Veggie Pizza

Out of the many types of pizza out there, veggie pizza wouldn’t normally be my first choice. My favorite toppings for store-bought pizza are Hawaiian or Italian sausage, and I've never been that great about eating my vegetables. 

That’s why it’s surprising that my very favorite meal is homemade veggie pizza which my husband and I invented. It’s delicious, and chock full of vegetables.

Veggie pizza, fresh from the oven

For the base we use either pizza crust or slices of French bread. Our chosen toppings are cheese, zucchini and tomato slices, grated carrot, and onion. You could easily add meat or other toppings of your choice.

Ingredients:

Pizza crust dough (storebought or your favorite recipe)

½ cup spaghetti sauce

Vegetable oil

1 medium onion

1 medium carrot, grated

1 medium zucchini

1 large or 2 small tomatoes, sliced

Soy sauce

Italian seasoning

Chili powder

Black pepper

1 cup shredded cheese

Flatten dough into a greased 9x13 pan. Spread spaghetti sauce on the top.

Cut onion into thin wedges and sauté in a small amount of oil. Add grated carrot to the onions. Cut zucchini into very thin coins and add to the onions and carrots. Season with 1-2 tsp soy sauce, ½ -1 tsp Italian seasoning, ¼ - ½ tsp chili powder, and a dash of pepper. Cook until carrot is soft and zucchini is translucent. (While cooking, you may need to add water in increments of 2 tsp if the pan looks dry).

Spread the cooked veggies onto the pizza base. Arrange the sliced tomato on top as well. Coat lightly with shredded cheese. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes (it's hard to wait that long, but worth it!)

Variation: For personal-sized pizzas, use slices of French bread instead of pizza dough. You may want to toast the bread before adding the spaghetti sauce. Add sauce and toppings as usual, and reduce the bake time to 5 minutes. 

Enjoy!

~ Snickerdoodle