How to make the best white pizza with spinach, onions, and mushrooms - This recipe uses a homemade dough and ranch dressing to make a thick and crispy crust. Easy to make with lots of garlic and fresh veggies. This is a healthy vegetarian recipe.
The thing I love most about pizza is that you can eat it every week, and it never gets old.
I suppose it would get old if you ate it the same way each and every week, but we don't. We've had chicken crust pizza (my favorite!), BBQ chicken pizza, chicken bacon ranch pizza, pulled pork pizza, Taco Bell copycat Mexican pizza, and a grilled pizza with traditional pepperoni and mushrooms.
Our CSA subscription started last week, and we have a lot of great veggies in the fridge, so we thought we'd try our hand at a veggie pizza. Greens have been especially prevalent in the boxes we've gotten from the farm, so spinach had to be the #1 ingredient. We've also gotten a couple of onions, so one of those went in. After that, we went with some grocery store favorites including mushrooms and black olives. If we'd had garlic scapes, we would have included those as well. I love garlic scapes.
I think there's something to be said for a homemade pizza crust. We almost always make our own and love the texture of the thick crust, but if you are pressed for time or just prefer to cut out that bit of the work, you could buy a premade crust in the dairy case of the grocery store or even use a package of crescent rolls. Your baking time will be slightly different in those cases, so watch your pizza carefully and adjust times as needed.
We also make our own ranch dressing using this recipe for ranch dressing mix. It's one of those easy recipes that you can make once and stick away in the cupboard and use for months. It's easy to whip up and then we store it in a half-pint mason jar with the rest of the spices.
The great thing about this pizza is that you can use whatever vegetables you like. I'm not a fan of fresh tomatoes, so we didn't use them, but if you are, you could very easily add halved cherry tomatoes or even a whole Roma tomato diced up. Same with bell peppers, cauliflower, and broccoli. All would be great additions to this pizza.
How to make the best white pizza with spinach, onions, and mushrooms
- Preheat the oven to 400º and spritz your pizza stone with cooking spray.
- Unroll the dough on the stone. Starting at the center, press dough into a large circle. Try to fill the stone if you can.
- Press garlic onto uncooked dough using a garlic press. Use a knife to spread garlic around achieving an even layer of garlic over the entire crust.
- Pre-bake the crust for 10 minutes or until the crust is just beginning to turn golden on top.
- Spread ranch evenly over the garlic, leaving a 1-inch border around the edge of the pizza. You may not need the entire ½ cup of dressing. It's better to err on the side of dry than too wet.
- Top ranch with spinach, mushrooms, onion, and olives and then the cheese. Note that you can add the cheese before or after the toppings.
- Bake for13 to 16 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted.
Here is the link to our favorite homemade pizza dough. You could use a pre-made dough, and that would certainly save both time and effort, but the homemade dough is really delicious and I promise that you won't regret taking the extra time.
Here is the link to our favorite homemade ranch dressing powder. That post includes directions for making dressing from the seasoning mix.
If you're interested in homemade pizza, check out these 24 frugal & healthy recipes for everything from the perfect grilled crust to the most unique pizza toppings.
Homemade White Pizza with Spinach, Onion, and Mushrooms
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pizza crust uncooked
- 2 cloves garlic pressed
- ½ cup ranch dressing
- ½ cup mushrooms Sliced
- 1 cup spinach fresh, coarsely shredded or sliced into ribbons
- 1 medium onion sliced into rounds
- ¼ cup Black olives sliced
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese Shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400º. Spray pizza stone with cooking spray.
- Unroll dough on stone; starting at center, press dough into a large circle.
- Press garlic onto uncooked dough and use a knife to spread it around. Try to have an even layer of garlic over the whole pizza.
- Prebake the crust for 10 minutes or until the crust is just beginning to turn golden on top.
- Spread ranch evenly over garlic, leaving a 1-inch edge with no sauce. Note that you may not need the full ½ cup of ranch. It's best to err on the dry side than the wet side.
- Top ranch with spinach, mushrooms, olives, and onion, then cheese.
- Bake for 13 to 16 minutes, or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted.
Terry says
It looks so good, I'll have to try this! Can't get enough pizza in this lifetime!
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Terry says
It looks so good, I'll have to try this! Can't get enough pizza in this lifetime!
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*~Michelle~* says
Oh my son will love this......he douses his pizza (and most everything, lol) with Ranch dressing~!
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*~Michelle~* says
Oh my son will love this......he douses his pizza (and most everything, lol) with Ranch dressing~!
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Jen L. says
Kinda want to dive into that face-first...
Jen L. says
Kinda want to dive into that face-first...
Katie says
Oh yummy!! I can't wait to try it! It looks sooo delicious, and sounds easy to make! I will have to subtract the onions, at least on his portion, or else Dustin will have a fit.
Katie says
Oh yummy!! I can't wait to try it! It looks sooo delicious, and sounds easy to make! I will have to subtract the onions, at least on his portion, or else Dustin will have a fit.
Tara says
Katie - We left our onions in big rings because we all like them, but if you cut them small enough, they'd cook nicely and be totally invisible under the cheese in the finished pizza! 🙂
Tara says
Katie - We left our onions in big rings because we all like them, but if you cut them small enough, they'd cook nicely and be totally invisible under the cheese in the finished pizza! 🙂
Carey says
Yum, love homemade pizza. Thanks for sharing your recipe. mine is up too.
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Carey says
Yum, love homemade pizza. Thanks for sharing your recipe. mine is up too.
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Sarah Caron says
Ooh. I LOVE homemade pizza. This one sounds like a really interesting take on it. Thanks for sharing!
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Sarah Caron says
Ooh. I LOVE homemade pizza. This one sounds like a really interesting take on it. Thanks for sharing!
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Erin Pyle says
You forgot to include a great step to your recipe. The fact that it cooks awesome on your pampered chef round stone because the crust cooks evenly and is just soft or crunchy enough the way you like it. hehe
We love to make pizza on our stone too. 🙂
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erin says
You forgot to include a great step to your recipe. The fact that it cooks awesome on your pampered chef round stone because the crust cooks evenly and is just soft or crunchy enough the way you like it. hehe
We love to make pizza on our stone too. 🙂
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Overwhelmed With Joy! says
I really LOVE homemade pizza! The kids like to help make it too. We'll try your veggie ranch pizza recipe one night!
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Overwhelmed With Joy! says
I really LOVE homemade pizza! The kids like to help make it too. We'll try your veggie ranch pizza recipe one night!
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