Amy’s Kitchen Single Serve Pesto Pizza

May 24, 2007 | Reviewer: Jess

Amy's Kitchen Pesto Pizza - Single Serving SRP: $4.49
Serving: 1 pizza, 7 oz.
Calories: 440
Fat: 29%, 19g
Cholesterol: 5%, 15mg
Sodium: 33%, 780mg
Protein: 12g
Carbohydrates: 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.

Jess says: I really did not want to burn this pizza. I had burned the last free pizza and then I wrote about why I burned it and this caused all this debate about whether I should include unnecessary personal details in my reviews like I am currently doing. Abi also looked me square in the eye and told me not to burn it. Square in the eye is body language for an exclamation point.

Upon deplasticking the pizza, I had to release an audible ‘awww’. It looks kind of runty. I was hungry and the size of this pizza did look likely to satiate. At 440 calories I would prefer fullness. Had I paid the $4 plus dollars, I would have demanded freedom from hunger for at least three hours. But it was free to me and therefore it seemed too bold to demand anything more.

I cooked this in the office toaster oven for 6 minutes at 425 degrees, checking on it like a new mother every two minutes or so. Six minutes made the outside look gorgeous, browned the cheese, and perfumed the air with basil and garlic. However, as I went to cut it into 4 square pieces like Mama used to I realized the inside was still cold. A minute in the micry got the cheese bubbling nice enough to burn my mouth. I was quite pleased with the resulting combination of soft and crispy and would recommend this formula with an added pause for roof of mouth safety.

Out of the micry, the beauty of Amy’s Single Serve Pesto Pizza made the 7 ounce size less important. There is an ample supply of tomatoes and broccoli, all on top of a well made, comfy looking bed of pesto and cheese. The actual taste pretty closely matches the perceived taste. The pesto is robust and brings flavor to each bite. This was really pretty good and I would probably eat it again. But do you know what is my wish of wishes? I want this over pasta, maybe whole wheat penne. I’ve had the tortellini bowl. I know what you can do with pesto! Pizza is really a default meal and $4 plus is a lot to spend on pizza. Amy, give me broccoli and tomatoes over pasta in a creamy pesto sauce with a heavy hand of parmigiano and I’ll give you a 5! Girl Scout’s honor!

I had to get the nutritional information from an Amy’s press release because I lost the box. Or maybe Jess never gave me the box. Anyways, if you’re eating one of these pizzas right now and the nutritional information is different, please let me know. - Abi

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6 Responses to “Amy’s Kitchen Single Serve Pesto Pizza”

Crow on May 24th, 2007

“I cooked this in the office toaster oven for 6 minutes at 425 degrees, checking on it like a new mother every two minutes or so.”

Don’t ever let this woman reproduce. She will attempt to bake and eat her progeny, like some sort of super hamster/human hybrid.
Jill on May 24th, 2007

Yes, she does seem rather “Hansel Gretel Witch”-esque, but I have to say the writing style amuses me greatly.
Jess on May 24th, 2007

It’s true. I’m not good with babies. And for the record, yes, I am a hamster human hybrid.
lauralaura on May 25th, 2007

i like the way you write!
yay food reviews
Kate on May 25th, 2007

Great review. And don’t worry, the hamster human hybrid and I have an agreement in case she accidentally reproduces.
Nicole on May 25th, 2007

Jess and I are actually going to adopt a child later in life. And make sure that it knows it’s mother put it up for adoption because she didn’t love it.