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Best Anti-Inflammatory Spices – I Can’t Live Without (And You Shouldn’t Either)

Anti-Inflammatory spices is something I can’t live without in modern living… they’re rainbow food-as-medicine. And nature’s supplements.

They prevent conditions and in some cases, they natural Rx heal right away like medicine if you know what to take and when!

And they add cooking and baking flavor to dishes.

They’re also dirt cheap, comparatively. Even a $10 spice costs less than most medicines on insurance. They also don’t expire as soon as most pills.

You can tell it’s time to replace when the scent disappears if it had one to start with, because that’s a hint at its taste value and its healthiness… if that’s what you’re after.

Taste is subjective, but their effectiveness is not.

Anti-inflammatory spices aren’t good substitutes for fixing a health problem that needs medical attention.

But the right ones are often good for prevention, that doesn’t get talked about enough.

Sometimes you can dodge an infection bullet before it starts a war in the body. But once it grows, it’s too late for spices.

Where they would have been ideal to take, and are natural.

Spices don’t cause gut havoc.

They support restoring the body.

And that’s what Ayurvedic food-as-medicine is all about.

Plus, your body is your advocate as it knows what it needs.

It’s only downfall is it lacks communication.

Instead you have your senses to give you clues.

…And if you take a spice whiff and it smells good this season for you, then your body is telling you that’s good for you.

That’s obvious to us as we like what we like.

But it’s even more intuitive than that.

Your nose knows!

Being intuitive to supporting your good health, the body tells you what it is lacking by making it a preference to you. Remember, the body lacks communication skills, so it can’t straight up tell ya!

And that makes visiting spice stores and candle sections (that are also healing) all the more intriguing. I’ve been intrigued for decades.

Aromatherapy is good for wellness.

And with spices and herbs (the leaves) as aromatics in cooking, we’re off to a good start!

If we like how it smells, it’ll be even better when we get to taste what we’re making.

The taste buds will confirm that.

And we’re doing our body a world of anti-inflammatory good as most plant-based foods like spices and herbs have phytochemical, polyphenols. and antioxidants.

Which is why people all over the world use spices as medicine potions, and have been for centuries.

And this people, me, 😊 has spices in a third of her pantry… with food ingredients and tea filling the remaining space.

But I count teas sometimes as spice blends for baking. And if you look at each of your tea’s ingredients, you often find spice bits (like bits of plants from seeds, fruit, bark, or root). Chai is a great example. And you can use a tea bag to make no-bake dessert chai balls.

Others common ingredients include chicory and licorice roots. Or coriander and cumin seeds. And celery seed.

But teas make better answers for tea drinks or a cup of tea. Because the spice blends are often sweet and subtle.

Spices are usually as subtle, as they punch you in the face.

So you won’t find dill or cayenne often in a tea bag, because they’re not sweet. And mint tea is too subtle compared to fresh mint herb (leaves).

And if it’s too subtle, their culinary purpose is diminished. So if you’re taking turmeric or cayenne for (preventative) health reasons, look for fresh ones.

An exception is ginger. It plays well with sweet tastes like chocolate, so it’s good in a drink or gingerbread cookie (my preferred way 😋). .

Spices should come alive in scent on their own. Or in a spice blend (different than a tea with a blend of spices).

Today, out in markets you easily find spice blends like Five Spice (usually with cloves, star anise, Sichuan pepper, and fennel seeds, cinnamon) and garam masala (cumin, coriander, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, and black pepper).

This is a short list of what I look for in spices for taste and food-as-medicine:

Capsaicin – found in some spices like paprika is the mild version of spices that have chili peppers like cayenne pepper. It’s especially noted as good for nerve damage.

Try a Cajun spice blend that has more than one kind of capsaicin spice like paprika and cayenne. Plus other healthy ingredients like black pepper, garlic, and onion. 5-in-1, gotta love that!

Cardamom – Baharat is a Lebanese 7-spice that brings me back to managing busy parties for some popular DC Lebanese restaurants. Often the blend has black pepper, paprika, nutmeg and the 5 C’s (cumin, coriander cinnamon, cloves, cardamom). Chai is another source.

Turmeric – curcumin is so good for inflammation and joint pain. I have found so many good uses. It gets better and better. And the turmeric taste is smoky good for savory dishes that makes up for its pitfall as a spice that stains clothing.

