Papa Murphy’s Copy-Cat Gourmet Vegetarian Pizza with Creamy Garlic Sauce Recipe
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Don’t get me wrong . . . I love meat! But there is just something about this pizza that is absolutely amazing. It is hands-down my favorite pizza but the only time I get to eat it is with my sisters because my husband refuses to even try it . . . he is definitely a “Meat-Lover” pizza kind of guy. So, after years of searching, I think that I have finally come up with the perfect copy-cat recipe that I can make at home to feed my cravings.
Papa Murphy’s CopyCat Gourmet Vegetarian Pizza with Creamy Garlic Sauce
Ingredients:
-1 unbaked pizza crust (either homemade or store-bought- the homemade crust is what I used in the picture and it is amazing!)
-1 recipe Creamy Garlic Sauce (see recipe below)
-Fresh spinach
-Sliced zucchini
-Mushrooms
-Artichoke Hearts
-Tomatoes
-Minced Onions
-Grated Mozzarella Cheese
-Parmesan Cheese
Directions:
Spread pizza crust in pan (I used a small 8″ cake pan for this recipe). Spread creamy garlic sauce on top of crust. Add fresh vegetables (and any other toppings you like), sprinkle cheeses on top, and bake according to crust directions.
Creamy Garlic Sauce Recipe
This sauce is amazing! I love to use it in place of regular tomato pizza sauce. This will make enough sauce for one very large pizza or about 3 personal-sized pizzas.
Ingredients:
1 cup ranch dressing
1 Tablespoon minced garlic
1 Tablespoon Parmesan cheese
1 tsp garlic salt
Dash of minced green onions
Dash of Italian seasoning
Mix all ingredients together and use as desired.












Wow, does that ever look fabulous! Going to try it ASAP!
What kind of ranch dressing did you use? I tried a copycat recipe for the chicken garlic pizza with the garlic sauce and didnt think it tasted anything like it. How does this sauce compare to the real papa murphys.
We use Hidden Valley Ranch and I seriously feel like this recipe is the closest I have gotten to the real thing! I have been playing around with the recipe for a long time and feel like this is pretty dang close.
That sounds delish! My husband is a meat lover pizza kind of guy too and wouldn’t go for it…but I’ll definitely have to try it when we have a home-made pizza night and each make our own. Thanks for sharing this!
Well , I don’t like pizza on 40 C degrees but this one look suitable for those how must eat pizza even is to hot
I love this blog. You girls have the best and yummiest recipes. I went to school at USU with Camille. We were on PLC together and I live in Vernal by your cousin Amber Hadlock. It is so fun to follow your blog!!!! Love it! Way to go AGGIES!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! This our all time favorite pizza that we would get every Friday night. Of course lately it’s become a special treat cause of no money to spare so to finally have a recipe where I can recreate our favorite pizza… I’m jumping up and down!! Now if only my zucchini had grown this year!!
Hi Camille,
I just love your Pizza and can’t wait to have a taste! Have a great weekend and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
A New Follower
That pizza is my favorite from Papa Murphys too!! Love it!! Going to try this soon
This is dumb, but i have never bought them before – do you buy artichoke hearts canned for this pizza?
There are no dumb questions!
I just buy canned artichoke hearts. You can buy them marinated or plain (I like them plain, but my family likes the marinated ones). Both work great for this recipe!
Thank you for sharing this recipe! The sauce is great! We found the chopped garlic tasted too raw for our tastes, so I strained it out this week (did you catch that this is the second weekend in a row we made this)and boy was it ever the best sauce! Seriously, a major copy cat of the real thing. Next time I think I’ll just use garlic powder to add that needed garlic flavor. Thank you again for sharing!
This is our all-time favorite pizza! Thanks so much for sharing! Quick question: Would reduced calorie/fat ranch dressing have the same taste?
Reduced calorie dressing would work just fine.
Do you think “greek yogurt ranch” would work? or stick to the real thing?
I think the big difference would be the taste. And if you like greek yogurt ranch, then you should be just fine!