Greetings, Seafoodies!
Quick math problem for you (don’t worry, it’s the fun kind): pizza delivery takes 45 minutes and costs a small fortune. This Shrimp and Pesto Naan Pizza takes about 20 minutes and uses ingredients you can grab in one quick grocery run. We’ll let you check our work, but we’re pretty confident this one solves itself.
The school year has a way of turning dinnertime into a nightly race against the clock, and that’s exactly when naan earns its keep. It skips everything slow about homemade pizza—no dough to rise, nothing to knead, no rolling pin required—and goes straight to the good part. While the oven preheats, the shrimp sauté in about four minutes flat. From there, it’s just pesto, roasted red pepper strips, fresh mozzarella and Parmesan layered onto the bread, then 8 to 10 minutes of baking until the edges turn golden and the cheese goes melty. A shower of basil ribbons at the end and you’re officially eating better than the delivery person’s other customers.
Now, about the assembly line: this is where you put your crew to work. Hand each kid their own naan and let them take it from there—one might go heavy on the cheese, another might arrange their shrimp in a perfect spiral and somebody will inevitably declare pesto “the green sauce” and demand extra. However it shakes out, kids who build their own dinner have a funny habit of finishing it, too.
There’s some quiet nutrition happening underneath all that fun. Shrimp provides lean protein plus omega-3s that give school-age brains the support they need and choosing whole-wheat naan sneaks fiber into pizza night without anyone noticing. Each slice also inches your family closer to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendation of three or more servings of seafood per week—which might make this the only homework everyone’s excited about.
Thankfully, whenever the “what’s for dinner” chorus starts up, now you’ve got your answer. Busy night, Tuesday night, any night: shrimp on pizza just works.
Class dismissed—now go preheat that oven!
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Shrimp and Pesto Naan Pizza
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 1/2 tsp. olive oil
- 8–11 medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 2 pieces whole-wheat naan bread
- 1/4 cup prepared pesto
- 1 roasted red bell pepper, cut into strips
- 2 oz. fresh mozzarella, sliced
- 2 oz. grated Parmesan
- 4 basil leaves, thinly sliced into ribbons
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- While oven is heating, sauté shrimp in olive oil in a medium pan for about 2 minutes per side, or until fully cooked.
- Place naan pieces on large baking sheet and top evenly with pesto, sautéed shrimp, roasted pepper strips, mozzarella and Parmesan.
- Bake until bread is golden brown around edges and cheese is melted, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle basil ribbons on top of pizzas.
- Transfer pizzas to a cutting board and let cool for 5 minutes.
Notes
Video styling: Monica Lavin of Lavin Label
Videography: iMint Media
- Category: Shrimp
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