Cloves – eugenol is in an allspice with cloves. It’s more potent than in other spices like cinnamon. And that you can tell by the powerful smell and taste… making my point above as medicine is in the aroma strength. Cloves are noted as good for taming potential gum infections.

Ginger –gingerol is another punchy spice. Adding this to sweet tastes and drinks are easy ways to take in ginger. That the spice is known to be better at some things than whole ginger that can be too strong of a taste for some. And the spice is much easier to add than the awkward shaped ginger root.

Oregano – thymol is found in many spices like thyme and is part of the mint family, but oregano has powerful antioxidants. It goes great in Italian dishes and a low-sodium healthy soup like clam chowder.

You can also go French bistro vibe with a Provencal or French blend that usually has parsley, chives, dill and tarragon at a minimum. And blends like this save time because it’s one spice instead of 4.

But you’re addicted to spices like me, you still have each of the spices on their own. 😁

You and I don’t have to wait for an occasion like Thanksgiving dinner spices to break out the anti-inflammatory spices. You can get in the healthy habit today.

Cottage Cheese Frozen Dessert – Low-Fat

Cottage cheese frozen dessert with peach is a pairing that may be your next dessert to help with more protein, weight management, and satiating a sweet craving.

…And dare I say as good as any frozen yogurt or peach ice cream you’d have! It even has the pretty peaches and cream color. And you can make this with other stone fruits like plums and cherries that will hold up.

And it’s so easy to make at home with a blender, like a Magic Bullet.

Cottage cheese and peaches are a delicious taste pairing. 🍑 +🧀

…I discovered this as a child, as that was the only way I would eat cottage cheese as a picky kid eater. And today, you can give it a try for yourself with your picky tastes!

Whether you use fresh peaches is up to you. Fresh peaches are abundant in hot summer months.

So you can stock up during summer season when peach desserts and juicy peach-everything are in full swing. Then freeze them for later in the year or year round if you like when they’re harder to find.

And if you want an easy way to get a smooth peach dessert year-round, use canned peaches that are the smoother way for this cottage cheese frozen dessert.

Canned peaches are also already soft. You won’t need to cook them. And you don’t have to wait until peak summer peach season. All you need to do is drain them, and rinse them if you like.

You can pair your peach cottage cheese dessert that’s like an ice cream with peach cobbler or peach profiteroles. Both are low-sugar.

Peaches are great for healthy peach drinks like juice, tea, or coffee. Also, how about a peach donut?... have you seen them around? That’s a newer type of peach, also called a flat peach or Saturn peach that are fresh.

They look more out of this world than earthly. 🪐

The ones I found came in a plastic casing with a handle that made it look like a purse.

But the best peaches for this peach cottage cheese frozen dessert are canned.

And whatever peaches you choose, you can freeze your extra peaches. Frozen peaches are perfect for this peach cottage cheese dessert.

You can bring them out of the freezer and move them to the fridge. That will soften or mush them without needing to cook them over a day or two. They are perfect for bakes too.

You can use your freezer as your second pantry (that’s what I do!).

It makes meal prep easier, along with food variety for your groceries on hand.

Ready to enjoy this?

Frozen Cottage Cheese Peach Dessert - Low Fat

This is a low-fat delicious frozen cottage cheese dessert.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Author Brandy @ Healthy Happy Life Secrets

Ingredients

1 cup cottage cheese
1 cup softened peach (about one fresh peach or 8 peach canned slices)
water or coffee

Instructions

Blend peach and cottage cheese together and add back a little liquid as needed.
Freeze, and bring out to enjoy!

Notes

Canned peaches will work well to make a smooth texture like creamy ice cream. You can also use frozen peaches that are brought to room temps and will be soft.

Dyshidrotic Eczema – Printable Anti-Inflammatory Food List

Dyshidrotic eczema is a specific type of eczema marked by inflamed skin marks caused by dry skin triggers. It’s related to general atopic eczema and like a sunburn with dry skin and blisters. And these days have been more dry so it can happen more often.

But there’s more causal facts to the condition behind the hood than just dryness, where self-care is just part of the solution.

And if this is something you or others you care about face in life for weeks or seasons, then knowing how to shorten flareups (or better yet prevent them altogether) is the best happy daily life answer.

For starters, you can do something empowered about it with food-as-medicine!

