Pizza is always a winner.
Salads are too in my book.
If only there was a way to enjoy all the flavors of pizza in a healthy salad…
{Enter} Drum roll please….this fun Clean Eating Pizza Salad!
A lot of families we know enjoy the tradition of a pizza night every week. I know my husband enjoys pizza every Friday night he is on shift at the fire station. It is a long standing tradition and something they all look forward to.
I would love to tell you that in our home we eat tacos on Tuesday and pizza on Fridays, but that simply isn’t the case. Ha!
Because Ryan’s schedule rotates each week, we don’t each typical meals on a typical schedule. When Ryan is working, the kids and I tend to eat leftovers or simple foods like quesadillas or macaroni and cheese.
Really gourmet, huh? 😉
However, when Ryan is home I try to cook actual meals and homemade pizza and salad is one of them! Usually everyone makes their own, with the kids piling their dough high with cheese while Ryan and I layer ours with tons of meats and veggies.
Much like Pizza Ranch and Pizza Hut serve pizzas with salad, I like to incorporate that same concept into our pizza nights. A side salad is typically not far from our homemade pizzas.
This salad was first introduced to the world in a G&S Salad E-cookbook, but I felt like it was a bit hidden from the world.
So I made the executive decision to post it…because who is going to tell me no? 😉
First of all, you will not believe how delicious and tangy this salad dressing is!
Like. YUM.
It stays true to the flavors of pizza sauce, but jazzed up a bit.
Clean Eating Pizza Salad for 1 #cleaneating #healthy #pizza #salad #sammisrecipes Click To TweetAs for the salad ingredients, these are the toppings I prefer on a pizza, but feel free to use whatever toppings you like. I think mushrooms or sausage would be a great addition too!
No matter what toppings you use, you will love this healthy and hearty salad!
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Clean Eating Pizza Salad
Ingredients
Salad
- 3 cups spring mix salad
- 1/2 cup orange bell pepper, sliced
- 1/4 cup red onion, sliced
- 20 pieces turkey pepperoni
- 10 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2 Tbsp sliced black olives
- 1 Tbsp Parmesan Cheese, grated
Dressing
- 1 Tbsp tomato paste
- 1 1/2 Tbsp water
- 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 tsp garlic salt
- 1/4 tsp oregano
- dash ground black pepper
Instructions
- Layer salad ingredients on a large dinner plate.
- Whisk together all dressing ingredients in a small bowl. Add more water in 1 tsp increments if you prefer your dressing looser.
- Top salad ingredients with dressing and enjoy!
This looks delicious, what a great idea! I love that you can make a version for the whole family.
Thanks Hope! Yes, it’s such a great recipe because it feeds just you or the whole family. I hope you enjoy it! 🙂
I just pinned your awesome Pizza Salad and thanks so much for sharing it with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
Love this recipe, Sammi! It’s got all the flavours of pizza in a much healthier package! Tweeted, scheduled to pin and will share later today on the Hearth and Soul Facebook page. Thank you for sharing, and hope to ‘see’ you at Hearth and Soul again this week!
Have I ever told you how sweet you are, April? Thank you so much for supporting me and my recipes each week. Blessings to you!!!
This looks AMAZING!!! Pinned to try it. Thanks for sharing at Sunday Fitness Food 🙂
Thank you Angela! I really hope you enjoy it!!
Sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner Link up!
Pizza with less guilt…yes, please! Thanks for linking up to the Creative K Kids’ Tasty Tuesday, I look forward to seeing what you come up with next week!
Totally! No guilt here, only deliciousness!! Thanks for hanging out at G&S, Amanda. 🙂
Totally! No guilt here, only deliciousness. 😉 Thanks for hanging out at G&S, Amanda!
Sammi, The salad looks wonderful and very similar to one I have made for myself. Your pictures are gorgeous and show off this salad beautifully! Pinned to share . . . AND going to feature your recipe at Snickerdoodle link party this Saturday! Thanks for linking up and sharing with us!
~Laurie
Oh my goodness! Thank you so much, Laurie! I am honored. 🙂 I really appreciate your kind words and will “see” you on Saturday!
This looks absolutely amazing! What a creative idea 🙂
Thanks Janelle! It is SO yummy!!
Beautiful, Sammi! I gotta try this. Maybe with the addition of the turkey pepperoni (which I already use in my homemade pizza recipe), my non-salad loving son will actually look forward to salad!
Thank you!
Hi Gleniece! I SO appreciate the compliments and really hope your pizza loving son will give this salad a try. Tell him if my pizza loving 7 year old boy tried and liked he will too. 😉 Blessings to you!