Basic Pizza

It is astonishingly easy to make your own pizza - surprising that not more people do it. And in fact it can also be rather healthy when done right. I always make a whole wheat crust - you can find my basic dough recipe here.

Simply roll out your dough, top with your favorite tomato sauce - spaghetti sauce, pizza sauce, does not really matter. We don't even add herbs and spices and just go with what is in the sauce and meat. Add your sauce, add your meat, add your grated cheese, then optional items like the few olives we add in this video. This is just a very basic pizza shown here, but obviously you could add whatever you want like green or red peppers, mushrooms, and so forth.

This time around I went with just a bit of asiago cheese - maybe a cup and a half which as you see in the video did not amount to much. But that is exactly what I was going for - low cheese means low fat! So this pie is actually pretty good for you.

Preheat oven to 495F and bake 12 to 15 minutes without convection.