Love chicken Caesar salad? Ditch those croutons and serve it on top of a pizza instead!
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Ever order a pizza but start with a salad, convincing yourself it will prevent you from eating too much pizza? That never works for me. I will still annihilate half by myself, so I would’ve consumed less calories without the stupid healthy salad .
Maybe putting the salad on the pizza is the way to go.
Caesar salad was actually the first salad I ever liked. Probably because it has the least amount of vegetables in it and I used to despise all vegetables besides carrots, corn and potatoes (as if they counted as a veggie).
Green things were very much absent from my diet growing up, but boredom of the food selections of my undergraduate meal plan that met my picky-eating ways forced me to dive into the actually very expansive options available (oh the benefits of going to a gigantic school).
But back to talking about this pizza topped with Caesar salad. It is cooked with a pesto sauce base and topped with Mozzarella, Paremesan and chicken. Then once out of the oven, you assemble the rest of the salad right on top!
A little drizzle of homemade creamy caesar dressing and some extra shredded Parmesan seals the deal. But leave off those croutons because you will find them transformed into a pizza crust. IDK about you but pizza crust sounds way better than any crouton.
I think any salad could be improved by being serving on top of a pizza crust.
What salad should I try next? I also have done a strawberry spinach salad pizza, but I would like to try a Cobb salad. I am also just a fan in general of some post-oven greenery, especially arugula.
Post updated 8/31/20, photo above is the original.
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Source: Inspired by Mellow Mushroom’s “The Caesar!” pizza.
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11 comments
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Haha, I’m the opposite – I skip the salad to save all the room in my belly for pizza!! :) This looks awesome, I can definitely get behind salad ON my pizza. Oh, and Mellow Mushrooms? YUM! I miss it!!
I pretty much forgo the salad these days, but that used to be my thought process until I realized it didn’t work. And yes I love Mellow Mushroom! I had never had it before until after living here a couple years.
Great idea for pizza!
Oh man, the amount of eating options you had is RIDICULOUS! I think I’d be intimidated by the sheer prospect of attempting to try them all.
It was amazing. I missed it when I decided to live off campus the last two years.
I used to get a pizza similar to this from California Pizza Kitchen, it was to die for!! This looks so yummy!
So funny….I always eat a salad too hoping it will fill me up so I don’t vacuum up my entire dinner in my mouth. Never really works. :)
Haha, I always force myself to eat salads before my meals and I am completely convinced that it makes me eat NO less of my actual meal. I just think I get extra vitamins and nutrients. Great pizza!
This looks delicious! I actually saw something similar last night at a local pizza place and I was soooo tempted but I had to be unhealthy as possible and forego all greens. Now I can make it myself! Great recipe! :)
What a great idea – Caesar salad was one of the few salads I used to eat too and I really like the idea of having it on my pizza!