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). If you need a good one, here’s the Best Chicken Caesar Salad Recipe.
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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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!