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What type of toppings do you use for your pizzas and why? Multiple choice.
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I buy cheap pizzas and then add my own toppings, cheese veg, bacon, fruit. Always nice
That sounds great! Are they big sized crusts or medium? 
Just standard thin crust, never more than £1.50 and two of us for a light supper.
That's good. I try to get medium depending on where we can get the crusts.
I love a spinach and ricotta cheese pizza. They blend in well together and are very tasty.
Sounds really good to me, too!
Vegan by virtue of food consumption, and quite fussy when it comes to food.
Is the Vegan pizzas large or medium sized? What vegetables do you use?
Mushroom going try meatballs liked chicken
Sounds great to me! I had a mushroom pizza and fake meat lovers pizza recently. Both tasted really good.
That's great to hear. How many times a week do you have pizza?
Always ham & pineapple 😋
cheddar, chopped bacon, barbecue sauce - all for flavour
How many times do you have pizza a week?
I try to keep it infrequent - so many calories and so much salt. Probably about once a month now.
Once a month is a good idea.
I also like ham and pineapple
I like pineapple and feta cheese together when it's possible. If not, then I add pineapple on its own and then have spinach or black/green olives.
That's okay. It shows how much it's a favorite type of food!
I usually buy Iceland or Chicago town iceland ultra thin are nice
Sounds good! How many times a week do you have pizza?😀👍🌈🍕
Chorizo, peppers and cheese
They sound really good for a pizza. 😀👍🌈🍕
Spinach because it's healthy. I am not sure the rest of the pizza is.
Do you bake the pizza yourself or do you get delivery? Spinach is good for a topping on a pizza.😀👍🌈🍕
Because of all my dietary restrictions, all my gluten-free foods have to be made from scratch.
I used to make my own GF until I started to react to other grains, so now grain free - no flour so no pizza! I chuckled at your healthy spinach - which it is, for some - but it was the first major reaction that I had which showed I had a histamine/mast cell issue so I can't eat that either! Fortunately I love roasted vegetables and can eat a wide range of others and make a great watercress salad with extra virgin olive oil and apple cider vinegar dressing. Happy eating!
Sorry to hear about the spinach causing issues, bookish . It's nice to know that you can do either roasted vegetables and/or watercress salad. Do you have apple gorgonzola salads sometimes, too?
Sounds good, but sadly no dairy so no cheese. Diet somewhat restricted but health an awful lot better as a result!
You could make your own with potato starch and cornflour. I do it but it turns out different every time. Always edible though. Gram flour is good too. It’s made from lentils. The gf pizza bases in the pizzerie vary so much. Bx
Thanks for the suggestions! Unfortunately when I first went GF I found I was eating more corn-based stuff and it made me ill (as does rice). Potato is cross-reactive with corn and I have a sensitivity to both. Corn is a pain because it is in everything from supplements to sticking plaster. I'm using an antiinflammatory autoimmune diet so no nightshades anyway, and lentils and I don't get on - I tried lentil, and pea, pastas and home made bread with gram flour- big mistake! So I don't buy anything ready made or even pre-chopped and don't use any flour. (Once in a blue moon I make a cake with coconut flour and cooked apple which is nice as a treat.) When I was just GF I used to have the Dr Oetker GF mozzarella and it was really rather good. Half the fun of cooking is the happy surprises so I like it when things don't turn out quite the same! It is always a surprise for partner as I love to cook but can't taste what I'm doing!! Cheers x
What about using almond flour to bake pizza/cake/pies?
The autoimmune diet excludes nuts (and seeds) as commonly inflammatory and often being a sensitivity for those with AI conditions. I have reintroduced some nuts and do eat in moderation but only soaked first. And to be honest, it is easier when there is a lot that you can't eat if you change your diet completely. I don't miss pies and seldom miss pizza and cakes. I don't use most fats, don't eat meat, can't do cheese/tomato/mushroom.....you get the idea! Fortunately partner isn't a cake eater so I don't have to have sweet stuff in the house and when he makes (very yummy) bread I get as far away as possible from flour and yeast and usually go in the garden for a few hours to minimise symptoms. I have histamine issues and other things that make it simplest to stick to really fresh, real food, home cooked - no additives, no junk, no leftovers. Lots of veg, some salads, herbs and fruit, eggs, a little fish, some nuts, lots of fresh ginger, organic wherever possible. At one point all I could stomach was chicken broth with cooked carrots so I'm doing well!
