PIZZA PARTY

THREE CHEESE PIZZA

1 pizza crust

I like to use the Rustic® organic pizza crust for ease and quickness.  I do have a pizza dough recipe at the end if you prefer to make your own.

1 can 15 oz. Muir Glen® pizza sauce

Ricotta cheese (recipe is on an earlier blog)

1 bag 8 oz. Go-Veggie® mozzarella cheese (purple packaging)

Go-Veggie® parmesan cheese (purple container)

1 green pepper chopped

1 container grape tomatoes sliced in half

Preheat oven to 350°.  Spray a pizza pan with Pam° spray.  Lay pizza crust on pan.  Spread ricotta over the crust until covered. Spread pizza sauce over the ricotta.  Top with pepper, tomatoes, and cheese.  Bake in oven for 20 minutes until bubbly hot.  Let stand a few minutes before slicing.

The great thing about pizzas is you can top them with almost anything.  If you want to add pepperoni, Light Life® makes a nice vegan style.  Onions or mushrooms are also nice to add.

Vegetable Pizza

1 Pizza crust---again you can make your own or Rustic® organic is vegan.

2 sweet potatoes—thinly sliced

Olive oil

Ground oregano

Parsley flakes

Basil

1 cup cauliflower florets blanched until slightly tender

1 cup green pepper chopped

1 cup diced tomatoes

1 zucchini diced

½ 15 oz. can Muir Glen® pizza sauce

1 15 oz. package Go Veggie® Mozzarella cheese (purple package) optional

Preheat oven to 350®.  Spray a cookie sheet with Pam® cooking spray.  Lay sweet potato slices on cookie sheet.  Brush with olive oil, sprinkle with basil, parsley, and oregano.  Bake in oven for 20 minutes until tender.  Spread pizza sauce over crust.  Top with all the vegetables including sweet potato slices.  If desired top with veggie cheese.  Bake for about 30 minutes until hot. 

I find it’s quicker and easier to use the Rustic® crust, but every now and then I like to make my own:

Pizza Crust

2-/2 to 3 cups flour (your choice)

1 tablespoon organic or Florida Crystals® sugar (most other sugars are not vegan)

1 teaspoon salt

1 package dry yeast

3 tablespoons oil

1 cup very warm water

Mix 1 cup of the flour, salt, sugar and yeast in a large bowl.  Add oil and water and beat at medium speed for about 3 minutes, scraping bowl frequently.  Stir in additional flour as need until dough is soft and leaves the side of the bowl.  Place dough on lightly floured surface.  Knead 5 to 8 minutes.  Wrap in plastic wrap and let rest for 30 minutes.  Roll out to fit a pizza pan. Partially bake at 350® before adding toppings.