Whole Wheat Pizza with Sausage & Arugula

Here's my attempt to make my favorite pizza (sausage) healthy but tasty. all ingredients came from Trader Joes.

1lb Trader Joe's whole wheat pizza dough
4 links Isernio's chicken sausage
1t fennel seeds
1/4t crushed red pepper
1/4 red onion sliced thin
1-2 cups arugula
8 pcs roasted tomatoes, drained & diced into small pcs
2.5 oz Low Fat Irish Celtic Cheddar Cheese
olive oil spray & wheat bran to coat pizza stone

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Knead whole wheat dough (once its at room temperature). spray pizza stone with olive oil & wheat bran to avoid sticking. roll out dough on pizza stone to thickness desired - i'm a thin crust fan. grate the cheese & spread evenly. dice the sausage into small pieces. heat a small pan & spray with olive oil. add the fennel seeds & crushed red pepper. once they start sizzling, add the diced sausage. cook till its browned on all sides. sprinkle over pizza along with the roasted tomatoes. add the sliced onion on top.

put the stone in the oven & bake for 30-35 min, until crust and cheese are nicely browned. sprinkle arugula evenly across the pizza & serve immediately. you can sprinkle crushed red pepper & 1/2t good olive oil (it would increase cal/fat from what is indicated below).

makes 4 servings. Nutrition informaton per serving (1/4 pizza) is approx. 400 calories and 8.25g fat each.