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Recipe: Cheesy Garlic Pizza with Lemon Dressed Mixed Greens

November 23, 2012 · Narrative

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Inspiration for new recipe ideas comes out of nowhere sometimes. I have been a little obsessed with the cheesy base I used when I created this recipe, so I started there. But then I wanted to put a little healthy spin on it, and ended up putting salad on top of it. I mean, really, why does salad have to be separate? I love mixed greens topped with nothing else but fresh lemon juice, salt, and pepper, and that’s what I used for this pizza topping.

Something slightly unexpected, but simply delicious.

And on a Friday night, what more do you need? I got the kids involved, rolling out the Pillsbury pizza crust, and we made two pies, this one and a more traditional one with tomato sauce and cheese.

WPIR - Friday night pizza

Snack trays in the living room, a new-to-us movie on the tv (the kids chose the 2006 version of Shaggy Dog; decent movie but super slow start), and homemade pizza as a family.

Perfection.

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Happy weekend!

Cheesy Garlic Pizza with Lemon Dressed Mixed Greens
Recipe courtesy of Cate O’Malley

1 tube of Pillsbury pizza crust
10 oz mixed greens
1/2 lemon

Cheese Sauce:
3 tablespoons butter
1 large garlic clove, minced
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1-1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella

Preheat oven to 425. Spray your pizza pan with non-stick cooking spray (we made the pizza into a rectangular shape this time). Stretch your dough to cover the bottom of the pizza pan. Bake the crust, following package directions.

While the dough is baking, in a small saucepan, melt three tablespoons of butter over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 3-5 minutes until golden and fragrant. Stir in 3 tablespoons flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add 1/2 cup milk and whisk until thickened a bit. Add the mozzarella and cheddar, slowly, giving it time to melt as you add it. Stir until all the cheese is melted and smooth.

Once your dough has baked, spread your cheese sauce over it, allowing a 1/4? of the edge, leaving space for your crust.

In a small bowl, toss the mixed greens with juice from the lemon. Season with salt and pepper. Add the dressed greens on top of the cheese sauce.

Notes: To make this pizza a little more substantive, add grilled chicken to the top. Grilled shrimp would be another tasty addition.

*I was compensated by Pillsbury for the creation of this recipe.

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  1. Joanne says

    November 24, 2012 at 9:17 am

    You just can’t beat homemade pizza! I love that you topped it with greens…it makes eating salad so much more fun!
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  2. patsy says

    November 25, 2012 at 7:49 pm

    That looks so good! I’ve got to get back to making homemade pizza again!
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Did the lyrics to “Sitting on the Dock of the Ba Did the lyrics to “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” just run through your head or are you young? 😂 I despise Parkway traffic in the summer but love that our kids get to have a Jersey shore summer just like we did when we were their age. 💛
Any time my kids ask to have dinner with me, I con Any time my kids ask to have dinner with me, I consider it a win… dinner date with my oldest at Cava to close out the weekend, perfection. 🥰
The five grandkids recreated one of the candy boar The five grandkids recreated one of the candy boards from @ainttooproudtomeg’s cheese board deck. They may have eaten about half as much as they arranged, but that’s the point, right? 😍
We hope today made you as happy as this little chi We hope today made you as happy as this little chippy who hit paydirt with a $100,000 grand candy bar he found. 😍 (he actually had found himself TWO candy bars from we don’t know where, but we squired one away bc that felt like a sugar coma waiting to happen 😂)
If burrata is the question, the answer should be a If burrata is the question, the answer should be a loud and emphatic YES. Unless you’re lactose intolerant or somethin’.
Forever mood. 🙄 Forever mood. 🙄
This is 20. He challenges me on a regular basis a This is 20.  He challenges me on a regular basis and questions or says no to almost all of my crazy ideas. He is sometimes sassy, rolls his eyes at me, and forgets that I’m in charge, but he is also kind, loyal, a hard worker, and his sister thinks he hung the moon. He will stand up for either of us with a quickness any time he thinks someone has wronged us, and we are so lucky to have him in our lives. I never questioned wanting to be a mom, and being his mom, their mom, is one of the things I am 100% confident in. Happy birthday, Nick, we love you. xo
I’m always up for an afternoon of adventuring an I’m always up for an afternoon of adventuring and whether it’s somewhere we’ve been before or somewhere new, there’s so much to see and do right here in our own backyard. We spent Sunday afternoon back at the Orchard View Lavender Farm in Port Murray. Such a beautiful tranquil spot, you can easily lose yourself there for hours amongst the heavenly scent of lavender and the sweet butterflies. ✨

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