Why make your own pizza?

Most pizzas are not really good for you - most of them are loaded with white flour, sugar, and fat. I lost 100 pounds eating mostly home-made pizza.

Some pizzas are OK, wheat crust with veggies is not really bad for you, pizza with white flour with veggies and lean meats is better for you than some greasy burger.

I think everyone should make most of their pizzas at home. This has several potential disadvantages:

1) If you concentrate on making your pizza healthy, it can cost even more than store bought take and bake pizzas (Walmart is the best deal for take and bake pizza.) Healthy pizza is better for your health.

2) You will want to buy an expensive mixer with a dough hook. The best I have found (at a rational price) is the 6-quart mixer I bought a few times at Costco. On sale every year, their web site does not carry it because it is expensive to ship, this mixer costs about $270 in their stores, the best price I have found. However you can find used mixers on Craigslist or Amazon. This mixer lasts forever, and you can use them for meatloaf, mixing anything, etc.

3) It takes a lot of time, and there are several tools you need to buy, a pizza stone, and a pizza screen and a pizza cutter (I like a Chinese cleaver for Pizza. Pizza stones (I have a 18-inch round one and a 18-inch, which both fit in all ovens), and a good rolling pin are all reasonably priced. This time can be spent with family or friend with a TV, iPod, or radio.

Home-made pizzas also have several big advantages:

1) You can make them as tasty or healthy (or both) as you want. Healthier pizzas tend to cost more, than using cheap foodstuffs - see http://www.judgmentbuy.com/HealthyPizza.html. I now eat a wider variety of high fiber/high protein foods, so i use more white flour and less whole wheat flour and use olive oil in my pizzas.

2) You can put anything on your pizza that you want. I even put (even though it does not get anyone high) raw marijuana leaves on my pizza because they are so good for me. You are not limited to only what is popular and available at pizza sellers.

3) Although you must shop for the ingredients you already shop regularly. However, you will save both gas money and wear and tear on your vehicle and/or save on delivery fees.

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Mark Shapiro, judgment expert, judgment broker, judgment writer, and a smile chaser. Ihttp://www.JudgmentBuy.com