Last night I figured I would make the ultimate sausage cheese pizza. My brother who had walked by a few times while I was watching the episode with the pizza in it thought it looked so good that he would be willing to try it. Here is my results.

Now, when you make your personal pan of the pizza, it doesn't look as big as this is made out to be. The calorie in take is for the whole pizza. The recipe calls for regular pizza dough. When I stopped by my local grocery store, I didn't find anything but wheat pizza dough. I prefer using wheat pizza dough anyway. I didn't use any scallions because personally, I don't care for scallions. I didn't have any chicken sausage so instead I did use regular beef pepperoni. I used 3 thin slices of pepperoni per pizza. Since watching the show I learned a neat trick. When you want to use something that is high in fat, trick your eye. The way to do that is to cut it up in to thin slices, when you start to pile it one whatever you will think you put a lot more then if u had left it as one whole piece. So that is what I did with the peperoni. 3 looked like so much for one small personal pan pizza. Of course my pizza needed a lot more veggies. Here is what I added:
-peperoni
- yellow peppers
- red jarred roasted peppers
- mushrooms
- black olives
- red onion
-fresh cut basil

I added the same amount of Parmesan cheese recommended. I did however feel it maybe too little when I made it so I added just a hair of low fat mozzarella cheese. After tasting it, I don't think you need it but, I don't think that little bit of cheese makes that much of a difference in the calories. I left all the veggies raw. I didn't cook the pepperoni either, it cooks itself in the oven.

My score: 5/5
I absolutely loved it! It tasted great. One personal pan was more then enough. I bought one bag of pizza dough. When you make your own personal pan you feel like you are eating more then if you were to eat from a pizza. The sauce was great, and it did actually go a long way. I had plenty left over. It tasted great, and I let everyone put together their own pizza. It is a meal that can be prepared with children. When I buy a pizza from the grocery store usually I will eat 4 slices, but this actually filled me up. The dough was the equvilent of 2 slices of pizza. I think part of being able to eat better is to conivence your eyes that you have more then enough on your plate. A lot of people eat with their eyes, myself included and this did the trick. I recommend everyone try this. I didn't feel like I missed the cheese, because there were so many other items there and the taste was just great. There was cheese and I do agree that fresh shredded parmesean cheese has a strong enough taste that you don't need a lot.

Please let me know you experiences and reviews with this meal!

Ultimate Sausage Cheese Pizza

Serves 1
Calories per serving: 475

1 teaspoon olive oil
1/4 tablespoons minced garlic
1/4 cup organic tomato sauce
1/8 teaspoon salt
Pinch pepper
1 link precooked chicken basil sausage
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
1/2 red bell pepper or jarred roasted red pepper
4 ounces prepared pizza dough
2 tablespoons shredded Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon chopped scallion, white and green parts
1 teaspoon coarsely chopped fresh basil

1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.

2. For the tomato sauce, heat oil in a small saucepan over medium heat, add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add tomato sauce, salt and pepper, and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes.

3. Preheat a gas grill or stovetop grill pan over medium-high heat. Place chicken basil sausage and bell pepper on the grill. Grill the sausage until cooked through, about 2 minutes each side; set aside. Continue grilling the pepper, turning, until the skin is blackened, 10 to 15 minutes.

4. Place pepper in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let stand until cool enough to handle. Peel, stem and seed the pepper; cut or tear half the pepper into large dice, reserving the other half of the roasted pepper for another dish. When chicken sausage is done, slice thinly and set aside.

5. Spray an aluminum pizza pan with nonfat cooking spray. On a lightly floured surface, use your hands to stretch the pizza dough into a thin round, about 8 inches. Place it in the prepared pan. Spread the dough with the tomato sauce. Sprinkle with half of the cheese. Arrange the sliced chicken sausage on top, and scatter the pepper over. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese.

6. Bake until the edges are crisp and lightly browned, and the cheese is melted, about 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven, and sprinkle with scallions and basil, if using. Let pizza stand about 2 to 3 minutes before eating.