Pizza salad
Rhiannon has shared her delicious pizza salad with you to inspire you to make your own pizza. Many ready-made pizzas fall under ultra-processed category
- 60 minutes
- Serves 2
- 4 of 5 a day


Recipe by: Rhiannon Lambert
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Ingredients
For the salad:
- 250g cherry tomatoes
- 1 aubergine
- 1 red pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 250g baby spinach
- 4 tbsp sliced olives
- 2 tbsp capers
- Handful fresh parmesan in slices
For the pitta pizza:
- 2 pitta bread
- 2 handfuls of grated cheese
- 8 tablespoons of passata
- Salt and pepper
For the dressing:
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 55ml extra-virgin olive oil
- 55ml red wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoon freshly-squeezed lemon juice
- 2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1-1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Method
- Chop and roast the red pepper and aubergine for 15 min with the dried herbs and olive oil. Add the cherry tomatoes and return to the oven for extra 10 min. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
- In a small bowl, whisk together all of the dressing ingredients.
- Spread the passata over the pitta bread, sprinkle over the salt and pepper, and cover with cheese. Bake until cheese is melted.
- Mix together the roasted veggies, spinach, olives, capers and Parmesan. Serve with pizza pitta.
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