The Best Ham Pizza Recipe Every Mom Should Have
This ham pizza recipe is seriously the best out there! If you haven’t tried your hand at making pizza on the grill, you definitely should give it a try!
It’s Pizza Friday! This ham pizza recipe is something the kids and adults can agree on, so we make two and usually end up without any leftovers to spare. Tonight we are using the grill to make this staple pizza favorite: Ham, Green Pepper, and Onion Pizza.
HEALTHY MICRO SUPERSTARS FEATURED IN THIS RECIPE
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With thinly sliced deli ham that slightly flakes over the grill, homemade pizza sauce, and fresh onion and green pepper, this pizza is both healthy and delicious.
Tomatoes Supporting Your Gut
The primary ingredient of this homemade pizza sauce is tomatoes. Tomatoes support your overall health contributing to your microbiota with Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Bifidobacterium Bifidum, and antioxidants!
This pizza sauce uses canned tomato sauce and tomato paste. Tomatoes are one of the few vegetables (technically fruits) that are beneficial for your health whether fresh or canned.
Tomatoes are a super food when it comes to benefitting our microbiome.
While tomatoes have been blamed for causing inflammation, in fact, they provide protective lycopene nutrients against reducing the risk of cancer and heart disease (Bulsiewicz, 2020). As a prebiotic, tomatoes–both raw and cooked–contribute important microbacteria including Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Bifidobacterium bifidum. Click on the icons in healthy micro superstars to learn more (Hyperbiotics). These bacteria along with other antioxidants holistically support your microbiome (Hyperbiotics)!
Cooking tomatoes better preserves the lycopene nutrients as they digest in our bodies providing us with more antioxidant absorption (Hyperbiotics). And, more antioxidants fuels L. reuteri bacteria a huge contributor to a healthy microbiome! Win-Win.
Green Pepper: High in Antioxidants and Flavor
Green peppers are a great source of antioxidants, fiber, and vitamin C. Vitamin C supports your immune system, production of collagen (decreasing wrinkles), and metabolism (National Institute of Health, 2022). They are also a fantastic source of fiber, which supports your overall gut health (Bulsiewicz, 2020). When compared to colored bell peppers, green peppers pack more punch in antioxidants including phenolic acid. Phenolic acid has been found to protect against inflammation (Ali et al., 2020). Furthermore, in a longitudinal non-clinical study doctors found older adults who consume more phenolic acid had less symptoms of cognitive impairment and dementia (Godos et al., 2021).
Bring on the Pizza!
With a host of healthy ingredients, you don’t have to feel any guilt making this pizza. Make the dough ahead of time (it takes about 30 minutes to rise) and you’ll have this pizza ready in no time flat.
Ham, Green Pepper, & Onion Pizza on the Grill
Equipment
- 1 pizza stone optional
Ingredients
Pizza Dough
Pizza Sauce
- 6 oz canned tomato paste
- 15 oz canned tomato sauce
- 2 tbsp dried oregano
- 2 tbsp dried Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp raw honey
Pizza Toppings
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 large green pepper diced into small bits
- 1 medium Spanish onion diced into small bits
- 6 oz deli ham thinly sliced
Instructions
Make the Dough
- Combine in a food processor the following ingredients. Allow time to rise. This is important! For more directions, check out Pizza Dough with Baby Joe!2 cups whole wheat white flour, 1/2 cup white flour, 1 tsp Mediterranean sea salt, 2 tbsp olive oil , 2 tsp active dry yeast, 1 cup hot water not boiling
Make the Sauce
- In a medium sized bowl, combine all the ingredients.6 oz canned tomato paste, 15 oz canned tomato sauce, 2 tbsp dried oregano, 2 tbsp dried Italian seasoning , 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp onion powder, 1/2 tsp ground black pepper, 1 tsp raw honey
- Stir with a large spoon until well combined.
Make the Pizza
- Preheat your grill to medium high.
- Place your pizza stone on the grill.
- Tear a large piece of parchment paper and place it on your wood pizza peel.
- Roll out the dough to make a thin pizza crust.
- Place the crust on the parchment paper on top of the wooden pizza peel.
- Spread your homemade pizza sauce over the pizza crust.
- Sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese over the top.1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- Then, add the green pepper diced into small bits over top the cheese.1 large green pepper
- Next, spread the diced Spanish onion.1 medium Spanish onion
- Finally, add the deli ham in little clumps.6 oz deli ham
- Once the grill is preheated (if you have a temperature gauge it should be at least 500 degrees), slide the pizza with parchment paper onto the pizza stone on the grill.
- Grill for 6-8 minutes depending on how hot your grill can get. Watch closely and check frequently! It will cook quickly!
- Enjoy!
