Amy’s Pesto Pizza

May 9, 2007 | Reviewer: Abi

Amy's Pesto Pizza Price: $6.99
Serving: 1/3 pizza, 4.5 oz.
Calories: 310
Fat: 18%, 12g
Cholesterol: 4%, 105mg
Sodium: 20%, 480mg
Protein: 12g
Carbs: 13%, 39g
Fiber: 8%, 2g

Amy’s Kitchen says: Light tender crust topped with Amy’s homemade pesto, part skim mozzarella cheese, garden fresh organic tomato slices and broccoli florets.

Abi says: The most disappointing part of this pizza was the tomatoes. They didn’t emerge from the oven with the bright red loveliness depicted on the box. Instead, they were a rather homely shade of dull salmon. It was not a pretty sight. Fortunately, the broccoli was verdant and the taste testers were eager to try something that did not include a cornmeal crust.

Taste testers described the brocolli on Amy’s Pesto Pizza as a surprisingly delicious touch, wondering “Why don’t more pizzas come with broccoli?” Other reviewers were not enamored of the vegetables and groused about the complete lack of meat on any of the pizzas. But that was their problem, rather than a problem with Amy’s Pesto Pizza. Other comments on the pizza were quite generic and evinced a basic appreciation for pesto.

Even though the pesto serves as a base for the vegetables and cheese (and is in the NAME of the pizza), there’s a lot less than you’d think should exist. At first one might figure that the pesto is simply being covered up by cheese is some sort of Pizza Version of the Crying Game. Alas, that is not the case.

This pizza is 72% organic and approximately 72% of the people at the party said that they would eat it again if it were acquired at the rate of free. Only one person said that she would go out of her way to purchase such an expensive, yet tasty, pizza.

This pizza was provided to HeatEatReview.com by the PR folks at Amy’s Kitchen. Yes, it was free. Yay for free stuff!

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7 Responses to “Amy’s Pesto Pizza”

Ace N. on May 9th, 2007

I don’t know why, but something about the texture of non-pureed tomatoes freaks me out. A little too mealy, I guess. But I do like pesto, so if they have another pizza with pesto I may try that one. I haven’t made a trip to Whole Foods for a while.
LD on May 9th, 2007

I go out of my way to purchase this pizza all the time. I dig it–love the pesto and also love Amy’s crust.
diocito on May 10th, 2007

k-this sux bad!
can we get a review again?
a review is one persons opinion-not a room full of taste testers?!!!
did amys give instruotions on how to review?
did someone get bought out?
i read reviews here for the reviews not some group taste test!
Anna on May 10th, 2007

Someone recommended the spinach pesto variety and since trying it, I’ve been hooked. The crust really is superior to all other frozen pizzas….at least if you like a light textured type crust. I haven’t seen this one……..this broccoli one with the big freaky tomatoe. And now that you’ve likened them to salmon….well, ick.
Then again, that Amy knows what she’s doing so I should probably just stop thinking about the tomatoes. Luckily, the spinach pesto pizza doesn’t have the big tomato slices.

BTW. Costco sells the spinach pesto pizzas in packs of 3 for about $10.00…or $12.00….something like that.
Abi Jones on May 10th, 2007

Ace - I’m with you on that one. I like my tomatoes in the form of sauce, salsa, and bruschetta

LD - I too am an avid fan of the Amy’s Kitchen Pesto

diocito - no. actually, i make the rules around here. no. no. come back next week.

Anna - If you like a light, crisp crust then these pizzas are great. I haven’t tried the spinach one. I’m really picky about cooked spinach items and am worried that I won’t like it.
Anna on May 14th, 2007

Well, the spinach one isn’t too spinach-y. I think you would like it.

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Ashley on January 23rd, 2008

This is my favorite “I’m not cooking tonight, dear” meal. I like to add a little sea salt to it for some extra punch, but it’s definitly a nice Monday meal.