That's how we do a lot of the food here, too, but it depends on timing and what we plan to eat during the day. If the store bought items are completely wheat-free/gluten free, we use the crusts/other food and cook them during the week. Some leftovers for either next day lunches or weekends.
Tom, cheese, anchovies Black olives
There you are. Anchovies! I have even tried sardines or herring on it - plus onions and cheese with a touch red spicy red pepper flakes.
Is the herring in wine sauce? I like anchovies and sardines, too, but it depends when we can get them.
I use the herring in tomato sauce or olive oil. Perhaps the strangest topping I have used was one I found in Buenos Aires. No tomato sauce, a layer of bechamel sauce, another layer of [cooked] yellow corn, and a generous layer of mozzarella cheese. I can't understand why, but it works deliciously.
This sounds really good! I will have to try this the next time I do a pizza and see if we have these items here at the house. Great idea!
These are some of my favorite things for a pizza to have as toppings. 😀👍🌈🍕
Trying to cut back on cholesterol, but gotta have feta if Asiago isn’t available. Double spinach and pickled yellow pepper rings, veggies. No meat, thin crust. Good with once every two months. Sodium is a killer for me. ❤️🏄♀️
Do you bake the pizza yourself? If you have homemade pizza, it can be low fat/cholesterol/sodium. My mom sometimes cooks homemade pizza for us and then we can add our own toppings and eat a side salad with it. She helps bake mine with gluten free flour/crust.😀👍🌈🍕
You can’t beat homemade pizza, but I usually have it delivered. One day I’ll make one myself.❤️🏄♀️
Both ways are good, but it depends on what you want for a topping. Some of the places don't have everything even if they're listed now and then. I would love to have banana peppers, but we don't have those here right now.
I’ll send you some!❤️
That's very generous of you!
Not generous. Just aim to please. I’ll send them in tightly sealed, plastic containers so there’s no breakage. I’ve got it all planned out! They’re on the way! 😋
I like mushroom, green pepper, black olives, mozzerella cheese BUT I also like chicken and spinach more of a white sauce.
They both sound really great for a pizza and their toppings. 😀👍🌈🍕
Can't eat tomatoes, so I try to enjoy pizza with garlic/alfredo/pesto/basil etc. as a base. So, a spinach, garlic thing works for me.
This sounds good for a white pizza and its toppings.😀👍🌈🍕
I make my own crust in a bread machine and use non fat veggie toppings on Whole Foods Pizza sauce. Basil, peppers, zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, diced sweet potato, chopped kale and or green or regular onions. Pretty much anything. I also add spices.
It's a fraction of the calories with out meat and cheese and pretty healthy.
Small to medium in size, with red and green sweet peppers, and sweet corn.
This sounds really good. I really like the sweet corn and red peppers-- even in a salad when it's possible.
Red onion, mushroom, red/ yellow peppers, chilli,pineapple and chorizo. Mozzarella.
These sound like great toppings for pizza and a salad.
Cheddar, tomato's, onion, ham, chorizo
These sound good for toppings with a pizza. Enjoy!
Mushrooms, Mozzarella cheese and Parma ham Enjoy
Very tasty sounding! How many times a week do you have pizza?
Thanks now I want pizza...😅🍕 I'm pretty much an any type of pizza fan. Right now craving "The Boss" 4 cheese, sopressata & spinach from our favorite no fuss pizza joint.
You're welcome! Do you have pizza once a week? Your toppings you listed sound really good.
We probably get it a couple times a month. Luckily my husband suggested pizza for dinner last night.
That's a nice coincidence! Hope you enjoyed it!