…Where eat-from-the-rainbow foods are real skin medicine and cures in a bowl. 🥣

Healthy food is something I believe in wholeheartedly. And if I were to leave here tomorrow, I would not regret eating healthy foods at all, as I make them delicious (it’s in my former catering-self blood!).

For dyshidrotic eczema, a starting anti-inflammatory food list like this specific one can be turned into a tasty menu!

This healthy good grocery food list is one you can print out for your grocery shopping. …And on this site, I always share what healthy flavors I pair and recipes so you can make them daily for your bowls and plates… and I mean daily, where the easy-to-source healthy foods do the heavy lifting as flavor and texture ingredients.

And where eczema symptoms are made better eating these anti-inflammatory foods (and worsened with unhealthy foods).

In the dyshidrotic eczema case, clear blisters are clear signs to this type of eczema caused often by environmental and/or genetic factors.

…Plus, a natural earth metal you’ll learn more about below. 👇

While flareups are temporary, an anti-inflammatory diet helps restore the inflammatory skin symptoms sooner, as long as you don’t itch-n-scratch.

And you do baby yourself in self-care and moisturize skin often like you would prioritize changing a diaper.

And as you gain experiences and grow, eczema of any sort gets easier along with your reflexes to help restore to normal.

I know this deeply as I entered this unknown with my first few eczema lessons. They looked slightly different, but had the same common skin inflammation at the core.

And since those early years, I’ve learned so much and about which food-as-medicines, help or hurt. I’m a talking and walking test case under the microscope.

And as life is changing so fast these days, I’m constantly adapting to and refining my options to the evolving ingredients that end up in processed grocery foods. And so should you!

And while sorting through which foods are good (in this ever-changing food landscape), may be overwhelming, the silver lining is you get to build a good relationship with anti-inflammatory healthy foods that you might not otherwise have put in your cart.

You get to healthy eliminate and re-evaluate.

You wise up to what certain healthy foods that are good… but that you don’t want to eat too much of…

…Like go-to plant-based foods that are healthy in general, but (downer alert) come with natural negative plant baggage.

And more on that below, so you can focus on the positive foods!

Variety and moderation is still the best general answer.

Being more food and ingredient selective is also a healthy opportunity to detox, lose weight, and eat more fiber.

Wild salmon, lean chicken, white rice, sweet potatoes, turmeric, bananas, berries, probiotic Greek yogurt, honey, and bell peppers are examples of my good food-as-medicine, any day, year-round, any time and any condition.

These were good footprints in my childhood, and they are good now… and you too will find clues from your tracks as to what good foods are good for you now.

Some good foods can be surprising, like bell peppers was for me. Ring the bell please! 🫑 And oolong tea daily works, and is even better for a few reasons than green tea (…which btw, they come from the same plant source that looks like an ordinary bush with green leaves).

And those good foods and beverages become effective partners for healing the body and skin. They’re friendly, edible medicine.

And your custom list should give you grocery food confidence, knowing you buy the right stuff.

Confident positive thoughts put your mind at ease and help lower stress in the body (through the mind-body connection) that can play a big part in whether you have eczema flareups, not, or never.

Besides lowering stress and foods, what also helps is lowering sugar.

Low-sugar recipes are enjoyable (not compromising in taste) and using healthy food alternatives.

And less sugary tastes help lower your body’s sugar addictions and daily cravings.

I went from an addicted sweet tooth to not needing daily sugar… and definitely not 1/2 cup of sugar or more in dessert recipes.

And you can too if that’s your mission as sugar does your body no favors.

But you already knew that… because that’s healthy eating wisdom for all peeps.

And something you’re probably not aware of for dyshidrotic eczema flareups, the biggest trigger factor of them all is high nickel foods.

That’s something few people talk about, so I’ll give you what you need to know here…

Nickel is a naturally occurring metal found in soil and plants, as a micronutrient. And it’s in the water and everywhere on earth, so being surrounded, it’s easy to start an allergic storm.

…And that’s why you hear some people are allergic to wearing certain gold or silver jewelry. It’s because of the nickel metal mixed in, that’s the job of the alchemist (great book by the way!).

…And maybe why it’s a good thing we don’t carry coins around as much today in our climate erupting era.

And worse than metal to touch is ingesting nickel foods that are all around.

Some surprising nickel foods are healthy anti-inflammatory foods like plant-based cocoa, chocolate, nuts, seeds, legumes, and whole grains.

