Snap Guide for Healthy Pizza Recipes for Kids

When kids hear the word “pizza,” it gives them the best smile in their faces. Pizza is the top comfort food for most of us. Pizza has a different variety, from thick to thin crust. You can choose from different flavors like cheese, sausage, pepperoni, Hawaiian and many more twists. Inevitably, pizza is the top favorite food among Americans.

Of course, at home, we wish to create comforting but healthy food for kids. Here are top choice healthy pizza recipes for kids.

Simply- savory pizza toast

Children would be excited to taste a simple pizza out of bread. Easy and quick to prepare.

“Preparation time: 30 minutes”

INGREDIENTS:

• Six slices of bread (loaf-type)
• 1 c. pizza sauce
• 2 c. finely shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 c. pepperonis (mini cut)
• 1 tbsp. Parsley

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat the oven to 350° and prepare the medium baking pan with parchment paper.
2. Put the pieces loaf bread on a prepared baking sheet and spread on top of the pizza sauce. Put the Mozzarella cheese and mini pepperonis on top. Bake until the cheese melts and pepperoni must be slightly crispy.
3.   Garnish with parmesan and some parsley and ready to serve.

Awesome Buffalo Chicken Pizza

A massive meal pizza that will blow-out the eyes and palate of your kids.

“Preparation time: 40 minutes”

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 lb. pizza dough that is divided in half
• Cornmeal (for the pan)
• Buffalo sauce
• 4 tbsp. butter
• 1/4 c. hot sauce ( franks, for drizzle)
• 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
• 2 c. cooked chicken and shred
• 8 oz. ball mozzarella (torn)
• 1/3 c. crumbled blue cheese
• 1/4 thinly sliced Red onions
• 2 Thinly sliced green onions

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 500°.
2. Brush the baking pan with vegetable oil and sprinkles with some cornmeal (for fantastic smell and taste)
3. Place the butter in a medium microwave-safe bowl and melt 20 to 30 seconds. Whisk to finely combine in hot sauce and garlic powder.
4. Tip half of the buffalo sauce to the shredded chicken and toss.
5. Pour and spread a little flour on a board and shape each half of pizza dough into a round- balls. Press down the center part of the dough for the 1/2″ crust.
6. Gently stretch the dough while moving your hands’ inch by inch along the crust and place in the baking pan.
7. Spread all over the pizza dough half of the remaining buffalo sauce. Leave the outer part with 1″ bare. Spread the sauced chicken evenly with the torn mozzarella cheese, blue cheese, and red onions.
8. Bake to the oven until the crust turns golden brown and cheese melts (15 to 17 minutes).
9. Relish the pizza with the green onions and a drizzle of hot sauce (if using) and serve to kids while warm.

Artistic pizza stocking

Kids love art, and kids love creativity. Pizza stocking is perfect for the Christmas season.

“Preparation time: 40 minutes”

INGREDIENTS:

pizza crust (refrigerated crust is good to go)

• 2 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 tsp. garlic powder
• 1 tsp. Italian seasoning for an authentic taste
• Small pinch of kosher salt
• 2 c. pizza sauce
• 2 c. mozzarella cheese (finely shredded)
• 1 c. mini pepperoni (fresh)
• Finely chopped basil (garnish)
• cookie cutter (stocking shape)

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Celsius
2. Using a cookie cutter, stamp out the pizza crusts into stocking-shape and place them in a pan
3. In a bowl, mix the olive oil, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and salt then whisk to a better mix. Brush the mixture to pizza crusts stocking and spread evenly a spoonful of sauce to each piece of crust.
4. Its time for artistry! Create your design and decorate the crusts with cheese and mini pepperoni. It will be fun if you let the kids do this with you.
5. Bake until the cheese fluxes and the crust turn into golden brown. Garnish with basil and serve while it’s hot.

Ingenious pizza crescent

Who would have thought that bread-like shape is a pizza created with innovation? It makes kids excited to taste.

“Preparation time: 40 minutes”

INGREDIENTS

• One tube crescent roll dough (you can buy in groceries)
• Four mozzarella cheese sticks
• 1/2 c. pepperoni cuts
• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
• 1/4 c. freshly grated Parmesan cheese
• Marinara sauce

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Celcius.
2. Put the crescent-shaped dough (triangular form) in the baking sheet and top with even layer of pepperoni, with the mozzarella stick (halved) at the end of the triangle and roll it up. Then transfer the crescents to the baking pans.
3. Use the olive oil to brush the top of the crescent dough and sprinkle with oregano and Parmesan cheese for a savory taste.
4. Bake (15 minutes) until the rolled-crescents turn golden-brown and the cheese has melted.
5. .Ready to serve with warm marinara.

Heroic Captain America pizza

Kids love Captain America. Eating a Captain America shield-inspired pizza is more fun for kids.

“Preparation time: 40 minutes”

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 c. pizza sauce (Italian brand)
• 4 large tortillas
• 3 c. finely shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 c. pepperoni (mini cuts)
• 2 slices of mozzarella cheese
• 1 c. chopped black olives (authentic smell)

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Celcius. In a baking sheet, spread some pizza sauce onto two tortillas and top each with a thin layer of tattered mozzarella and pepperoni.
2. For the remaining two tortillas, place them into another layer and top some pizza sauce to each quesadilla to cover entirely with mozzarella cheese.
3. It will be best of pepperoni cuts and are arranged in ring-shape, overlapping the slices around the quesadilla and make a smaller ring of pepperoni inside the round.
4. Place and arrange black olives in a star shape (use the star cookie cutter).
5. Bake in 15 minutes to melt the  cheese

Tasty mac and cheese pizza

Cheese is such a comforting food to eat. It makes kids relax, happy, and put the smile on their face.

“Preparation time: 40 minutes”

INGREDIENTS:

• One box macaroni and cheese
• 1 c. finely- shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 c. freshly-shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 lb. pizza dough
• Extra-virgin olive oil (brushing)
• 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp. Italian seasoning (authentic taste)
• A small amount of kosher salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• Freshly chopped parsley

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees and organize a large baking- pan with parchment paper.
2. Cook the macaroni in the pot.  Swell ½ cup cheddar and ½ cup mozzarella to the pot. Stir until cheese melts
3. Stretch and reel the dough and form a round shape, about 12” wide. Place the dough in a baking pan and brush them with olive oil and sprinkle with garlic powder. Bake in 10 minutes until the crust turns to golden-brown.
4. Place the macaroni and cheese evenly on top of the crust and leave  ½” border for the crust. Top with cheddar and mozzarella cheese and bake more for at least 10 minutes until the cheese melts and the crust turns golden brown.
5. Garnish with parsley, ready to serve in warm.

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