Who doesn't love pizza? Just because we're vegan doesn't mean we don't crave a good hearty pizza on a weekly basis. haha Here's my tips for awesome vegan pizza with endless variety to keep you satisfied week after week (or day after day, depending on how serious your pizza addiction is).
Quick & Easy Pizza Crust
makes one 12 to 14 in crust
Ingredients:
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
- 2 1/4 teaspoon active dry yeast (equivalent to one packet)
- 3 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 heaping cups all purpose flour or whole wheat pastry flour or mixture
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Dissolve sugar and yeast in the water. Mix in oil and salt.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine liquid mixture with the flour, a bit at a time.
- Knead the dough 5-10 times.
- Let dough sit for 10-20 minutes.
- Roll dough onto pizza stone or baking sheet. Prebake for about 8 minutes.
- Take dough out of oven. Add desired sauce and toppings.
- Bake for 10-15 more minutes, depending on desired doneness.
- Take out of the oven, let cool off, enjoy!!
- canned pizza sauce
- homemade pesto sauce (see archives for my recipe)
- jar of "bruschetta" spread (usually various marinated veggies and tomato sauce)
Yummy Pizza Toppings
- tempeh, any variety, be sure to steam first and then brown in a bit of oil
- tofu, firm variety, crumble up with hands and add things like fresh basil, a bit of salt, some nutritional yeast, etc.
- canned olives
- onion
- tomato
- broccoli... ok, any veggie you want
- fresh herbs
- vegan cheese- I recommend either Daiya or Follow Your Heart mozzarella flavors
If you're in a time crunch, Amy's Roasted Veggie No Cheese frozen pizza is delicious. It is available at HyVee. You can add toppings or cheese to it if you like. We ate it as is and it was yummy, although a bit on the light side.
Side note: If any of you ever make it out to St. Louis, Pi Pizzeria has delicious vegan pizza!!!!!!
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