Pepperoni Pizza Salad

Most of my adult life I was a vegetarian and dabbled in raw and vegan. I have a true, intimate love for salads as they were a huge part of my eating life for a long time. Now that I am a Trim Healthy Mama, salads take on a new meaning. They are chocked full of protein and healthy fats that really trim my waistline and keep me full. In my veggie days, there's no wonder I (a) wasn't loosing any weight and (b) always felt hungry.

Salad with Pizza Sauce??? No wait... It's good, I promise!

A great way to have this salad is to make sure when you make your Super Speedy Crust Pizza or Fooled Ya Pizza, you save 2 Tablespoons of pizza sauce..... way back in the frig so no one thinks is a mystery food and throws it out!

Into my salad went all the things that I love on a pizza:

pepperoni

orange peppers

mozzarella

onions

(lettuce of coarse)

Not pictured but would work:

crumbled sausage

green peppers

olives (yuck, I hate olives)
fresh herbs like basil and Italian parsley

...and so on...you get the idea

Pizza Sauce Salad dressing:

2 Tbs Pizza Sauce + Ranch Dressing = Creamy Dreamy Pizza Taste!

Mark my words, when you finish eating this you'll swear you just consumed a naughty pizza and won't even miss the bread! Promise ;)

My favorite Pepperoni is:

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