Easy Pesto Pizza Recipe

This Easy Pesto Pizza Recipe  comes together in less than 15 minutes! A perfect busy weeknight meal or a fun party appetizer! Make it super easy with a store bought crust, or do it all from scratch with my fool proof pizza dough recipe.

I’m so excited to be partnering with Crystal Farms® Cheeseto bring you this FAST dinner idea! Our family loves Crystal Farms Cheeses and we are so grateful when our readers support the brands that make Wine & Glue possible!

It’s the first week of Summer Break! It took until like the last week in May for me to feel excited about it and I think it was because that was when I finally got all the kids in their activities for the summer and figured out a work schedule that would actually let me play with my kids this summer. And now I’m PUMPED they are finally out of school! We took them out of activities while we were selling our house and moving so I have #allthemomguilt and I’m ready to see them all jazzed at being back at it.

But.

The catch to all of it is that *all* of our summer activities are at night! Like right around the time my family should be eating dinner. Or they end like at the time we usually sit down for dinner. EEEEEP! Every.single.night. So I’m on the hunt for easy dinner recipes that can be prepped ahead of time or have very little prep time and very little cooking time.

That shouldn’t be hard, I mean, this like my job, right? Lol!

EASY PESTO PIZZA RECIPE

So this Easy Pesto Pizza totally fits the bill! It is full of delicious summer flavors of tomatoes and basil and it is literally five minutes of prep and less than ten minutes of cooking time. Which means that you can have this guy on your table in under 15 minutes. Throw together a great summer salad while the pizza is cooking and you are totally set! And it is ridiculously yummy. It would also work perfectly as a fast party appetizer!

THE PERFECT CHEESES FOR PESTO PIZZA

Crystal Farms Shredded Mozzarella and Shredded Parmesan are the perfect cheeses for this pizza! They are delicious, natural with few preservatives, and a rich source of protein. Their Shredded Mozzarella is our go-to for pizza night because it melts so perfectly and I want to put their Shredded Parmesan on all.the.things.

MORE GREAT PESTO RECIPES

If you can’t get enough pesto in your life try these recipes too!

• Italian Pesto Sliders
• Easy Pesto Pasta Salad
• Pesto Cream Cheese Pinwheels
• Italian Pesto Chicken Salad

Print Recipe

Easy Pesto Pizza

This Easy Pesto Pizza Recipe comes together in less than 15 minutes! A perfect busy weeknight meal or a fun party appetizer!

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time10 mins

Total Time20 mins

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: pesto pizza recipe

Servings: 8 pieces

Calories: 212kcal

Author: Lisa Longley

Ingredients

• 1 store bought thin crust baked, not dough
• 1/2 cup store bought pesto
• 2 cups Crystal Farms Shredded Mozzarella
• 1 roma tomato diced
• fresh basil
• 1/4 cup Crystal Farms Shredded Parmesan

Instructions

• Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.
• Spread the pesto over your pizza crust. Top with mozzarella. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and top with tomato, basil, and shredded parmesan.

Nutrition

Serving: 1piece | Calories: 212kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 540mg | Potassium: 4mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 500IU | Vitamin C: 4.1mg | Calcium: 230mg | Iron: 1.1mg

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Crystal Farms® Cheese. The opinions and text are all mine.