This Ham and Pineapple Pizza is a PCOS-friendly recipe.
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Ingredients
Instructions
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Make pizza dough. Combine yeast, sugar, salt and the warm water in small bowl, cover; stand in warm place about 20 minutes or until mixture is frothy. Combine flour and oil in large bowl; stir in yeast mixture, mix to a soft dough. Knead dough on floured surface about 5 minutes or until smooth and elastic. Place dough in large oiled bowl, cover; stand in warm place about 1 hour or until dough doubles in size. Turn dough onto floured surface; knead until smooth. Divide dough in half; using rolling pin, flatten dough and roll each half out to a 12-inch round.
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Preheat oven to 500 degrees F/450 degrees F fan-forced.
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Carefully lift each dough round onto oiled pizza pans or oven trays; using a pastry brush, brush oil over pizza crust. Spoon tomato pasta sauce on crusts, using back of large spoon to spread sauce all over base.
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Sprinkle half of the cheese over sauce, then top with ham and pineapple. Sprinkle remaining cheese over pizzas.
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Bake pizzas, uncovered, 20 minutes. Serve cut into slices.
Why this Ham and Pineapple Pizza works for PCOS
Lunch is where most PCOS meal plans either succeed or collapse. A meal like this Ham and Pineapple Pizza that combines adequate protein, fibre-rich carbs, and fat keeps blood sugar stable for the rest of the workday and reduces the late-afternoon energy crash that drives sugar cravings around 3-4pm.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Pineapple.
Pineapple can fit a PCOS diet in small portions, but it is one of the sweeter fruits, so portion and pairing matter. Its natural sugar can raise blood glucose fairly quickly, especially when eaten on its own.Pineapple does offer vitamin C, manganese, and bromelain, an enzyme with anti-inflammatory properties. The trade-off is its higher sugar concentration, which means a large bowl can produce a noticeable blood sugar spike in an insulin-resistant body.Keep your serving to about half a cup of fr...
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, this Ham and Pineapple Pizza recipe is designed to be PCOS-friendly., it supports balanced blood sugar and hormonal health.
Yes, this recipe works well as a PCOS-friendly Lunch. Pair it with other PCOS-friendly foods throughout the day for balanced nutrition.
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