Healthy, yummy pizza! Diet strategy: two sausage slices from your local pizzeria contain 600 calories and 22 fat grams. But make these pizzas yourself and you can cut up to 250 calories and 10 fat grams - Low Fat & Easy

Next to burgers, pizza is the food dearest to American hearts (and stomachs). As a nation, we spend $30 billion every year indulging in all that gooey cheese and those decadent toppings--at a cost to our waistlines of thousands of calories and saturated fat grams.

On average, two slices of Domino' s hand-tossed sausage pizza contain 600 calories and 22 grams of fat (10 grams saturated). While these numbers may quell your pizza cravings, they don't have to. The best way to ensure your pizza pie is healthful without losing any of the "yum" is to make it yourself. Our four simple recipes make use of spices, fresh ingredients and common grocery-store products (such as commercial pasta sauces, pre-made pizza crusts, tortillas, pita bread) to re-create this national favorite without all the calories and fat. (For a complete meal, toss together a green, leafy salad or steam some broccoli or asparagus to serve with your slice...or two.)

Turkey Sausage & Onion Pizza

Serves 6
Prep time: 8 minutes
Cook time: 12 minutes

  2 links of 85 percent fat-free (or leaner) Italian turkey sausage
  1 10-ounce Boboli Thin Pizza Crust
  1 cup Healthy Choice Garlic & Herb Pasta Sauce
1/2 plum tomato, sliced into 6 thin rounds
1/3 cup thinly sliced red onion
1/2 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
3/4 teaspoon fresh oregano (1/4 teaspoon if using dry)

Black pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 450[degrees]F.

Place sausage links in a shallow bowl and microwave on high for 2 minutes. (This will precook links and render some additional fat, which can be blotted with a paper towel.)

Place Boboli crust on a pizza pan or baking sheet and spread sauce evenly over crust. Arrange tomato rounds and onion slices on top of sauce. Remove sausages from microwave and slice into 1/4-inch-thick rounds, then place over tomatoes and onions. Sprinkle evenly with mozzarella cheese, garlic powder and oregano, then with black pepper.

Bake for 10-12 minutes or until cheese is bubbly.

Nutrition Score per serving (1 slice): 261 calories, 30% fat (9 g; 0.4 g saturated), 47% carbs (30 g), 23% protein (15 g), 2g fiber, 17 mg calcium, 0.5 mg iron, 765 mg sodium.

Mexican Pizza

Serves 4
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes

  2 large lowfat whole-wheat flour tortillas
  1 cup Spanish-style canned tomato sauce (such as Hunt's or Goya)
  3 tablespoons nonfat black bean soup (such as Health Valley)
1/4 cup chopped scallions
  3 ounces Perdue Short Cuts fully cooked Italian-style
    chicken breast pieces
  3 ounces Sargento Four Cheese Mexican shredded cheese
3/4 teaspoon fresh oregano (1/4 teaspoon if using dry)
3/4 teaspoon fresh cilantro
    (1/4 teaspoon if using dry)
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

Preheat oven to 450[degrees]F.

On a flat baking sheet, place one tortilla on top of the other.

Mix tomato sauce and black bean soup together and spread over tortillas. Sprinkle scallions over sauce and arrange chicken pieces on top. Distribute cheese evenly over chicken, then sprinkle with oregano, cilantro and garlic powder. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese melts.

Nutrition Score per serving (1 slice): 168 calories, 41% fat (8 g; 5 g saturated), 31% carbs (13 g), 28% protein (12 g), 6 g fiber, 184 mg calcium, 4 mg iron, 621 mg sodium.

Bruschetta Pizza

Serves 6
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes

  3 fresh plum tomatoes, diced
  1 tablespoon canned tomato sauce
  6 tablespoons diced red onion
1/2 cup fresh basil, lightly chopped
  2 teaspoons olive oil
  1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  1 10-ounce Boboli Thin Pizza Crust
1/4 cup shredded part-skim
    mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 450[degrees]F.

Mix diced tomatoes with tomato sauce in a bowl. Add onions, basil, olive oil, vinegar and garlic powder.

Mix well and spread over Boboli crust placed on a flat baking sheet or pizza pan. Sprinkle cheese over top. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese melts.

Nutrition Score per serving (1 slice): 202 calories, 29% fat (6 g; 0.44 g saturated), 55% carbs (28 g), 16% protein (8 g), 2 g fiber, 34 mg calcium, 0.8 mg iron, 386 mg sodium.

Greek Pizza

Serves 2
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes

1/4 teaspoon olive oil
1/4 cup diced yellow onion
3/4 cup defrosted frozen chopped spinach
    (or fresh spinach, chopped)
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
    Salt to taste
  1 large whole-wheat pita bread
1/4 cup lowfat feta cheese

Preheat oven to 450[degrees]F.

In a nonstick skillet, heat olive oil together with diced onion. Cook 1 minute and add spinach. Mix well and saute for 3 minutes (or until spinach wilts if using fresh). Add black pepper, garlic powder and salt.

Place large pita on a baking sheet or pizza pan. Spread spinach mixture evenly on top of pita. Crumble feta evenly on top of spinach. Bake about 15 minutes. Cut pita in half to get 2 slices.

Nutrition Score per serving (I slice): 227 calories, 41% fat (11 g; 0 g saturated), 39% carbs (22 g), 20% protein (17 g), 4 g fiber, 83 mg calcium, 2 mg iron, 464 mg sodium.