Pizza

Using goat cheese and nonfat ricotta skims fat, not flavor.

For the true pizza lover: a dessert version.

Serve these mini pizzas as an appetizer with drinks.

This dough is easy to handle and will give you a crispy crust that's also tender.

Add a salad and your meal is set. Or serve small squares for an appetizer.

Tender, faintly bitter escarole gives a unique, delicious earthiness to this double-crust pizza, which stands apart from its traditional saucy brethren.

No time to heat up a pizza stone? This easy alternative method yields a crisp crust in just minutes. Good-quality cheese, olive oil, and prosciutto go a long way toward making the pie truly memorable.

Grape focaccia is a Tuscan classic. Here, we've reworked it with two kinds of cheese and a dash of sweet wine.

For a vegetarian version, substitute Soyrizo for the chorizo. Follow the same cooking directions, but do not drain.

This dough is based on one from Chris Bianco, chef of Pizzeria Bianco, that ran in our October 1999 issue. It is an accompaniment for Eggplant, Tomato, and Fontina Pizza .

Heat the pizza stone and prepare the eggplant and other pizza toppings in this recipe while the pizza dough is rising.

Healthy bonus: Vitamin C and beta-carotene from the squash.

Healthy bonus: Vitamin A and lycopene from the red peppers

Note: This crust accompanies Soppressata Pizza , Butternut Squash Pizza, and Margherita Pizza with Arugula. Prepare toppings first. Healthy bonus: 3.5 grams of fiber per crust, thanks to the whole-wheat flour

Healthy bonus: Bone-building magnesium and calcium from arugula

Slice advice: One of America's favorite pastimes — going out for pizza — doesn't have to be a caloric catastrophe if you stick with the basic (like Pizza Hut Hand Tossed cheese) and stop at two slices. Steer clear of cheese-filled crusts; they can add 10 grams of fat per slice. We gave our homemade pie an advantage by adding broccoli, but there's no reason not to put veggies on a fast food or frozen one.

A taste of Chicago: deep-dish pizza. Chi-town pizza lovers may be die-hard advocates of the deep-dish, but no matter how you slice it, thin-crust has one major health advantage: It's considerably lower in calories. But if deep-dish is the pie of your dreams, try this one, made with turkey sausage instead of traditional Italian and part-skim mozzarella. We even added some green peppers to sneak in a veggie serving.