And as healthy food confusing as this can sound, memorizing a list of general anti-inflammatory foods won’t be good for dyshidrotic eczema symptoms in general.

Better to use a known food list like the one above, at least as a start.

The good news is there’s a large food variety you get to choose from (and for dyshidrotic eczema inflammation).

If you have a skin flareup, skip those food offenders until you’re in the clear.

And don’t be afraid to test some healthy foods that can be “maybe” foods for your body.

Like eggs for some types of eczema?

I believe it would be tragic to give up a healthy food you love that you didn’t need to.

And while you’re having a skin flareup…

If you enjoy the food, don’t feel skin irritation, and nothing lights up, then take that as a good sign.🚦Put that on your grocery food list.

…Like based on research first, I found iffy eggs, grapefruit, and corn tortilla are all good with me. And wasabi too… wasabi! I’m lucky because I’m not naturally allergic to any foods under ordinary circumstances.

And if I didn’t at least try when tested (because I was scared, which is not my M.O.), I’d be missing out. And I’m a Joy of Missing Out type. And that’s healthy!

But Baker-me also played smart safe away from all flours for a temporary elimination diet, and felt better about it because most flours (whole wheat and gluten-free) are high in nickel. It’s not the gluten that’s the potential trigger for me, it’s the nickel!

…And that may be for you too?

So it’s a good idea (and a gift?) to be able to see (as in test and try) what your body below your neck thinks about the food you eat.

And then you won’t be wondering (scared?) and stuck in habits eating the same boring foods all your life.

Variety is the spice of life! And the way to how you can love the taste of healthy foods. Plus spices.

Our ancestors tested foods-as-medicine centuries ago, long before we came along and they saved them from their small, temporary ailments.

They didn’t have the same variety, environment, and processed gluten and dairy like we do today.

Those triggering factors vary in degrees between people and eczema types. We all have different skin.

But superfoods are good for most skins.

…Like broccoli, organic berries, apples, avocado, wild salmon, potatoes, and minimally processed foods like quinoa and white rice.

Idea: You can make white rice balls and serve with low-histamine foods like lean chicken, bell peppers, and root vegetables that you can add to a plate or a tasty turmeric soup bowl.

And if you’re craving sweets, try an applesauce fruit roll, a lemon strawberry trifle parfait, or no-flour Pavlova fruit dessert.

These are great example of celebrating healthy food tastes while telling inflammatory symptoms to take a hike!

And for beverages besides water, maybe try a freshly squeezed guava or watermelon juice. I also like to add fruit to my coffee like watermelon to my coffee. And to enjoy fruits in my daily brunch meals that include: orange coffee and oven bruleed grapefruit as part of my tested jam.

Dirty Soda – Blueberry Tea Healthy

Dirty soda is made healthy with tea. What about a blueberry green tea like this one that that has strawberry and rhubarb flavors infused? Oh… and coconut cream (healthy fat) that dirties this beverage. This could be an elevated virgin drink you pour in a celebrational glass.

Dirty soda with blueberry tea, strawberry soda, and coconut cream.

The pretty white is coconut cream that’s a healthy fat (MCT). If you’ve heard of MCTs, they help convert fat into energy and support metabolism.

They’re a natural energy boost that help you wean off energy drinks and old habits you no longer need… from cramming hard or finishing projects that tested you!

A cream soda is a good way to infuse new healthier habits, and one I dreamed up from a not-so-healthy, sugary cream soda can past.

But with a splish dash of coconut (milk) and a splash of fizzy seltzer water, or gut healthy prebiotic or probiotic soda, is going to be better for you than regular sodas.

The difference between prebiotic or probiotic sodas, is feeding the good bacteria gut fiber (prebiotic) or adding more good bacteria (probiotic).

Both are good for you and your gut where most your happiness is.

…And a better healthy low-sugar habit. That’s good if you’re learning the ropes to calm your sugar cravings which btw helps overall healthy and weight.

And a good switch off artificial sweetened diet and regular sugary sodas if that’s your daily rhythm… I did that in my 20s when regular and diet can sodas were the rage (and still are today!).

They were complimentary in the office I worked in and gave me the daily energy push I needed.

…so I couldn’t say no (I thought).

And the healthy alternative was water. Still is.

But water as the drink of life lacks taste.

