Family Foodies Episode: White Pizza Choices

Tishia Lee and Kelly McCausey dish Pizza in this week’s episode.

Pizza Trends: White Sauces Are Hot

It was a little more than three years ago that I had my first taste of a pizza made with a white sauce instead of the faithful red marinara sauces that we’re all so used to. It was a Chicken Alfredo selection on the menu at Olive Garden if I remember correctly. I’ve never been wild about red sauce to be totally honest. I preferred a pizza with as little tomato sauce as possible and liked the flavor to be mild – but nothing came close to the mild creamy flavor of the alfredo pizza.

The following year I asked a local pizza restaurant if they had a white sauce alternative and was pleased to learn that I could order any pizza off the menu with a ranch base instead of red sauce. I quickly sampled their Chicken Parmesan (large strips of white breast meat and chunks of fresh tomato with mozzarella cheese and a great sprinkling of parmesan cheese over the top) with the ranch dressing base and it was delicious.

Ever since, I’ve been converted to ‘white pizza’ and continue to look for white sauce alternatives wherever I go for pizza and from what I’ve been seeing on the local pizza shop advertisements, I’m not alone in preferring a white sauce on my favorite ‘delivery’ food.

Marco’s Pizza has a ‘Big White Cheesy’ pizza that features a white garlic sauce base, thinly sliced tomatos, bacon, onions, motzarella and feta cheese. It’s my preference to have them hold the bacon and onions, leaving me with a mild veggie option that satisfies my cravings.

Cottage Inn Pizza has a ‘Spinach Alfredo’ pizza with an alfredo sauce base, spinach, mushrooms, fresh tomatoes and their special blend of three cheeses. I haven’t tried this yet but it’s next on my list.

I’ve also seen white cheese options on the menu at Dominos and even in the frozen pizza case at the grocery store. If you can find Wolfgang Puck’s 4-Cheese & Tomato – it’s very good – I’ve found it at Meijers and Sams Club.

There are still some pizza makers who will look at you with some surprize if you ask them about a white sauce option but don’t let that keep you from experimenting. If you love alfredo, garlic or ranch flavors, you’ll soon join me as a major white pizza fan.

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