Showing posts with label Easy Pizza Night. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easy Pizza Night. Show all posts

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Vegan pizza crust


This post was originally published as Easy Pizza Night by Laurel on Health Food blog.
Using pre-made pizza doughs can be such a huge time saver when you’re craving a pizza night. I bought some gluten-free pizza crusts from a brand called Udi’s. They were in the frozen section at my favorite health food store. I was hoping to find a vegan pizza crust, but was unsuccessful on that grocery trip. I chose Udi’s because the ingredient list was short and I could use them right out of the freezer. No need to defrost and perfect for a busy night!
For my sauce, I used store-bought organic marinara and added some fresh basil and garlic to flavor it up. I used vegan mozzarella alternative from Galaxy Foods for my cheese. So far this is the best tasting cheese alternative I’ve tried. I wouldn’t eat big pieces of it plain, but it works great on pizza or burritos, and I don’t even miss real cheese.
For toppings I used green bell pepper and shiitake mushroom caps. Then I drizzled a little olive oil on top to make things crispy.
One of these days I’m going to get a bread maker and attempt to make my own crust, but these frozen doughs were so easy and convenient for a fast weeknight dinner.
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