Pizza

[Micca]

Pizza is the perfect food and it's a meal.

We had Ledo Pizza last weekend. I ate 6 pieces

I don't know what Ledo pizza is but sometimes you just have to keep eating pizza until there is no more.

 

[wvjules]

Ledo....

https://ledopizza.com/

 

[Micca]

So after the six pieces what'd you have for a snack???

 

[Imzadi]

As a native of NYC Pizza country, it can be both or either. . . just not at the same time.

If you have meals that are only 300 calories, I sure hope you're eating 8-10 meals per day.

I actually developed a Weight Watcher's equivalent that's pretty good. I mentioned it on the other pizza thread. On Weight Watchers, one wants to eat the least amount of points in foods as possible.

A regular thin, crispy crust slice of full fat, full carb NYC pizza is roughly about 7-9 Weight Watcher points. And I usually have TWO slices. (A meal.) Total 14 points. But, 14 points is almost 2/3 of my daily points - and that was just for ONE meal. I shaved one slice down to 4 points!

I use Trader Joe's lowfat, Lite shredded mozzarella cheese. It melts wonderfully and doesn't taste like plastic. I put on extra cheese so it's 2 points. Trader Joe's pizza sauce tastes like pizza sauce. It's not just spaghetti or tomato sauce in a jar masquerading as "pizza sauce." 2 Tbs is 1 point. The key to getting a thin, crispy slice is using a really thin flatbread. Not a doughy flatbread, but a thin one with low points. Trader Joe's Lavash bread is the one I use. It's cracker thin and crisps up, giving me the thin-crust taste & texture I have to have. One half square (or a rectangle) is 1 point.

I actually assemble the pizza slice and put it right on my toaster oven rack, no tray used. I simply set it on my regular toaster setting for toast and it crisps up from underneath while melting the cheese on top. (Just make sure the cheese isn't piled on to the edge or it starts melting off the sides. ) Total points for one slice is: 4 Weight Watchers Freestyle Points! Since I usually have 2 slices, (a full Lavash square,) the total points is the same as one regular NYC slice. Yet, I get to have my two full size slices for a meal.

If one isn't near a Trader Joe's you can make your own substitute. Just Google the calories & fat of the individual ingredients and find acceptable substitutes.

 

[Klayfish]

Very cool. I don't know anything about Weight Watchers and all the points stuff. That's not a knock on it, of all the "diet" companies out there, I think Weight Watchers is one of the better ones. But nutrition is something DW and I do on our own. I think I mentioned it earlier in this thread, but I also make my own version of a pizza every weekend.

I start with a low carb/high fiber wrap. I forget the exact macros, but it's something like 90 calories, 6g protein, and a lot of fiber, so net carbs is 5g. Lightly toast it. Add about 1.5 tablespoons of store bought pizza sauce...something like 30 calories. Sprinkle on light shredded mozzarella. Then toast again to taste (I like mine well done). Sometimes I'll add onions, green peppers or a little turkey sausage.

 

[mom2rtk]

Meal. Never a snack in my world. If I'm snacking, I'd rather have a cookie.

 

[mrodgers]

That does not look like pizza at all

Ledo....

https://ledopizza.com/

 

[Imzadi]

That does not look like pizza at all

I've always seen the square/rectangular pizzas called Sicilian pizzas.

The crust is usually thick & doughy.

 

[tvguy]

I've always seen the square/rectangular pizzas called Sicilian pizzas.

The crust is usually thick & doughy.

Looks like the pizza they served in the school cafeteria in the 1960s....and the Chef Boyardee boxed pizzas my mom made in the same era, because nobody had a pizza pan in those days, just a cookie sheet.

 

[wvjules]

The crust is actually light and flakey. It's a really good pizza. If you are ever in DMV you should try one. Yum!

 

[gillep]

The crust is actually light and flakey. It's a really good pizza. If you are ever in DMV you should try one. Yum!

I really miss Ledo pizza. I used to live right next to a Ledo and Trader Joes. I would stop at TJs on my walk from the metro to grab a bottle of wine then stop at Ledo to get a pizza with ham, great easy dinner on a lazy night. I am a bit embarrassed about how much of that pizza I could eat on my own...

 

[AustinTink]

Just had a snack because dinner will be late tonight. One slice of pizza. Thought I would come here and report it.

 

[Domo]

It may be an American thing, but in England and everywhere in Europe I've gone (including Italy) an average meal is a whole pizza, usually 13 inches across? And the tractional pizza is actually quite thin, never pan and never square or diagonal.

 

[mjkacmom]

It may be an American thing, but in England and everywhere in Europe I've gone (including Italy) an average meal is a whole pizza, usually 13 inches across? And the tractional pizza is actually quite thin, never pan and never square or diagonal.

It depends, it can range from super thin (you’d never take it out, has to be eaten right out of the pizza oven), to large and square. Up until a few years ago, I didn’t even know the difference between Sicilian and grandma, but I learned, and a grandma pie is so delicious. Lots of people living her are second and third generation Italian Americans, a lot of my friends here, growing up, had grandparents who spoke very broken English (including DH).

https://www.silive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/09/grandma_vs_sicilian_pizza_do_y.html

 

[gopack]

Ledo....

https://ledopizza.com/

We moved from MD 17 years ago and I have not had a Ledo pizza since then. It was sooo good.

 

[MrsCobraBubbles]

You need to put an "other" option on your poll because pizza is everything! And I wish people would stop bumping this post because every time I see it I want pizza. The sun is barely up but now I want pizza. I'm trying to not look so lumpy in my swimsuit this summer so if we could all stop talking about pizza that would be great!

 

[Klayfish]

You need to put an "other" option on your poll because pizza is everything! And I wish people would stop bumping this post because every time I see it I want pizza. The sun is barely up but now I want pizza. I'm trying to not look so lumpy in my swimsuit this summer so if we could all stop talking about pizza that would be great!

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

Very cool. I don't know anything about Weight Watchers and all the points stuff. That's not a knock on it, of all the "diet" companies out there, I think Weight Watchers is one of the better ones. But nutrition is something DW and I do on our own. I think I mentioned it earlier in this thread, but I also make my own version of a pizza every weekend.

I start with a low carb/high fiber wrap. I forget the exact macros, but it's something like 90 calories, 6g protein, and a lot of fiber, so net carbs is 5g. Lightly toast it. Add about 1.5 tablespoons of store bought pizza sauce...something like 30 calories. Sprinkle on light shredded mozzarella. Then toast again to taste (I like mine well done). Sometimes I'll add onions, green peppers or a little turkey sausage.

You don't know anything about Weight Watchers yet you think it's one of the best ones? lol

 

[North of Mouse]

Either, depending on the situation - so didn't vote!

 

[Klayfish]

You don't know anything about Weight Watchers yet you think it's one of the best ones? lol

OK, probably not phrased exactly right. What I should have said is that I don't have first hand experience with it, or am an "expert" in it. In other words, I don't know how many points per day you get or what food is how many points, but I do understand the concept behind it and how Weight Watchers approaches nutrition. I think it's one of the better ones because generally speaking, it is trying to teach you long term healthy eating habits, rather than a crash type diet or some other fad that simply doesn't work. But yes, the way I wrote it above doesn't read very well...

I'm not really a into any of them, because they're really not necessary, IMO. Simple nutrition and good eating habits aren't that hard to do on your own.