Saturday, December 5, 2015

Pizza at Papa Murphy's

                Pizza.  It truly is one of my favorite foods.  Despite my love of pizza, I had never been to Papa Murphy’s before.  I had driven past different locations, but I had never been inside one of their establishments.  Then someone told my mom they had gluten-free pizza.  After we heard this, we knew we had to give Papa Murphy’s a try.           
                Before we could try Papa Murphy’s gluten-free pizza we had to research the crust to make sure I could eat it with my allergy.  I was very happy to discover they were using pizza crusts from Udi’s.  They are a great gluten-free company and I knew that with their crusts I would be okay.
                My mom and I decided we would get one of the vegetable pizzas on the gluten-free crust.  Since I had never been to Papa Murphy’s before I did not know what to expect.  I must say the pizza was good.  It probably would have been even better if we had fully read the directions on how to bake it.  That’s something to note.  When getting a pizza from Papa Murphy’s, make sure to read ALL the instructions before baking in order to get the pizza just as you like it. 
                As great as it is that Papa Murphy’s has gluten-free pizza crust, there are some things to be aware of. First, the gluten-free pizzas are prepared in the exact same space as the regular crust pizzas. There isn’t any separation between the two which does create a risk for cross-contamination. Also, it is possible that not every location will have the gluten-free pizza crusts. I suggest calling ahead to make sure that particular establishment has them. Questions about the gluten-free pizza crusts and how they are handled are available on the Papa Murphy’s website, www.papamurphys.com.