This Low Calorie Pesto Pizza is just 76 calories and it’s packed full of flavor!
The healthy pizza dough needs no rise time, so you can make this recipe (from start to finish) in just 20 minutes!
Make sure to see my homemade self-rising flour recipe in the “ingredients” section, and notes on how to roll out the dough 2 ways in the “how to” section.
Low Calorie Pesto Pizza
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Ingredients in Healthy Pesto Pizza
Though the recipe calls for mini tomatoes, you can swap them out for one large tomato sliced. Heirloom tomatoes are also amazing on this pizza recipe.
It is very important that you use self-rising flour to make this pizza dough. If you don’t, the dough won’t rise. So if you don’t have the self rising on hand here is the quick easy recipe for self-rising flour you can make.
Homemade Self Rising Flour: For every 1 cup of All-Purpose Flour, add 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
Shopping List for Skinny Pesto Pizza:
- Self rising flour
- 0% Greek yogurt
- Garlic salt (see nutrition section for low sodium tips)
- Low Pesto Sauce (or store-bought)
- Fat free shredded mozzarella cheese
- Mini tomatoes
- Grated parmesan cheese
How to Make Healthy Pesto Pizza
If you don’t have parchment paper, add flour to a clean surface. Add the dough to the top of the flour, and add more flour to the top of the dough. Then roll out the dough that way.
I like to save calories by using parchment paper (you don’t need as much flour) and clean up is easier with the parchment paper. But both methods work great.
How to Make Skinny Pesto Pizza:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, and set out a pizza tray or baking sheet.
- In a mixing bowl, add the flour, yogurt, and garlic salt and mix until combined.
- Form into a ball of dough.
- Lay a piece of parchment paper out on the countertop (it should be the size of the pizza tray you set out).
- Place the dough in the center of the parchment paper. Top the dough with a little flour and a second piece of parchment paper.
- Use a rolling pin to roll it out. It will be about 1/4 inch thick.
- Move the pizza dough to the pizza tray, and remove the top layer of parchment paper.
- Spread the Pesto sauce over the pizza crust.
- Top with mozzarella, tomatoes, and parmesan.
- Transfer the pizza into the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes.
- When the crust is golden, remove the pizza from the oven, and slice into eight slices.
Low Calorie Pesto Pizza Recipe
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Low Calorie Pesto Pizza
Equipment
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup self rising flour
- ⅔ cup 0% Greek yogurt
- ¼ teaspoon garlic salt
- ½ cup Low Pesto Sauce or store-bought
- ⅓ cup fat free shredded mozzarella cheese
- ¼ cup mini tomatoes sliced
- 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, and set out a pizza tray or baking sheet.
- In a mixing bowl, add the flour, yogurt, and garlic salt and mix until combined.
- Form into a ball of dough.
- Lay a piece of parchment paper out on the countertop (it should be the size of the pizza tray you set out).
- Place the dough in the center of the parchment paper. Top the dough with a little flour and a second piece of parchment paper.
- Use a rolling pin to roll it out. It will be about 1/4 inch thick.
- Move the pizza dough to the pizza tray, and remove the top layer of parchment paper.
- Spread the Pesto sauce over the pizza crust.
- Top with mozzarella, tomatoes, and parmesan.
- Transfer the pizza into the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes.
- When the crust is golden, remove the pizza from the oven, and slice into eight slices.
Nutrition
Nutrition and Calories in Pesto Pizza
Low Sodium Tips: Swap the garlic salt for garlic powder and make your own pesto. Mine has no added salt and is much lower in sodium than store-bought (recipe above in recipe card).
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