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    Oh My Veggies » Vegetarian Recipes » Vegetarian Main Dishes

    French Bread Pizza with Pesto and Sun-Dried Tomatoes

    Published: Dec 6, 2019 · by Nicole · Updated: Aug 5, 2021 · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    French Bread Pizza with Pesto & Sun-Dried TomatoesFrozen french bread pizza is good, but this easy homemade French Bread Pizza with Pesto and Sun-Dried Tomatoes tastes even better—and it's vegetarian!

    Singing and Eating

    When you first move in with someone, you learn all sorts of little tidbits about that someone's personality. Some of these things are endearing, while others, not so much.

    After moving in with me, for example, I'm sure my husband wasn't pleased to find out that I make up little songs about everything. Especially cats. And sometimes I like to sing obscure 80s songs replacing key words with my cats' names. ("Miso likes to party all the time/Party all the time/Party all the tiiiiime"—come on, that's not annoying at all, right?)

    And I didn't know about my husband's deep, abiding love for junk food. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love some good junk food now and then too. But my husband? He is serious about the stuff. I find Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Cocoa Krispies hidden in the back of the pantry, behind boxes of Kashi and Erewhon. Pints of Ben & Jerry's covered with bags of frozen green beans. One time I was looking for an envelope and while searching through his desk, I came upon a whole drawer full of Pop-Tarts. A whole drawer of them, all neatly stacked in their neon-colored, fruit-flavored glory.

    French Bread Pizza IngredientsFrozen vs Homemade

    Back when we first starting living together, before I really taught myself how to cook, we used to buy a lot of frozen meals and Chris always loaded up on French bread pizzas. This was fascinating to me because it wasn't something I ever had before. Pizza? On bread? Crazy! But he got me started on them and soon I was buying them for myself all the time too, even though I knew they were probably not the best thing I could be eating.

    These French bread pizzas are a little more sophisticated than the frozen kind, though. I used my frozen pesto instead of tomato sauce since I have a lot of it in the freezer, and then I topped the pizzas with homemade sun-dried tomatoes because I still have tomatoes ripening on the countertop from the summer. They're easy, they taste good, and you don't have to hide them in the freezer underneath the frozen vegetables.

    Recipe

    French Bread Pizza with Pesto & Sun-Dried Tomatoes Recipe

    French Bread Pizza with Pesto and Sun-Dried Tomatoes

    A grown-up version of the frozen favorite—French Bread Pizza!
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    Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: American, Italian
    Diet: Vegetarian
    Keyword: French Bread Pizza, French Bread Pizza with Pesto and Sun-Dried Tomatoes, pizza recipe, vegetarian pizza recipe
    Servings: 2 servings
    Calories: 590kcal
    Author: Oh My Veggies

    Ingredients

    • 1 French demi-baguette halved lengthwise
    • ¼ cup pesto
    • ½ cup mozzarella or Italian-blend cheese shredded
    • ⅓ cup oven-roasted cherry tomatoes or oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes
    US Customary - Metric

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350°F.
    • Place bread on baking sheet. Top each half with 2 tablespoons of pesto, ¼ cup of cheese, and tomatoes. Bake for about 10 minutes, or until cheese has melted.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 590kcalCarbohydrates: 76gProtein: 21gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 1277mgPotassium: 787mgFiber: 6gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 974IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 309mgIron: 6mg
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    1. Katie says

      December 15, 2012 at 12:05 am

      mmmm Cinnamon Toast Crunch 😉
      we make french bread pizza pretty frequently in our house, though I've never used sun dried tomatoes. I love them, so that's a great idea!

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      • Kiersten says

        December 18, 2012 at 8:02 am

        I love Cinnamon Toast Crunch too. 😉 When I find that Chris bought it, I always end up stealing some. I can't resist!

        Reply
    2. Jennifer H says

      December 15, 2012 at 8:37 am

      This looks SO good!!

      Reply
    3. Kelly @ Texas Type A Mom says

      December 16, 2012 at 9:55 pm

      What a great idea for a quick lunch! Especially if you have the frozen pesto on hand!

      Reply
    4. SynchroSwimmer says

      December 29, 2012 at 9:07 am

      Time to go make some French bread pizzas!

      Reply
    5. Margaret says

      April 13, 2015 at 9:37 pm

      i made it and it was SO good!

      Reply
      • Margaret says

        April 13, 2015 at 9:39 pm

        Really quick and easy!

        Reply
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