52 Delicious pizza ideas all under 500 calories
Sometimes you want to eat your dinner with your hands, what better way to do that than with pizza that is under 500 calories, on a Friday night, with a group of friends reaching in for a slice of the good stuff!
Get your Lo-Dough in, prep your sauce, lay out your toppings and get that oven hot, its time for everyone to choose between these 52 low calorie, low carb, high fibre pizza recipes!
Pizza Fiorentina
The low carb, low-calorie way: This is an easy vegetarian recipe packed with vitamins and rich with earthy and vibrant flavours. Follow this recipe to enjoy a gluten-free, high-fibre Fiorentina pizza, then top with mozzarella and spinach and finish off with a perfectly cooked egg.
Pizza Swirls - Low Carb Bite-Sized Pizza
That's right. Does it get any better than this? Our Lo-Dough pizza swirls make the perfect party plate to serve your friends, or as a special treat for the whole family. Soft and fluffy with mozzarella oozing out of every bite, Lo-Dough pizza bites contain less than 5g of carbs per serving. They’re high in fibre, gluten-free, and made with vitamin-rich passata. We've also added Eat Lean protein cheese for an extra 9g protein kick.
Healthy Veggie Pepper Pizza
Bursting with flavour and nutrition, this colourful and vibrant pizza makes for a great source of fibre, protein and vitamin C.
Gluten Free Chorizo Pizza
The combined flavours of the strong and rich Parmigiano Reggiano with its sweet and tangy flavour, the peppery rocket and the smoked paprika and garlic chorizo made this pizza a flavour smash and a true delight to devour. Who needs mozzarella.
Salty Seafood Pizza
For a quick and easy seafood delight, this recipe brings king prawns and salty anchovies into the spotlight with a fraction of the expected calories. In the same way that a humble macaroni cheese may wish to team up with a hint of truffle, anchovies (albeit an acquired taste) bring a certain savoury depth to the dish, giving it that extra boost.
Cheesy Garlic Bread
This is our recipe for a flavoursome, low-calorie, low-carb cheese and garlic bread. It is super-simple to make and ready to eat in just over 12 minutes. If you want to cheat even further, use garlic paste and dried herbs, but in this instance, we've written our recipe using fresh ingredients.
Spicy Meatball Pizza
Forget the usual greasy grub you get from the local takeaway, this pizza blows it out the water! It's loaded with cheese, meatballs and jalapeños - and at only 385kcal - is a fraction of the calories from your traditional takeaways. Containing only 8g of carbs, this is an ideal recipe for a low-carb, high-fat diet, or a cheat day takeaway.
Marmite & Cheese Pizza
Low Calorie Pizza Recipes with Marmite & Cheese
An easy lunch or super speedy snack, Marmite and cheese pizza toasts are a quick favourite for us on a busy day at Lo-Dough HQ.
Chocolate Dessert Pizza
Pizzas do not have to be savoury, and they most certainly don't have to be loaded with things that are going to promote weight gain. Moderation is one key, but a Lo-Dough pizza base is the magical solution which makes this low calorie chocolate dessert recipe possible.
Napoli Style Margherita
Coming in at only 193 calories for the whole pizza, this melt in your mouth Margherita should seriously be illegal. Using one piece of Lo-Dough, 60g of good quality passata sauce and 50g high-quality buffalo mozzarella, we pan-fried the Lo-Dough in Fry light, added the toppings and baked in the oven for eleven minutes until golden and bubbling.
Super Slimmers Pizza
We’ve teamed up with two of our favourite brands to create a pizza loaded with nutritious vegetables, as many as 3 of your 5 a day, it’s virtually fat-free thanks to Eatlean and incredibly low carb thanks to Lo-Dough. Finally the pizza you can eat every day of the week and feel great.
Cheese & Tomato Garlic Bread
Here's a recipe for a low-calorie, low-carb cheese & tomato garlic bread that is as tasty as it is easy to prepare. Just set aside 12 minutes of your day for cooking and this light snack/side dish is all yours.
