The Why:  Lately, pizza delivery has been lacking. The old faithful solution to my Friday night cooking strike hasn’t been very reliable since the average delivery time reached 97 minutes. So I resorted to the freezer aisle — home of the ominous Tombstone, etc… And for those of you who are with me, I’ve got a great new alternative for Friday night dinner (or Tuesday lunch, or whenever...) Kashi, one of our frozen food faves, now has healthy pizza, in several great flavors.

The Health Bonus: Kashi’s all-natural frozen pizzas' ingredients are minimally processed and they contain whole grains.  Which means they are high in fiber and omega-3 fatty acids. Each serving provides between four and five grams of fiber, eight grams of whole grains, and 15 to 19 grams of protein. Two of the flavors -- the Mediterranean and Five-Cheese -- are vegetarian.

What We Liked Best: All three flavors are great. The smell of these pizzas cooking sort of made us glad that the pizza delivery guy decided to take so long…

What We Liked Least: Be careful about the serving size on these. If you’re used to the portion control of most frozen meals, you might be used to the "one box=one portion" rule that usually applies…but in the case of these pizzas, it doesn’t. One pizza is three servings.

What It Replaces: Any number of delivered or frozen food pizza choices that are made with white flour and refined and unnatural ingredient choices.

The Price: $5.99 per pizza, which serves 3.

Offerings:  Five Cheese Tomato, Mediterranean, and Roasted Garlic Chicken 

Website: http://www.kashi.com/

Where to Buy:  Your local supermarket.

Nutritional Analysis Per Serving: 1/3 pizza
290 calories
9g fat
37g carbs
14g protein
4g fiber
570mg sodium

Garlic Chicken Pizza Ingredients:  crust (wheat flour, crust mix [wheat gluten, oat flour, isolated oat product, oat syrup solids, barley malt extract, triticale flour, brown rice flour, red wheat flour, rye flour, salt, barley flour, buckwheat flour, seasame seed], water, yeast, ground flax seed, extra virgin olive oil), cheese blend (mozzarella cheese, [pasteurized part-skim cow’s milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes] white cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, calcium chloride], yellow cheddar cheese [pasturized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, calcium chloride, annatto color], asiago cheese [pasteurized part-skim cow’s milk, cheese cultures, salt, rennet]), sauce ([herb sauce mix (neufchatel cheese [pasturized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, stabilizers (carob bean gum and/or guar gum and/or xanthan gum)]), sour cream (cultured milk and cream, nonfat milk, guar gum, locust bean gum, xanthan gum, carrageenan), garlic, salt, sugar, chives, buttermilk powder, onion powder, basil, autolyzed yeast extract, citric acid, natural flavors, spices], [natural garlic flavor (garlic, evaporated cane juice syrup, yeast extract, salt, garlic oil)]), roasted chicken (chicken creast with rip meat, water, rice starch, sea salt, garlic, onion, black pepper, white pepper, celery powder), roasted pepper blend (red, green and yellow bell peppers), basil, oregano

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written by jo1321, June 29, 2007

What do you think the nutritional values would look like without the cheese? I usually remove the cheese from any pizza that I eat and replace it with marinara sauce and veggies.