| Everybody loves Pizza worldwide right? The delicious | | | | Cheese is 65 grams per person, so the recipe contains |
| savory smell of the cheese and the tomatoes and all | | | | 130 grams - enough for 2 servings. |
| the other toppings and herbs. If you're not already | | | | You have two choices for the base - you can either |
| heading off towards the direction of the refrigerator, | | | | make your own using one of the excellent home |
| stick around and listen up for a moment. The problem | | | | bread making machines now available, or buy a |
| is that most Pizzas have a relatively high saturated fat | | | | pre-made pizza base from the grocery store. |
| content - and that's bad news if you are trying to look | | | | Pizza Ingredients |
| after your heart health, or you are battling against high | | | | Dough (enough for 2 Pizzas) |
| blood LDL Cholesterol levels. | | | | - Water - 1 cup |
| The British Heart Foundation recommends a total daily | | | | - Strong Bread Making Flour - 3 Cups |
| fat intake of 95 grams for men and 70 grams for | | | | - Dried Milk Powder - 2 Tablespoons |
| women. If you eat a half of a typical stuffed crust 14 | | | | - Sugar - 2 Teaspoons |
| inch pepperoni Pizza you will consume approximately | | | | - Low Sodium Salt Substitute - 1 Teaspoon |
| 75 grams of fat. So you could regularly way exceed | | | | - Yeast - 2 ½ Teaspoons |
| your daily fat limit with the additional dietary fat intake | | | | All you need to do to make the dough is to throw all |
| from other foods during the rest of the day. If you | | | | these ingredients into the breadmaker and hit the 'pizza |
| have been told to avoid cheese you may despair as | | | | dough' button. An hour or so later you will have a ball |
| you suffer that craving for your favourite food - Pizza! | | | | of dough ready to roll into a pizza base. |
| What if there was a type of Pizza that was not only | | | | Rest of Pizza |
| friendly to your heart health, but actually REDUCED | | | | - Tomato Paste Tube |
| your Cholesterol level, the more you ate (within | | | | - 4 cloves of garlic - finely chopped |
| reason). Sounds too good to be true? Well the good | | | | - 1 Teaspoon of Ground Black Pepper |
| news for pizza lovers everywhere is that it is now | | | | - Mixed Herbs - 2 Tablespoons |
| possible. Unbelievable - a heart healthy Pizza packed | | | | - 1 Onion - chopped |
| with healthy ingredients that is kind to your heart and | | | | - 2 tomatoes- sliced |
| health. | | | | - 1 onion - sliced |
| A new type of Cholesterol lowering cheese. | | | | - 1 Green Capsicum - sliced |
| The breakthrough came with the introduction of a new | | | | - Olive Oil |
| type of cheese, which has all the flavour of a mature | | | | - 130 grams of 'miniCol' cheese - grated |
| cheddar, but can be used as a topping for Pizza or | | | | Assembling and cooking the Pizza |
| Lasagna. In the United Kingdom this product is known | | | | - Cut the dough ball into 2 halves. You can freeze one |
| as miniCol. This is a healthy alternative to 'normal' | | | | half for another time. |
| cheese and is perfectly safe to eat or cook with, for | | | | - Spread some flour onto the worktop and coat the |
| people with concerns about cholesterol levels. | | | | dough |
| The difference between traditional cheddar and | | | | - Use a rolling pin and roll out the dough to the size of |
| miniCol is that miniCol is made from milk, which has had | | | | the Pizza cooking tray |
| virtually all of its dairy fat removed and replaced with | | | | - Spread a small amount of Olive Oil onto the pizza |
| wheatgerm oil, which is high in polyunsaturated fat and | | | | baking tray and rub around with some kitchen towel |
| plant sterols. Most plants contain Sterols which are | | | | (this will stop the base from sticking) |
| natural substances found as component parts of | | | | - Place the pizza base onto the baking tray |
| certain vegetable oils. Plant sterols are effective in | | | | - Spread Tomato paste from the tube evenly around |
| lowering cholesterol by blocking the absorption of | | | | the pizza base |
| cholesterol from the diet, and also by stopping the | | | | - Sprinkle the freshly chopped garlic evenly into the |
| re-absorption of cholesterol produced by the liver. | | | | tomato paste |
| Studies have shown that miniCol is proven to be | | | | - Assemble the tomato, onion and capsicum slices |
| capable of reducing blood cholesterol levels. | | | | evenly around the pizza base |
| You can find out motre information about miniCol here: | | | | - Sprinkle the black pepper over the ingredients |
| Pizza Margherita Recipe (enhanced) | | | | - Spread the grated cheese over the top of the |
| This recipe is for a basic 14 inch Pizza Margherita, but | | | | ingredients |
| you can easily add further healthy toppings such as | | | | - Sprinkle the mixed herbs onto the top of the cheese |
| tuna, chicken or extra lean beef (raw meat to be | | | | - done |
| marinated and precooked). Because you make it | | | | The completed Pizza should be baked in the oven at |
| yourself you know and control what goes into it. The | | | | 200 degrees for approx. 10 minutes and served with |
| manufacturers recommended daily amount of miniCol | | | | fresh salad and a glass of red wine. |