Moroccan Lamb Flatbread
The recipe uses harissa paste on the base and lamb mince cooked down in stock and spices as a topping. Dress with low-fat yoghurt and herbs.
If you find the harissa a little too hot on it's own, try diluting it with a little passata.
Veggie Bianca Pizza
Up in the north of Italy they make pizza a little differently. Instead of the more commonly found tomato-sauce base, they use a white sauce usually comprising of crème-fraîche and gruyère cheese, with meat and veg on top. We challenged ourselves to come up with a low-calorie slimmers version and thanks to both the Lo-Dough and the cottage cheese/quark base, it comes in at 210 calories for the lot.
'Body Goals' Fitness Pizza
Perfect for after the gym - and inspired by the fitness community's dietary wants and needs. We've come up with a low-calorie, low-carb, high protein pizza that will work as hard for you nutritionally as you do in the gym physical.
Dairy Free Seafood Pizza
Low calorie pizza recipe with the extra advantage of being dairy free - this particular pizza has key ingredients for maintaining fitness, general health and especially for weight loss and slimming.
Healthy Hawaiian Pizza
It's the pizza combination that divides us all. Ham and pineapple. Fruit? On Pizza? Well here at Lo-Dough, we think a Hawaiian pizza can be a thing of beauty - and when you are using Lo-Dough as an alternative pizza base at just 39 calories (per base) - you can enjoy this delicious treat even more. Nutrition up, calories down. Whether you like pineapple on your pizza or not, this is a winning recipe.
Magical Meat Feast Pizza
Low calorie pizza recipes done the meat feast way - using Lo-Dough as your bread alternative, you can make this beautiful, low carb pizza which is little over 400 calories, less than half a normal meat feast pizza.
Nutritious Meat Free Pizza
This is a great one for the vegetarians or just those who like to limit their meat consumption. This is a super healthy goat's cheese and roasted red pepper pizza - perfect spring/summer colours and flavours.
Fridge Raid Pizza
You know those times, usually at the end of the week, when you have a few vegetable stragglers hanging on in the fridge. Not enough in and of themselves to make a meal? Well, we had that problem last week, but with Lo-Dough around it's not a bad problem to have - just make a pizza.
Low Calorie BBQ Chicken pizza
BBQ chicken pizza is a modern classic, but a struggle for people counting calories. The lean chicken is healthy enough, but the base and the sugary BBQ sauce usually send the calorie count rocketing.
Low Calorie Margherita Pizza
This is an ultra simple, fast, and impressively healthy pizza recipe which is high in protein - with Lo-Dough as your low fat pizza base.
Keema Lamb Pizza
Low calorie lamb keema pizza is here - a spicy, East meets West flavour explosion. Flavourful lamb, oozy melting cheese, sweet peppers and onions and your ever trusty Lo-Dough base. Low calorie pizza recipes don't get much better than this.
Low Carb Piri Piri Chicken Pizza
Chicken coated in Blend Bros Piri Piri sauce and put on a low calorie pizza (with even more Piri Piri), and loaded up with sliced green and red chillies - this one is heaven on earth for those who like a little spice in their life. You can have it hot and also have it healthy, with Lo-Dough as your base you can top up with so much more leeway, even sticking to your fitness goals or calorie counting plan.
Black Garlic Ketchup Pizza
If you're looking for a pizza that's a little bit different, but still comes in at under 300 calories, then look no further: the black garlic ketchup pizza is here.
Beetroot & Goats Cheese Pizza
Ok, ok, so if you are a vegetarian, the chances are that you will have eaten beetroot and goats cheese in some kind of combination before, but we bet you've never had it as part of an under 300 calorie pizza!
Bacon and Banana Pizza
Believe it or not, banana is a common addition to pizza in Sweden. They actually do it with a curry style sauce on the base, but we thought we'd ease you in with this unusual pizza recipe... one step at a time.
