No matter the toppings, add an extra vegetable to pizza night with this sweet potato pizza crust recipe. Plus, tips for making a healthy pizza night at home.
With little prep work, a quick cooking time, easily customizable flavors, no wonder pizza night is often on the menu in your house.
Maybe even a little too often?
Are you ready to take a break from your regular pizza order?
Does the pizza stone get put away or does it live by the over, always ready for another bake?
A vegetable pizza dough
You can add vegetables to your pizza by using them in a sauce or as a topping. But, what about in making the dough?
Sure can. This pizza dough recipe has mashed sweet potato mixed inside.
How to cook sweet potatoes
For this recipe, you want to roast the sweet potatoes whole. Leave the skins on and place them on a baking sheet. Cook in a 400°F oven for about an hour, until the flash inside is soft.
Allow the sweet potatoes to cool completely. You can do this in advance and chill them in the fridge. Remove the skin and mash before adding them into the dough.
How to have a healthy pizza night?
Make it at home
Give yourself full control over customizing your pizza pie. Make the dough from scratch, purchase store bought or substitute it for a quinoa crust or this other pita pizza option. The pizza toppings are up to you too, add on as many as you wish.
Increase fiber & nutrients
By including whole wheat flour in the pizza dough and including more vegetables. They’re not just for toppings. You can mix them into the dough too, like this sweet potato pizza crust recipe.
Lighten up the layer of cheese
Use enough to add flavor and make it a pizza. But not too much that you can’t hold the pizza in your hands. Play around with different combinations of cheeses to change up the flavor.
Increase the veggies
Here is your chance to really get creative. Use any of your favorite vegetables—both raw and cooked—as pizza toppings. Mix and match to find your favorite combinations.
Keep in mind that you might have to precook your vegetables to ensure they cook properly with your pizza. So that they are neither raw (butternut squash, potato) or overly soggy (zucchini) when the pizza is ready.
This can be also be a great way to use up leftover vegetable side dishes.
Control portion sizes
Serve a side salad
This helps fill up your plate (and stomach) and makes it feel more like a meal. It can help control you reaching for another slice.
Choose a better beverage
Limit indulging in extra Calories from sodas or alcohol. Stick to water or seltzer while you eat.
Sweet Potato Pizza Dough
No matter the toppings, add an extra vegetable to pizza night with this dough recipe.
Ingredients
- 2¼ teaspoons yeast
- 1¼ cup warm water
- 1½ cups white whole wheat flour
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- ¾-1 cup mashed sweet potato
Instructions
- Fill a small bowl or measuring cup with the warm water. Sprinkle yeast on top. Mix together lightly. Set aside to proof for at 5-10 minutes until foamy.
- In a large bowl, combine flours and salt together. Add in the proofed yeast, 2 tablespoons oil, honey. Mix together with a spoon (doesn't have to be fully combined).
- Add the mashed sweet potato to the dough. Mix until well combined. Use your hands to knead the dough together into a ball. If necessary, add more flour (a tablespoon at a time) to prevent the dough from being too sticky.
- Lift the dough out of the bowl, coat the bottom and sides of the bowl with remaining teaspoon of oil. Return the dough to the bowl, roll it around in the oil to coat. Cover with a flour sack and let rise in a warm place for 60 minutes or until dough has doubled in size.
Notes
Refrigerator Storage:
Transfer the dough to a sealed plastic bag. Keep refrigerated for up to 6 days.
To Freeze:
Divide the dough into desired portions. Form each portion into a ball and place in separate freezer bags. Label and freeze for up to 3 months.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1/8th pie or ~2 oz doughAmount Per Serving: Calories: 129Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 71mgCarbohydrates: 24gFiber: 2gSugar: 3gProtein: 4g
Does not include any pizza toppings
