adds a ton of flavor!!!! This is one of the major focuses for our weight loss. With this five-cheese pizza, we used a mixture of cheeses that all have their own great flavor. Plus, we add fresh garlic to really pop the cheese flavors.
Why Pizza?
So many reasons to have a Cheese Pizza or any kind of pizza. I know I could eat pizza almost every day. But if I did I would need to have different kinds. With all this, I have to say I loved this five-cheese pizza.
I'm really about tossing food to the dogs. All four of them were set by me during every meal. I try to tell Amy it is because they love me more. HaHa Like that little kid that drops their food to the dogs I love to spoil these boys. But with this pizza, they didn't get any!! Well, that's not completely true. I gave them a little piece of crust. They looked at me like they were saying "We know that pizza was better than what you just tossed to us!"
Experimenting with flavors is so much fun for us. Coming up with new recipes puts both of us in our happy place. We love Chicken Cordon Bleu so why not make it a pizza? Our Chicken Cordon Bleu is my favorite pizza of all time. As good as this five-cheese pizza was I still would pass it up for the Chicken Cordon Bleu pizza.
Some of our favorite homemade pizzas: Artichoke Dip Pizza, Chicken Cordon Bleu, Mushroom four cheese, Shrimp scampi, Spicy Pesto chicken, BBQ Chicken, and Grilled chicken Caesar salad. Just Search for Pizza to get a complete list of all our homemade pizzas.
Game Day!
If you read our blog post or follow us on Instagram you know we love Football and Hockey. In fact, we are a little crazy when it comes to both sports. Several of our friends have convinced us to start watching College Ball (Go Bucks!!!). OMG, where has that been all my life? So now during football season, we are giving up Saturdays and Sundays. You better believe there is going to be a lot of pizza made over the next few months.
If you are like us and need some ideas for pizza below are some of our favorites. Along, with this five-cheese pizza!
Five Cheese Pizza
A Few Things We Use
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 Pizza dough
- 2 teaspoon Olive Oil
- 1 Tablespoon Crushed red pepper Optional
Cheese
- 4 Ounces Mozzarella cheese
- 4 Ounces White sharp cheddar cheese
- 3 Ounces Fat-free feta cheese
- 6 Ounces Part-skim ricotta cheese
- 2 Tablespoon Grated parmesan cheese
- 2 Tablespoon Fresh oregano Or 2 teaspoon dried oregano
Sauce
- 1 ½ Tablespoon Olive Oil
- 3 Cloves Garlic
- ⅛ teaspoon Sea salt
Tomatoes
- 1 Cup Fresh Roma tomatoes or Plum tomatoes
Additional Topping
- 15 Basil leaves
Instructions
Dough
- We used package dough. This pizza would be amazing with homemade pizza doughPour 2 teaspoon of olive oil onto a pizza stone or pan.
- Spread the oil over the pan
- Sprinkle the crushed red peppers over the pan. This is an OPTIONAL step. If you don't want spice to skip this step.
- Place the dough on top of the Olive oil/peppers
- Take a fork and punch holes in the dough
- Sprinkle on the Parmesan Cheese
- Bake dough. We baked it at 425 degrees for 10 minutes. The dough will cook more after the cheese is added.
Prepare the Cheese
- While the pizza dough is cooking prepare the cheeseShred the mozzarella and sharp white cheddar cheese
- Chop the Oregano
- Mix the oregano into the ricotta cheese
Sauce mixture
- Slice the Garlic ClovesPlace the Olive Oil and garlic into a saute pan. Sprinkle on the sea salt. Heat and cook the garlic until lightly golden brown.
Build the pizza
- When the Dough has started to brown. Pull out of the oven and start to build the pizza
- Spread on the Olive oil garlic mixture
- Put dollops of the ricotta, and oregano cheese onto the dough
- Place the sliced tomatoes on the pizza
- Sprinkle on half the mozzarella cheese
- Sprinkle on the feta cheese
- Sprinkle on the white sharp cheddar cheese
- Cover the pizza crust with foil so the crust edges don't burn. This is an optional step.
Final Steps
- Bake at 425 degrees for 8 minutes and check. Keep checking every few minutes until the cheese is bubbling and start to get a golden shade on the crust
- Chop BasilWhen Pizza is done. Sprinkle on Fresh Basel
- Enjoy!!!!
Please let us know what you think