English Breakfast Pizza
Bacon, egg, black pudding, sausage, mushrooms, grilled tomatoes (plus passata underneath) and cheese on a pizza base for less than 600 calories - this may be hard to believe, but with Lo-Dough as your low fat pizza base, the impossible became possible.
Keto Salmon & Broccoli Pesto Pizza
Salmon, broccoli and a couple of tomatoes on and in a creamy pesto and mascarpone sauce - perfect for your keto diet, delicious for non ketogenic eaters.
Veggie Protein Pizza
Vegetarian pizza which is low calorie and wonderfully packed with protein, with Lo-Dough as the ultimate low fat pizza base.
The Eatlean Protein Pizza
It turns out that Eatlean cheese is the perfect addition to your Lo-Dough pizza - your fitness goals are covered, it's low calorie, low-carb, and through-the-roof impressive with its protein content.
Slimming Friendly Pizza
Lo-Dough gives you the ultimate leeway to enjoy delicious pizzas and still lose weight. For those of you on a slimming diet, we have come up with a simple Margherita pizza recipe.
Veggie Supreme Pizza
A meat-free classic takes you to veggie pizza heaven but without the heavy calorie and carbohydrate count - as we are using Lo-Dough as a pizza base alternative.
Low Calorie Smoked Sausage Pizza
That's the beauty of Lo-Dough - If you want to treat yourself to a blow-out feast with an indulgent, higher fat ingredient, Lo-Dough gives you the leeway on the extra calories and carbs.
Low Calorie Quattro Formaggio Pizza
Like any other base you can buy in the supermarket, only instead of heavy, stodgy bread which is full of carbs (and calories), it is a wonderful, unique, healthy alternative. At just 39 calories per pizza base, it's nothing short of a revolution in the slimming and fitness world.
Slimming Chicken & Ham Pizza
What is it about the combination of base, cheese tomato and toppings that just keeps on giving and giving? Well, with Lo-Dough as your low calorie pizza base, you don't need to worry about the answer - you can keep on enjoying pizza over and over - knowing each time, it's not going to ruin your slimming plans. On a diet? Have a full pizza for just over 200 calories. Because Lo-Dough gives you leeway.
Prosciutto & Caramelised Onion Pizza
It's not every day you get a celebrity in to invent a brand new Lo-Dough pizza... and to get someone as lovely as Jazmine Franks was a real treat indeed. The former Hollyoaks actress who is also a British powerlifting champion came to see the Lo-Dough team because she knew it would be perfect for her fitness goals. While she was here, she came up with a great pizza recipe which we have nicknamed...Pizza alla Jazmine.
Ultra Low Carb Steak Pizza
This is quite possibly the lowest carb pizza ever made. Listen up low carb and keto dieters - this pizza is made of the stuff of dreams. You don't even have to be on a diet to enjoy this unbelievably mouth-watering steaky pizza, but the fact that it is an astonishing 4.2g carbs for the whole thing just can't be ignored.
Nutty Chocolate Dessert Pizza
We've carefully chosen some renowned reduced-sugar and high protein products to create the ultimate dessert pizza. A sweet indulgent dessert pizza that offers a good amount of protein and fibre whilst keeping the sugar down wherever possible.
Carbonara Pizza
Carbonara is one of the quintessential Italian pasta dishes - famous the world over. As with any dish that has travelled, it has grown and evolved over the years, with additional ingredients like cream, garlic and vegetables being added to the original recipe of eggs, guanciale (cured pig cheek - though pancetta is an acceptable replacement) and cheese. It originated in Rome and many die-hard Romans would most likely turn up their noses at anyone altering the original, but rules are made to be broken.
The Lo-Dough Sloppy Joe
That's not to mention low-calorie and high-fibre too. Another great example of Lo-Dough giving you the key to healthier versions of your favourite pizzas.