(Not to mention, it’s a tad boring compared to tea-fruit’s juice-soda variety. Where whole fruit is naturally an anti-inflammatory choice, and you can choose an anti-inflammatory tea).

So I gradually switched from breakfast can sodas to coffee for morning. And then tea in the afternoon.

Those were quiet options back then (without coffee shops everywhere other than diners and convenience stores).

Coffee wasn’t yet touted as healthy like it is today, and where easy home making coffee cold brew is my jam.

But over the years, coffee and tea helped me gradually wean off diet sodas.

…And if you want to be healthier too, a modern dirty soda is how you can make a micro-switch habit to add in more healthy drinking ingredients to your overall daily consumption habits, where the body keeps score.

These are the ingredients I used for my blueberry healthy dirty soda tastes:

…Oh, and like a healthy smoothie you make, you can’t go wrong with your mixology skills.

Like, you can’t add too much or too little. Because naturally, you’ll adjust the liquids because your taste buds (or someone else’s taste buds) will tell you so.

And if the fruity foods and beverages you add in appeal to you, they will be great in a mixed soda mocktail like this virgin dirty soda.

Whether you choose strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, cherry, or lemon flavors as your favorite now… or a vanilla tea instead of a blueberry twist one. Either way, is up to you! And it’s more than just a soda.

…And with drink in hand, you can let it help put a smile on your face to commemorate this season of your life. Or use tropical fruit flavors in season to remind you of a swoonworthy summer holiday place to get out of wanderlust feelings that can strike at any moment of the day.

…Like a lower calorie Virgin Pina Colada (without heavy cream) can.

And if you’re wondering if you should strain the healthy fat from the cream soda, my two cents is don’t bother, as that’s what makes this drink “dirty” and fun.

Some like to make a bigger head (foam), that you can do with a frother tool like you would use for making home cappuccino foam.

And if you’d rather have your soda less cloudy, or more clear and clean, then you can add no-fat milk to your soda tea juice. It’s a good way to get Vitamin D and minerals into your day. And green tea has L-theanine that’s healthy good especially for longer term focus.

And a great way to get your wildly superfruit berries in!

Dirty soda with blueberry tea, strawberry soda, and coconut cream.

Dirty Soda - Tea Drink

Course beverage

Cuisine American

Total Time 5

Author Brandy @ Healthy Happy Life Secrets

Ingredients

4 Tbsp blueberry tea
1 tsp blueberry juice
2 Tbsp seltzer water or Trader Joe's soda
1 tsp coconut cream, liquid portion
berries for garnish

Instructions

Pour ingredients into a drinking glass. Optional: shake ingredients in a blender if you like. To make an extra foamy top, warm milk of choice and then use a frother tool to agitate and thicken.

00 vs. Bread Flour – Best Pizza Crust Busting Myths

00 vs bread flour is the difference in pizza crust style, and for making light and airy pizza crusts you may dream about from a pizzaiolo, or New York’s finest pizza shops.

…Which btw, good pizza is not in the water, despite the old saying. 😀

It starts with a consistent flour choice that will help make consistent pizza crusts you like, and that you can make for weekly and daily meals… oh, and they’re healthy ones you put on the table.

And that can be the first pizza myth bust (where you’ll find more myths below)…

Pizzas can be healthy topped meals if you watch the cheese portions that have protein, but are high in fat. You can add cheese puddles and not fields.

Then you can add your elevated paired healthy flavor toppings. For someone like me that would be ideas light tomatoes, and veggies like peppers, mushrooms, onions, greens, and other plant-based ingredients on top. Have you seen my tofu as pepperoni pizza?

Pizzas are a good opportunity to add the kitchen sink as we would say when I was a teenage pizza maker for 4 years, working in one of the busiest pizza delivery franchise stores in the world.

Plus you can add ontop, anti-inflammatory spices like oregano, pepper flakes, and a za’atar blend. And even turn your pizza into smoky taste with turmeric and smoky paprika spices.

…I mean, who doesn’t love pizza for the taste and topping variety?

But it alls starts with the pizza crust that should be the best part and not leftover on a plate.

The great news is you can make your own delicious pizza crusts so easily from oven home recipes (without a pizza oven).

Here’s the skinny: you start with the choice of 00 vs bread flour.

Or whole wheat flour or whole wheat bran with more fiber if you’re being more health-conscious and want to add in some.

