Healthy Low Acid Pizza with Fresh-Milled Grains

The garden gives me so much inspiration for new recipes! The possibilities are endless, but a low acid pizza is on the top of my list today. Most of us enjoy a good pizza now and then. But for those of us who suffer from acid reflux, it’s one of the hardest things on our stomachs. That is why I’m using butternut squash to create my sauce on this low acid pizza. I’m also using part of my weekly bread dough for a fresh-milled crust. The abundance of vegetables in the garden this summer make this pizza easy to prepare.

Benefits of Low Acid Pizza

The best part of this low acid pizza is most of the toppings come straight out of the garden. A little kale, onions, and zucchini provide a nice variation for toppings, while the butternut squash makes a sweet and flavorful sauce. Of course, you don’t have to have a garden to enjoy these toppings, any local farmer’s market or grocery store can supply everything you need.

low acid pizza

The multi grain crust provides a decent amount of B vitamins, essential amino acids, beta carotene, protein and fiber. At the same time, those delicious summer vegetables provide plenty of magnesium, manganese, calcium, and vitamin A. Fresh oregano and basil add just enough spice, while the chicken apple sausage (nitrate and nitrite free!) gives this low acid pizza more flavor and protein.

God is always looking out for us and giving us plenty of options to choose from. His gardens around the world just can’t be beat. Nothing compares to the benefits and antioxidants available in fresh greens and whole grains for our physical health. Moreover, he has provided abundantly for our spiritual health in his Word and his Son, Jesus!

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

2 Corinthians 1 ESV – Greeting – Paul, an apostle of Christ – Bible Gateway

I pray you find comfort in the steady promises of scripture…and this healthy low acid pizza today. If you’re struggling with eating healthier, I can give you plenty of ideas here, so look around! But if you need more than a few recipes to get you feeling better, I can help you there too, just check out the services page. I do group, individual, and family coaching!


Low Acid Pizza with Fresh-Milled Grains

  • 1 Lb Pizza Dough (Fresh-Milled with Wheat & Flax taste great.)
  • 8 ounces Butternut Squash
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 Cup zucchini (sliced)
  • 1/2 Cup Spinach
  • 1/2 Cup kale
  • 1/4 Cup Onion
  • 1/4 Cup Mozzarella
  • 1 link Chicken Apple Sausage
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 2 tsp fresh oregano
  • 1 tsp basil

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees

  2. Prepare the dough ahead of time as you make your bread for the week. My dough is 2 cups of flour (a mix of hard white/hard red/oats/flax), 1/2 tsp salt, 2 tsps. yeast, 3/4 cup warm water, 2 tbsp olive oil. Mix, knead 1 minute, set aside to rise until double. Punch it down and roll it out on our pizza pan.

  3. Prebake the butternut squash, peel it and mash it with a minced paste of garlic and salt. Spread it over the crust.

  4. Top the butternut squash with onions, spinach, kale, sausage slices, cheese and fresh basil and oregano.

  5. Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes.




Chicken & Kale Lover’s Pizza

When I’m stuck in my house and want a pizza I have to see what is available for ingredients. Today there is a package of Adel’s Chicken Apple Sausage and mozzarella in the fridge. There is also can of tomatoes, some onions, and kale from the garden. Good enough! Dave and I will have a Chicken & Kale lover’s Pizza in no time.

I did a little investing towards the flour for this pizza. You, of course, use what is available to you. But I’m totally into grinding my own whole grain kernels and milling freshly grained wheat! Using this method, there is no fortified processing or enrichment necessary. What God put in the grain is still in tact and ready to nourish this body. Plus it is not bleached and sitting on a shelf becoming rancid.

Check out Sue Brecker’s site on how to begin milling your own wheat.

Benefits

100 grams of soft white kernel (whole grain) wheat is quite nutritious too! It provides a good sources of zinc, potassium, manganese, thiamin, niacin, and folate. Check out the nutrition facts here. Put this whole wheat together with some nitrate and nitrite free sausage, top with some fresh kale and onions, and yum this Chicken & Kale Lover’s Pizza becomes an easy delicious and nutritious pizza.


Chicken and Kale Lover’s Pizza

  • 2 Cups Fresh Milled Whole Grain Flour
  • 1/4 Cup Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1/2 Tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1 Tsp Onion powder
  • 1/2 Tsp Salt

Crust

Topping

  • 2 Links Adel's Chicken Apple Sausage Chopped
  • 1 Cup Fresh Chopped Kale
  • 1/2 Cup Fresh Chopped Onions
  • 1 15 oz can Diced Basil, oregano, garlic tomatoes
  • 1/2 Cup Fresh Mozzarella

  1. Preheat oven to 400

    Crust: Combine the flour, spices, and mix well. Add the olive oil and mix until crumbly, add 1/2 cup hot water to this and mix onto surface until well combined. Roll out the dough onto a stone pizza pan and bake 10 minutes. Remove from the oven to add toppings.

    I puree the tomatoes in my bullet and strain all the water out (you can substitute your favorite pizza or alfredo sauce here) and spread on the partially baked crust.

    I then add my chopped chicken sausage, kale, onions, and cheese.

    Bake for 15 minutes until cheese is golden brown.

    Enjoy!


Devotion

The beauty of nutrition in the food we eat is the plan of provision for our sustenance. Where there is evidence of a physical plan, there is also a spiritual plan. The earth opens to bear its fruits of nourishment and Isaiah reminds us the heavens open to provide spiritual renewal.

“Shower, O heavens, from above,

    and let the clouds rain down righteousness;

let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;

    let the earth cause them both to sprout;

    I the Lord have created it.

Isaiah 45:7-9 ESV – I form light and create darkness; I – Bible Gateway

I pray you enjoy the richness of the Lord in the land of the living today and every day. If you ever need prayer just let me know!

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