Making Pizza with ShaSha!

Some of our clients are just good enough to eat! We are so thrilled to be working with Canada’s leading artisan bakery, ShaSha Co. ShaSha products are available in thousands of stores across Canada and are a hot commodity for those into delicious, nutritious, organic and natural food products.

1011512_10151501047350458_559185014_nI went a little ShaSha shopping crazy at the ShaSha Co. store at the Toronto head office. While everyone knows and adores ShaSha’s famous Snaps, I was interested in checking out some of the other products and having a healthy, delicious cooking sesh at home.

The product that caught my eye was the Certified Organic Spelt Pizza Crust. Pizza is one of my all time weaknesses. However, bleached white flour crust from delivery places always leaves me feeling weighed down, bloated and let’s be honest, regretful. And, it’s really no question why. Simply Google “pizza crust ingredients” alongside the name of your favourite delivery place and you will find a bunch of things you cannot pronounce.

Now let’s look at the ingredients in the ShaSha’s Certified Organic Spelt Pizza Crust:

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8 ingredients that you can pronounce vs. something you need degree to decipher. Frightening.

So that’s great and all. It’s healthy. But what does the Certified Organic Spelt Pizza Crust taste like? How does it perform?

I made two. One vegetarian with onions, olives, tomatoes, spinach, green peppers and one with chicken, tomato, basil.

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The results? Delicious. The pizzas themselves took about 15 minutes to cook and the ingredients just needed to be chopped (the chicken was already cooked) so in total, the experience to create 2 healthy and delicious pizzas took under 30 minutes, the same as a delivery time.

I ate almost an entire one (not recommended if you are trying to lose weight, obviously). They were both wonderful. The bottoms were crunchy and the crust itself rose slightly for a delicious texture and effect.

The verdict? ShaSha Certified Organic Spelt Pizza Crust makes delicious, tasty pizzas that won’t make you feel heavy and weighed down. Enjoy!

Posted by Valerie Stachurski, director of Charming Media