Pepperoni, cappicola, mushrooms, ANCHOVIES! Not necessary all at once. I like to vary the combinations
Oh, yeah! Once in a while anchovies!😋
They all sound good for either on their own one at a time or all together.
Just cheese and ham.
That sounds good. Are the pizzas homemade or delivery?
I like pineapple, cheese on my veggie pizza with peppers and a tick garlic mayonnaise to deep in the crust
This sounds good. How much mayonnaise is in the crust?
Pineapple! What is wrong with people? That is so wrong! 😂
One of my favorite toppings for pizza, too when it's possible to get it and it's fresh. I don't usually use canned pineapple.
Just mozzarella tomato and basil. The traditional Napolitano pizza.
That's good! How many times a week do you have pizza?
Just once. I might occasionally add a bit of pepperoni on top but not very often 😁🐰
That’s fantastic! I have pizza now and then. We had done pizza night once a week when I was younger.😀👍🌈🍕
Hello Activity2004
My personal favorite which I make myself is cheese pizza with olives and smoked oysters. Yum yum.
This sounds good. Are the smoked oysters in a can? I love pizza with olives (both types), cheese, pineapple, spinach, banana peppers, red peppers, etc..
Hello Activity2004
Yes the smoked oysters are in a can. I really like smoked oysters, so thought I would try them on pizza, hooked for life. I also like pizza with anchovies, but seem to have fallen out of style and hard to find today. My kids and grandkids all big on pizza, I on the other hand draw the line on having pizza for breakfast and do get burned out on pizza if served more than twice a week.
How long does it take to bake usually when you do homemade? 😀👍🌈🍕
Hello Activity2004
20-30 minutes depending on size.
Thank you! 😀👍🌈🍕
I don't eat pizza, i'm allergic to cheese ☹️☹️☹️
I like chicken and beef on my pizza garlic sauce and some creamy cheese also i love green peppers on my pizza ☺️ but the meat has to be halal in order for me to eat it ☺️
This all sounds really good for a pizza topping and sauce, Hiba. There are certain things that we don't have on our pizzas unless they are kosher or vegan/vegetarian/fake meat, too.
That’s so cool ☺️
It sure is!😀👍🌈🍕
It really is I wish restaurants would make everything kosher ☺️
There’s a few restaurants that are just kosher kitchens before they are opened. Some don’t do meat and others don’t do dairy products.😀👍🌈🍕
Really can you please tell me the names I can have dairy ☺️
There is a place that is in Florida, but it’s been a while since I had been there for a few years. The one that I go to is in Rockville, Maryland called Moti’s. They have a store attached to the restaurant.😀👍🌈
I like chicken 🐓 and Bacon 🥓 mozzarella, pepperoni, chipotle ranch. We get a chicken, bacon and chipotle ranch. It is really a good combination.
There's a pizza that I had had recently for dinner and it was a gluten free meat lovers. It was made with vegetables that were suppose to be fake meat ( peperoni, sausage, bacon, etc.). Really good and we have leftovers for when we have pizza night, again soon.
Mushrooms, black olives, pepperoni, spinach, chicken
This sounds good! I like mushrooms, olives, pepperoni, spinach and chicken on pizzas whenever it's possible to do that. It depends if it's homemade or bought/delivery.
I like non of these toppings as i hate Pizza.......urghhh
That's okay. Not everyone is going to like the same food/things. Thank you for your opinion.
I do not eat a lot of pizza but I love them with lots of salad 🥗
That's good to know. Every time I have pizza, we always have a side salad to go along with the pizza.
Once a month as a treat makes nice change
That's a good idea for a nice monthly change. It's like a monthly pizza party.
Cheese and tomato 🍅 don't eat meat. Yummy 😋
Do you have fake meat instead of real meat on the pizza?
no meat at all. sometimes some mushrooms 😋😋
Mushrooms are good for pizza toppings and to mix into a side salad, too!
I like Meat feast, Peperone, and Four Cheeses.
This sounds really good! When do you usually have pizza?