Below I help you decide, and even bust a couple common pizza crust making myths.👇

But let’s start with where 00 flour came from… and if you’re not familiar, it was named by Italians for how finely ground the flour is.

“00” flour is an Italy naming based on its flour ground-milled fineness. Bread flour is not as fine and named by its protein content. They’re almost uncomparable, but those are our common choices on the grocery shelves.

And bread flour’s uses is in the name. It’s used for many bread purposes besides pizza crust. It’s more about the protein content where bread gluten protein is higher than in 00 flour.

So without knowing more, with “bread” in the name you can guess that bread flour can yield rising airy crusts because of the other bread products you’ve seen in the world.

But you’ll be able to see more for yourself below.

And this may help sway you or help you re-think your flour grocery store purchase choice, and if you need 00 pizza flour at all (that everyone talks about as the one to use for pizza crusts… and maybe the same people that referred to “it’s in the water” for best crusts 😀).

And for this person, 00 flour is not the better flour choice for pizza if you’re looking for a possibly high rise pizza crust, which of course, is subjective to tastes… as in, you decide what you like or prefer.

…But most people would agree that a GREAT pizza crust is an airy and lighter pizza crust, like a wood-fired, Neapolitan-style crust with some bread pockets or bubbling action along with some added brown charring leopard spots. 😊

For me, hands down… that’s my favorite too! The kind that almost melts in your mouth with the cheese.

And if that’s what you like too, bread flour is the better choice for pizza crusts as the rustic airy pockets are endless possibilities. It’s up to the magical oven!

…Oh, and not to mention you can use the remaining bag of bread flour for other common daily bread baking applications.

In comparison (and all fairness to 00 flour), it will yield more uniform (less rustic) pizza crusts that are more like grocery frozen section pizzas after you bake it in the oven.

They’re great for everyday enjoyment, and especially afterschool specials and soccer kids, if that’s what you’re after.

…And with either 00 vs bread flour choice, you can make delicious daily pizza crusts in your home oven and save ordering pizza dollars).

But 00 flour is not necessarily the wood-fired effect pizza choice.

That’s a myth.

And while we’re busting myths here, lemme give you the summary low-down so far:

Myth #1: 00 flour will give you a more airy pizza crust than bread flour

The opposite is true. Bread flour will give more rustic-style pizzas where air pockets form in spots like an inflating balloon, but those are as unpredictable as charring spots.

00 flour on the other hand will yield a more even-style crust.

In a way, bread flour makes for a more exciting pizza crust making experience and 00 flour makes for a more predictable one.

It’s counterintuitive to what you would think bread flour would do as the heavier (less fine) flour choice. Because in other applications, bread flour also makes heavy-duty rolls and bread loaves for your daily meals, so naturally you’d think it’s heavier… oh, and with more gluten.

You would think “fine” (in 00 flour) means resulting in light bakes, like cake flour (vs. all purpose flour) in an angel food cake.

But not so with 00 flour (vs. bread flour) for baking pizza crusts in a hot oven.

And that’s where the magical oven comes into play and it’s predictable that way.

The proof is in the oven baking results. This is a 100% bread flour pizza crust that is light and airy with some puffy air pockets that would make a better air bag… and is a nice food pillow that is about to enter the mouth.

This is a 00 flour crust. It’s much more uniform than a bread flour pizza crust that has been baked the same in a regular kitchen oven with a bake and broil setting.

And this is a pizza made from half bread flour and half “00” flour, that has more of the 100% 00 flour pizza crust characteristics (as the 00 less rising flour will bring down the bread airy-rising flour).

It’s subtle but noticeable if you make enough pizzas.

Myth # 2: you can’t make light and airy crusts from a regular home oven

Yes, of course you can make pizza crusts from a home oven, similar to the kind you find from professional restaurant ovens, pizza ovens, and wood-fired ovens. I do this regularly in my kitchen.

You don’t need a fancy outdoor pizza oven even though that may sound like a dreamy idea that’s fun for entertaining. And you definitely don’t need a wood-fired oven or to even to go to a pizza establishment that has one…

You can make your own star tasty pizzas that look like professional pizzas from your home kitchen or apartment oven that has a bake and broil setting.

…And if that sounds good to you, then keep coming back for more pizza crust tips and healthy food topping inspiration. 🎉