Pizza can be good and healthy, you just have to know how to cook it that way. With that mission in mind, Mrs. Alicia Flynn, the instructor of the Nutritionist Cooking Class, laid out the ingredients for her class. The sauce made from scratch had less sodium, the bread baked with less oil, and for those that were lactose intolerant, there was plant-based cheese available. Every older adult member in attendance got everything needed to make their own mini-pizza, starting with the yeast, and ending with a small pre-lunch snack.
Nutritionist Cooking Class is a bi-monthly class partially funded by NYC Aging. Along with providing a space for members to enjoy a cooking class and commune, its other aim is to show how to incorporate recipes that are conscious, efficient, and healthy. Additionally, there is hope to ignite—or reignite—a passion for cooking. As Ms. Flynn stated, “cooking uses the mind and keeps it active.”
By the end of the class, the whole room smelled like a pizza spot. Every member snacked and took a sheet with the full recipe to recreate at home. Every recipe is not only delicious and nutritionist approved, it’s also fast, easy, and something everyone will love—like pizza!
Don’t miss the Nutritionist Cooking Class, every 2nd and 4th Monday of the month.
Also, for those who want to make a healthy pizza from scratch:
AT HOME PIZZA RECIPE:
Ingredients
Dry yeast
Warm water
Flour
Pizza sauce
Mozzarella
Instructions
Add 1 teaspoon of yeast to ½ cup of warm water (Add ½ teaspoon of sugar to activate it).
Place ½ cup of flour on a plate.
Pour activated yeast on flour and stir with a spoon. Add more flour until dough is formed.
Knead the dough. Put oil on your fingers to prevent the dough from sticking to you as you knead it.
Oil an aluminum tin pan.
Press the dough into the pan, add sauce and sprinkle with cheese.
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.