{"id":768,"date":"2017-09-11T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crave-columbus.com\/?p=768"},"modified":"2017-09-11T10:57:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T14:57:29","slug":"avocado-cream-cheese-smoked-salmon-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crave-columbus.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/11\/avocado-cream-cheese-smoked-salmon-pizza\/","title":{"rendered":"Avocado and Cream Cheese Smoked Salmon Pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m going to be totally transparent with you\u2014the entire idea for this pizza recipe was an accident.<\/p>\n

Well, sort of.<\/p>\n

Like all good things in life, this story starts with sushi.<\/p>\n

I received a sushi bazooka from my mother as a Christmas present (if you don\u2019t know what a sushi bazooka is, I\u2019d LOVE to be able to see into your minds to know what\u2019s going on right now. NO, my mother did not gift me a cannon that shoots sushi rolls. Although that would be pretty cool.)<\/p>\n

A sushi bazooka is a little contraption that lets you make sushi at home! You just stuff in the rice, add your veggies and fish, then close the lid and it squeezes out. If I\u2019m still not making much sense, here\u2019s a visual<\/a>, even though it\u2019s highly unrelated to this smoked salmon pizza recipe whatsoever.<\/p>\n

Since this was my first time trying to make sushi at home, I needed a little guidance on where I could buy fish that was \u201csushi grade\u201d to be able to eat raw. I just so happened to be at Trader Joes a few days before my planned sushi night, and I saw that they had smoked salmon there! It looked pretty raw, so I figured this had to be the stuff and I bought it.<\/p>\n

Wrongo.<\/p>\n

Apparently the salmon you eat on lox bagels or in cute cucumber sandwiches is NOT the same kind of salmon\/fish that you use in sushi. Ugh. Long story short, I had some smoked salmon at home that I needed to use for something!<\/p>\n

\"Smoked<\/p>\n

Like all good things in life (part dos), the story was saved by Pinterest. I typed \u201crecipes with smoked salmon\u201d into the search bar, and pizzas were the first few pins to pop up! After looking (and pinning) what seemed to be dozens of recipes, I finally formulated a recipe that was a little healthy and a little original. And it was a success!<\/p>\n

\"Smoked<\/p>\n

PS, if you\u2019re interested in my other pinnings, click here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Because I wanted to keep the pizza as healthy as possible as well as gluten free, I was able to use my other Trader Joe\u2019s purchase\u2014their new(ish) cauliflower crust!!<\/p>\n

\"Smoked<\/p>\n

I KNOW this recipe would be way better with a whole wheat tortilla or store-bought pizza base, so def feel free to make the swap, I probably will in the future too. I\u2019ve also been playing around with using smoked salmon on a pizza with pesto (heathy fats FTW)\u2026 stay tuned.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

\"Smoked<\/p>\n

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Change it up and try something new for dinner! This lox inspired pizza hits a perfect balance of savory and sweet. Try it tonight!<\/p>\t<\/div>\n\t

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