Frozen Pizza Lunch

After returning from the endocrinologist office this morning, I did some work on the computer, then took a short 45 minute nap. Since I did not eat breakfast, I was a bit hungry and decided to look in the freezer. I found a package of frozen pizza I bought several months ago and thought I probably should either eat it or throw it out.

I do not eat pizza that much, and almost never have frozen pizza. This pizza was from RED ROBIN and it the Single Supreme Deep Dish Pizza. I was super lazy so I cooked it in the microwave oven instead of my toaster oven, It was 3 minutes versus 25 minutes plus preheating time. I only cooked one pizza; the second one will definitely be cooked in the oven. Overall, the pizza was fine. It did not taste that different from a national chain pizza like Domino’s. I could definitely taste the sausage and green peppers, in addition to the pepperoni. Unfortunately, due to the microwave cooking, the crust was too hard on the outside, and kind of soggy in the middle. The package also contained a silver liner for use in the microwave to brown the crust.

Here is what the pizza looked like after 3 minutes on high in the microwave:

Again, I think the crust would be much better cooked using a conventional oven. The oven would also toast the top of the pizza as well instead of just melting everything. Since the microwave cooks so fast, it was a little uneven. Actually, the top-left part of the pizza was melted more than the rest, and some cheese overflowed and was burnt on the silver liner. I would give it 2.5 ★, which means just average. If the crust was better coming out of a regular oven, I would bump it up to 3 ★. In comparison, I would give our local pizza store a 4 to 4.5 ★ for their supreme pizza, but it is $20 for a medium. Since I am not a big pizza eater, I probably will not buy this or any other frozen pizzas in the future. If I really want pizza, I will just order it from the local restaurant.

Nutritionally, it was what I expected from pizza: bit too much saturated fat and sodium. I was surprised that it did not contain more carbs, but I guess it was only in the crust. I think eating one was fine for lunch; eating both would be way too much fat and sodium for just a single meal. Also, it looks like there is some weirdness on the DV% calculation for iron and potassium.