Homemade Veggie Pizza

Making Pizza Is Easy, Fun, CHEAP + It Tastes Incredible!

How To Make Pizza: Making your own pizza is so easy, fun and cheap, we really don't know why people buy pizza. Especially for those who don't eat dairy.

Last I heard, giant pizza chains don't yet offer vegan pizza. You can buy them frozen, but they're expensive, and a pale imitation of REAL pizza.

Make up your own combinations of toppings - use onions and mushrooms, broccoli, kale, zucchini, veggie sausage, tempeh or seitan. Get creative!

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Time for dough to rise: 60 min

Total Prep & Cook Time: 40 min

12 Servings: Makes two 10 x 12 rectangles or two 14 inch round thin crust pizzas

Nutrition Data, 111g Serving: 343 cal, 95 cal from fat, 54g carb, 10g fat, 541mg sodium, 4g fiber, 8g protein, 4g Sugars, low Cholesterol, good source Iron. Estimated glycemic load 34

Pizza Dough Ingredients:

• 5 cups unbleached white bread flour
• OR 5 cups all purpose + 2 Tbsp vital wheat gluten
• OR 1/2 whole wheat and 1/2 white flour
• OR gluten free bread flour mix
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 cups warm water
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 2 envelopes dry yeast

Pizza Dough Directions:

1. Dissolve the sugar and yeast in the warm water, set aside until it foams
2. Measure the flour and add salt
3. Add the yeast and water, mix together
4. Add another 1 - 2 Tbsp water if needed to make a flexible dough
5. Knead for about 10 minutes on a lightly floured surface, until smooth and elastic
6. Oil the dough lightly, and put in an oiled bowl to rise
7. Cover with a damp cloth and rise until doubled in size (approx 1 hour), in a warm spot, like the top of the fridge
8. Punch down, knead briefly, and divide into two balls
9. Using a rolling pin, roll the balls of dough on a floured surface into two 14 inch rounds or 10 x 12 inch rectangles about 1/8 inch thick
10. Spread oil and herbs evenly over the bread, and sprinkle with salt
11. Place on pizza pans
12. While the dough is rising for an hour, make the sauce and prepare the toppings
13. Time Saver Tip: Mix and rise the dough in a breadmaker if you have one

Pizza Sauce Ingredients:

• 1 - 6 oz can tomato paste
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 Tbsp mediterranean herb mix
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder OR 1 Tbsp minced fresh garlic
• 1/2 tsp onion powder or 2 Tbsp minced onion
• 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce or Braggs Liquid Aminos
• 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp fresh gr black pepper
• pinch cayenne

Pizza Sauce Directions:

1. Fry onion & garlic in olive oil on med/low until golden
2. Add herbs and heat briefly
3. Combine all with tomato paste & water
4. Add remaining ingredients and stir

Pizza Toppings:

• Pizza #1:
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 Tbsp mediterranean herb mix
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder OR 1 Tbsp minced fresh garlic
• 2 cups shredded dairy or non-dairy cheese
• Pizza #2:
• 1 Tbsp soy sauce or Braggs Liquid Aminos
• 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp fresh gr black pepper
• pinch cayenne
• 2 cups shredded dairy or non-dairy cheese

Assembling the Pizzas:

1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees
2. Brush the rolled out pizza dough lightly with olive oil
3. Spread pizza sauce thinly on the dough, leaving 1" bare on all sides
4. Sprinkle half the shredded cheese in a thin layer on top of the sauce
5. Arrange the toppings decoratively on top of the cheese
6. Sprinkle the rest of the cheese
7. Bake for 10 - 20 minutes until cheese is melted and crust is golden
8. If you don't have room in your oven to put the pizzas side by side, put one on the rack below, and switch them half way through baking
9. When the pizza is done, cool in the pan on a cake rack for 5 minutes before cutting

Cooking Tips: Don't be fooled by the long lists of ingredients and directions into thinking that pizza is complicated to make! It's not! Making pizza is just a simple step by step process. Once you've done it once you'll be able to make pizza in your sleep. And it's ideal for cooking with kids!

By the way, you can freeze your homemade pizza for future pizza attacks, or when ordering a pizza is the only thing you have the energy to do. Easier, cheaper and healthier to pull a pizza out of the freezer and bake it!

Feel free to substitute a mixture of whole grain flours for half the white flour, use gf flour mix, or buy a jar of spaghetti or pizza sauce if you don't feel like making your own. If tomato's not your thing, try basil pesto or parsley walnut pesto as a pizza sauce

You'll need two round pizza pans or two cookie sheets, a large mixing bowl, and a rolling pin.

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