Goat Cheese & Arugula Pizza: Or How to Have your Pizza & Eat Salad Too

Today’s recipe — Goat Cheese & Arugula Pizza — is misleadingly easy, and misleadingly delicious. Who would have thought that you could combine salad and pizza, and end up with a dish that is delicious, satisfying, and super-easy to make?

There’s the crispy crunch of the parmesan topped crust, studded with soft bites of creamy goat cheese, plus the peppery bite of arugula dressed with olive oil and lemon. Each slice goes down deceptively easy, and for me at least, guilt-free, because…salad! Except that it’s pizza.

Let’s get to making some!

GOAT CHEESE & ARUGULA PIZZA

• 1/2 of this no-knead pizza dough recipe
• 1 1/2 tbsp. shelf-stable parmesan cheese (if you’re a cheese connoisseur you could always use fresh parmesan)
• 1/4 c. crumbled goat cheese
• 1 1/2 c. arugula
• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 tbsp. lemon juice
• 1/3 c. halved baby tomatoes

Flour a cookie tray, and spread out your dough in a rough rectangle. Let the dough rest for a bit if you want to stretch it out more (which is what I did). This will make for a thinner crust. Sprinkle the parmesan cheese over the dough, and then top with the goat cheese crumbles. Bake in a 425 degree oven for about 10 minutes, or until the dough starts to get some colour and the parmesan cheese is golden. Toss arugula and tomatoes with the olive oil and lemon juice. Spread vegetable mixture over the cheesy pizza. Cut into squares, and serve!

This is a relatively thin crust pizza — you could make it with twice the amount of dough if you prefer a thicker crust. And it’s easily customizable to the type of salad ingredients that you like. Want some sliced red onions? Add them in! Julienned pepper strips? Toss them on top! The customizations are endless!

You can serve this pizza as a lunch, or as a light supper. Think of it as having salad with a side of cheese sticks! I served it for dinner, and the DH and I ate the whole thing! This is definitely a dish that I will be making more often.

Next Post: I’m thinking the Blue Velvet Pancakes I talked about earlier. Or perhaps something else altogether?

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