Weight Watchers Frozen 4 Cheese Pizza – A Refreshing Way to Eat Healthier!
Written: Jan 07 '08
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Pros: Healthier than other pizza, decent flavor, quick and easy to prepare.
Cons: Sodium is a bit high, but the price is right!
The Bottom Line: Very tasty, easy to prepare, healthier than other pizzas that you can take to work. Delicious flavor!
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A lot of times when you think about eating better, you don’t think about pizza being one of the selections that you can eat. I rationalize that “it has dairy and protein tomato paste so I must get lycopene”, etc, etc. But, the truth is, much to my chagrin, not a very healthy thing to eat.
But, Weight Watcher’s Smart Ones helped to remove that “unhealthy” quality and made a decent flavored pizza that is personal size, healthier than most pizzas and quick to fix for lunch at work! What else can you say about it? Quite a bit!
Let me share with you the details on this product!
The Pizza
I am talking about the Four Cheese Pizza by Weight Watcher’s Smart Ones food line. Everything you need is in the box. They have a shiny “crisper” tray wrapped in the pizza box. You just have to take it out, remove the plastic and put it in your microwave for roughly 2 minutes (possibly a little longer or shorter depending in your microwave).
The four cheeses present are mozzarella, romano, parmesan, and asiago cheese and it has a light sprinkling of Italian herbs. The pizza crust was crispy on the bottom but nice a soft on the inside. It was like a hand-tossed type of crust: not pan, not thin, right in the middle!
The Nutritional Values
These are based upon a 2,000 calorie diet and it is per serving, which in this instance is the entire little pizza in the box!
Calories 390
Calories from Fat 90
Total Fat 10g (15%)
Saturated Fat 4g (19%)
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.5g
Monounsaturated Fat 3g
Cholesterol 20mg (6%)
Sodium 830mg (35%)
Total Carbohydrates 56g (19%)
Dietary Fiber 4g (17%)
Sugars 5g
Protein 19g
Vitamin A 6%
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 25%
Iron 6%
(These values are taken from the box.)
Ingredients
Bleached wheat flour, water, reduced fat mozzarella cheese (part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, Vitamin A palmitate), tomato puree (tomato paste, water), parmesan cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), contains 2% or less of: vegetable oils (canola, partially hydrogenated soybean), romano cheese (cow’s milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), asiago cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), sugar, yeast, salt, dough conditioners (mono- and diglycerides, dacetyl tartaric ester of mono- and diglycerides, pectin, soy lecithin, algin, modified cornstarch, egg whites, gum Arabic, caramel color, sodium bicarbonate, garlic, spices, onion, xanthan gum, stabilizer (gelatin, corn maltodextrin, boy lecithin, algin, modified cornstarch, xanthan gum, sodium citrate), parsley, flavors, dextrose, extractives of paprika (color), enzymes.
Contains eggs, milk, soybeans, wheat.
This is a quick, easy lunch to prepare. One drawback that I see is the sodium, as it is very high. Likely, that is what makes it a little more flavorful than if the sodium were lower. The appearance is nice, but don’t expect the cheese to brown lightly. It will be in a melted status, but it does not brown.
The amount of Italian seasoning, to me, was reasonable. It was not completely covering the entire pizza so that you could not see the cheese or the sauce.
The size of the pizza is roughly 6 ½ inches in diameter. If you are participating in the Weight Watchers program, this rates as 8 points. (I am not, but thought someone might find that helpful.)
Overall Impressions
The pizza was easy to cut with a cheap plastic knife (like we have at work). If you do cook it too long, it does harden up the crust a little more and does make it difficult to cut through, but not impossible (as long as you don’t let it get cold after it is cooked).
The flavor and the taste were very nice. It’s a nice change from the other lunches with the spices and sweet flavors. It’s not a tangy sauce, but it isn’t exceptionally sweet either. The crust is just a crust: it is not flavored with anything other than dough.
If you are looking for an alternative to cold sandwiches, but want to keep the calories down, you should check this item, or similar items by Weight Watcher’s Smart Ones. They have pepperoni and other pizzas available and you will like them for a healthier alternative.
You can find out more information, about flavors available and other items, and even sign up for coupons on the website www.eatyourbest.com.
~Thank you for spending time with me today!~
Overall Impressions
Recommended:
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