Hello Activity2004
It is only fitting that alone with pizza topping we like best is worst pizza topping. years ago my then wife fixed a pizza with calf liver on it because she felt I needed some liver in my diet. Divorced her 45 years ago.
Uggh, yuck!!!
I’ve had enough pizzas to last me a lifetime as I lived in Italy for fifteen years. But yesterday I made a gluten-free one and had it with jam and margarine. It was delicious. Like a giant jam butty. Con amore Bx
This sounds really good. I will have to try this idea next time we have pizza night. Thank you for the suggestion.
Great poll Leah, I really fancy pizza but because I am gluten free and vegan I make my own -
Tend to have grated vegan Cheese, Tomato, Basil Pesto and If I am being an animal I may add Marniated Tofu or Vegan Bacon 😁
oh and sometimes yellow or orange peppers as well
This sounds really wonderful, Debs.! I will have to see when I can get a few of the peppers and try adding them to the next pizza when it's possible. Thank you for the idea.
Your're welcome Leah, I tend to cook my peppers first - bring out the sweetness in them 😁
That's a fantastic idea! Will see if we can do that here, too.
Not keen on Pizzas
I like Pizza Jalapenos tear my stomach up any more & I'm not sure about any kind of fish but all the rest is cool!
Do you put black and green olives together on your pizzas or just one or the other?
Never thought of that but usually black, there is a florentine pizza that Larosa's use to do & it had green olives on it yummy!
That sounds great to me! I like both together on a pizza when it's possible as a topping. 🍕😀👍🌈
I. Don’t eat pizza ,
Thank you for saying that about the poll, Hidden . Much appreciated.
Your pizza sounds really good!
What do I like on mine?? Well, there's mushrooms, both black/green olives, spinach, feta cheese, pineapple, chicken, fake other meats, anchovies, sardines, etc.. If we baked our own and had a gluten free crust/flour, then we make them medium-large sized. When we buy them, we just have to bake them in the oven and wait to see how the temps./ingredients do in the heat. The last pizza I had, it was gluten free and had fake meats for a meatlover's pizza. Really good!
Oh pizza oh pizza, I yearn for thee.
Once upon a time, I used to love extra cheese with halal spicy salami. Second favorite is extra cheese, spicy ground beef and pineapple. Gotta have garlic dip on the side as well.
I love pineapple as a topping for any pizza. Meats, too are good!😀👍🌈🍕
This sounds really great to me for a topping. Yummy!😀👍👍🌈🍕
I like Pepperoni and black olives on mine
Both toppings sound good for a pizza. Do you bake the pizza yourself?
Yeah pizza and I have cheesecake once a month
What's your favorite topping for a pizza? Do you bake it yourself?
Cheesecake is one of my favorite types of cakes-- especially with gluten free graham cracker crust.
Mushrooms
Mushrooms are one of my favorites for toppings on pizza and with salad, too.
Have to be careful with what I eat, so no veg/fruit. I have double chicken, double pepperoni and have the garlic on the garlic dough balls.
The double chicken/pepperoni and garlic balls sound really good with pizza as toppings/a side dish. I will have to see if I can do gluten free garlic balls the next time I have pizza. Great suggestion!
Yes every week.👨🍳👍👨🍳🍕🍺👍
Which day do you have for pizza night? 🍕😀👍🌈
I actually make my own short cut custom Pizza 
I start with 2 slices of olive oil brushed, and toasted sprouted whole wheat bread, then top with a semi chili chunky salsa, a sprinkle of Italian dried herb seasoning, and a slice of goat cheese melted on top of each slice of bread. Sometimes I will add leftover sir fry vegetables, and or nitrate/sulfate free turkey bacon pieces that I keep frozen in my freezer. This custom Pizza is as my little nephew would say "Yummy in my tummy"I usually make a soup also with leftover stir fry vegetables, and or stir fry brown rice and then I add some extra firm tofu,, baby kale, and low sodium organic powdered vegetable seasoning. to boiling water. This meal is done in 15 minutes, and made on my meatless Mondays.😀
This sounds really good and homemade is quick. The toppings sound good, too. Thank you for letting us know what you use.