Confession: I'm stealing this post idea from Hungry For Change, or Take Part Food as they're calling themselves these days. They posted this clip from SNL about "Almost Pizza" and I thought it was worth passing along:
Have you thought recently about what exactly goes into the food that you buy prepackaged? Something like pizza, you'd assume would have the typical crust ingredients like flour, toppings like cheese, veggies, etc. While it might not be able to walk under the fridge like the one in the clip, take a look next time you're in the freezer section; you'll find ingredient lists that read like a novel.
And while we're on the subject of frozen pizza... there are redeeming qualities to some frozen pizzas such as the calcium from the cheese, the vegetables (if there are vegetables), the iron from the meat. But pizza should only be a "sometimes food" (as Elmo would say), not an "anytime food" because in addition to those redeeming qualities you'd be hard pressed to find a frozen pizza that is not loaded with saturated fat and sodium; and that's if you only eat what they deem is one serving. For example, the Freschetta Three Meat Medley Pizza considers 1/5 of the pizza a serving and in that one serving you'll get 930mg of sodium (~39% of your daily allowance) and 7g of saturated fat (~35% of your daily allowance). So if you eat two or three pieces... you can see where I'm going with this. But if you want to eat frozen pizza once in awhile, go for it - just try to get the thin crust style with veggies. And in case you're wondering, there's plenty of white flour and calories in the pizza, so you can bypass those that come with bread sticks, wings, or cookies in addition to the pizza (YIKES!).
UPDATE: Just saw on the news that in the UK Pizza Hut is unveiling pizza with a hot dog stuffed crust. Thoughts?
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