Calling all pizza lovers! I found a cracker that some say tastes just like pizza. Hey, if it wards off a pizza craving with one sixteenth the calories, maybe it's something to keep in the pantry...
Leave it to the Italians to create a cracker inspired by pizza (check out my recent pizza creation here). I found this yummy-sounding product over at the Healthy Snacks Blog. Scrack, a product developed by the Italian company Panealba, are small crackers that look like mini-loaves of bread with a tomato-basil flavor.
"If you're addicted to pizza-flavored snacks like Combos, you should definitely try Scrack--they have a more natural taste, and they contain fewer than ten ingredients: flour, basil, tomatoes, olive oil, vegetable oil, brewer's yeast, malt, so they're much simpler and healthier than Combos (which have over 20 ingredients, including four kinds of food coloring!)," they write. "Also, Scrack is low in calories--110 for half a cup, and they're very low in fat-only 2.5 grams for that serving."
And, nope, you don't have to hop a plane to Rome to have a taste. Look for them at various specialty food stores here in the U.S.
So, do you crave savory, pizza-like flavors in the afternoon or sweeter things? I tend to be a cookie gal myself.
P.S. And here's the surprising reason why pepperoni could be giving you pain (down there).