Transport yourself to the busy, aromatic streets of Roma, Italia with a large slice of pizza, fresh out of the oven.

No oily pepperoni or cheap toppings here. Nope. Here we have a mix of healthy yet hearty ingredients – spinach, mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, and Canadian bacon generously garnish a thin whole-wheat pizza crust slathered with spicy basil tomato sauce with and mozzarella cheese.

The inspiration for the spinach topping came from a similar pizza I tasted in Rome two years ago. What a great way to incorporate a veggie into a seemingly unhealthy meal. Popeye the sailor man would be so proud.

Taste of Italy Pizza

Ingredients:

• Canadian bacon
• Spinach
• Sliced mushrooms
• Mozzarella cheese
• Pasta sauce
• Sundried tomatoes
• Boboli pre-made whole wheat pizza crust (no time to make my own!)
• any other toppings your heart desires

Preparation

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cut the toppings into small squares, except for the spinach (no need to cut..just wash and remove the stems).
• Lay the pasta sauce onto the crust- not too much or crust will get soggy. Then sprinkle on the cheese (I like a loot of cheese..use your discretion!)
• Add the spinach first, since it flattens out as it cooks in the oven.
• Add on the other toppings
• Place in oven, check every 5-10 mins or so. 15-20 mins later…TA DA!You’ve got yourself a hearty pizza pie straight from the restaurants of Italy. Take a bite of this happiness..it’s so good that you’ll want to sing some Italian opera!