Green Pizza Recipe
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
30 mins
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Cook Time
10 mins
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Total Time
40 mins
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Servings
2 8-inch
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Calories
460 kcal
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Course
Dinner
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Cuisine
North American
Green Pizza Recipe
Description
The Green Pizza Recipe starts with a vegetable-based crust which forms the foundation for a vibrant green pesto made by blending basil, parsley, cashews, olive oil, garlic, hemp hearts, lemon juice, and sea salt. This pesto sauce spreads across the crust, leaving a border before toppings are added. Fresh kale, massaged with oil to soften it, along with peas and asparagus, add layers of green vegetables, while mozzarella and goat cheese provide creamy, melted richness.
Baked in the oven until cheese melts and vegetables soften slightly, this pizza balances fresh herbaceous notes with creamy cheeses. The pesto imparts a bright, herb-forward flavor that complements the earthiness of the vegetables and the mild tang of the goat cheese.
This pizza can be served as a main meal or sliced for appetizers. Its distinctive green toppings and nutrient-rich pesto make it ideal for those looking to incorporate more vegetables into pizza without traditional heavy tomato sauce.
Ingredients
Pizza Crust
- Use this green veggie pizza crust recipe
Pesto Pizza Sauce
- ¼ cup basil packed
- ¼ cup parsley packed
- ¼ cup cashews
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons hemp hearts
- ¼ teaspoon salt sea salt
- lemon juice juice from 1 lemon
- 1 clove garlic
Green Goddess Pizza Toppings
- 1 cup kale massaged with a little oil
- ¼ cup peas thawed, frozen
- 12 pears asparagus
- 2 ounces mozzarella cheese grated
- 1 ounce goat cheese
- 1 tablespoon hemp hearts
Instructions
- Begin by making the green veggie pizza crust. You can make this up to a day ahead.
- While the pizza crust is baking, make the pesto. Combine all the pesto pizza sauce ingredients in your blender or food processor and blend on high until smooth, scraping down the sides as needed.
- When the pizza crusts have finished baking, remove them from the oven and divide the pesto between the two of them, leaving a 1" rim around the crusts. Add the kale and then top with the peas, asparagus, mozzarella, and goat cheese. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes, or until the cheese has melted. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with some hemp hearts.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 28-inch
Amount Per Serving
Calories 460 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 serving = ¼ of the recipe (½ of one pizza) | |
| Calories | 460kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 11g | 4% |
| Protein | 23g | 46% |
| Fat | 37g | 57% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 8g | 47% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 16g | 80% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 111mg | 37% |
| Sodium | 632mg | 26% |
| Potassium | 360mg | 8% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 2227IU | 45% |
| Vitamin C | 64mg | 71% |
| Calcium | 264mg | 26% |
| Iron | 5mg | 28% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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