Pissaladiere - A Southern French Classic
Rich, salty olives and anchovies on a base of super-sweet, slow-cooked onions - this is the kind of dish that goes down very nicely with a cold rosé or a glass of fizz! Unsurprisingly then, this dish hails from Nice in the south of France. Whereas the original uses an almost deep-dish style dough (bringing with it masses of carbs and calories), ours replaces this with Lo-Dough, making the whole thing lighter and healthier, without compromising on flavour. As ever, thanks to the high fibre content of Lo-Dough, you will feel satiated and satisfied.
The Lo-Dough Pepperoni Pizza
What pizza lover doesn't love a pepperoni pizza? This American classic has stood the test of time since it's arrival on to the dining scene in the early 20th century and is now more popular than ever as a takeaway favourite. In the USA, Americans annually consume pepperoni on 36% of all pizzas produced there!
Seafood & Caper Berry Pizza
This one is a must for seafood and fish lovers - low-fat fish and seafood, salty caper berries and plenty of cheese and tomato, as ever. Muscles, prawns, chunks of white fish and even some hidden anchovies (added under the cheese), this one is as tasty as it is good for you.
Low-Carb Pumpkin Pizza with Autumn Veg
Nobody loves a traditional cheese and tomato pizza more than the team at Lo-Dough, but this autumn why not try something a little different - you'll be surprised just how good it tastes! Instead of the usual tomato passata, make yourself some roast pumpkin (or butternut squash) puree and spread that across your Lo-Dough base for a little something different, but still low-calorie and low-carb.
Low-Carb Christmas Pizza
Turkey, stuffing, pigs in blankets and even sprouts (yes, sprouts!) on a pizza? You'd better believe it - Christmas is nearly upon us! This is not just novelty for novelty's sake - it's a totally delicious combination that will put a Christmas spring in your step.
Hoisin Duck Pizza
It shouldn't work, but it just does... sweet and fragrant hoisin sauce, duck, spring onion and (lightly pickled) cucumber all on top of a cheesy pizza! Some mash-ups are worthy of the suspicion they are treated with, but trust us, this one is brilliant.
Low-Calorie Deep Dish Pizza
The Lo-Dough version of the stateside-pizza sensation has landed and Oh. My. God. is it delicious! In America, it's the source of much controversy - many New Yorkers refusing to even acknowledge that it even counts as a pizza. As far as we are concerned, this is just another stitch in pizza's rich tapestry. If you like sauce then you are in luck - this creation holds plenty of it, along with sausage meat, mushrooms and a hidden layer of melted cheese underneath.
Slimming-Friendly Fajita Pizza
Another mashup pizza - but this one made with slimmers in mind (though frankly - all that protein will suit the fitness community mighty fine too!). We'd spent the day looking at a few fajita comparisons (Lo-Dough vs Supermarket fajita wraps. Spoiler alert: We won hands down!) and had a little bit of leftover fajita mix left. Well, at Lo-Dough, leftovers is never a dirty word and in this case, we immediately headed in the directions of pizza!
Poutine Pizza (Chips, Cheese and Gravy!)
No, no, we haven't gone über-northern on you! This is actually a Canadian favourite - Poutine. It is though, as the headline above says, chips, cheese and gravy on a pizza and it is exactly as delicious as it sounds. It probably wouldn't look out of place in a takeaway north of the Midlands either!
Baked Hummus & Feta Flatbread
This middle-eastern style flatbread (you might think of it a bit like a hummus pizza!) is a super-tasty, high-fibre dish and hits all the flavour notes you'd want in a meal. Serve alongside a zingy veg-packed salad (perhaps with a harissa dressing) for a well-balanced, nutritious dinner.
The 170 Calorie Ham & Mushroom Pizza
The classic ham and mushroom pizza has just been transformed from a guilty pleasure to a healthy Lo-Dough delight. Use some quality Wiltshire ham with garlic and herb infused mushrooms, or mushrooms of your choice depending on your taste. Either way, even vaguely following this outstanding low calorie pizza recipe will result in a healthy eating revolution on your plate.
That is enough pizza recipes for a new pizza every week...
Make it with Lo-Dough.
