This heart-healthy vegetable pizza recipe is packed with tons of fresh, flavorful roasted vegetables.
Pick up your favorite vegetables at a neighborhood farmers market and turn them into veggie pizza toppings for a guilt-free, easy-to-make pizza. Pair this veggie pizza recipe with a green salad for a perfect weeknight or weekend meal.
Ingredients:
1 package pizza dough (try whole grain!)
1 can low-sodium pizza sauce
1 cup low-fat shredded cheese
1 cup sliced mushrooms
½ cup diced green bell pepper
½ cup diced red pepper
½ cup diced red onion
1 cup spinach (torn into pieces)
Canadian bacon chopped into bite-size pieces (optional)
Fresh chopped basil (optional)
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Let dough rise in a bowl, covered with a dish towel for about an hour to bring it to room temperature. Spray cooking sheet or pizza pan with cooking spray. Spread dough onto pan with hands or a rolling pin (add a bit of flour if it is too sticky). Bake the dough for approximately 5 minutes. Remove from the oven.
Spoon on a thin layer of sauce and add cheese.
Layer toppings on top of the sauce and cheese. Sprinkle fresh basil, if desired. Finish cooking for about 15 minutes.
- 1 package pizza dough (try whole grain!)
- 1 can low-sodium pizza sauce
- 1 cup low-fat shredded cheese
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- ½ cup diced green bell pepper
- ½ cup diced red pepper
- ½ cup diced red onion
- 1 cup spinach, torn into pieces
- Canadian bacon chopped into bite-size pieces (optional)
- Fresh chopped basil (optional)
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Let dough rise in a bowl, covered with a dish towel for about an hour to bring it to room temperature.
- Spray cooking sheet or pizza pan with cooking spray.
- Spread dough onto pan with hands or a rolling pin. Add a bit of flour if it is too sticky.
- Bake the dough for approximately 5 minutes.
- Remove from the oven.
- Spoon on a thin layer of sauce and add cheese.
- Layer toppings on top of the sauce and cheese.
- Sprinkle fresh basil, if desired.
- Finish cooking for about 15 minutes
Find a farmers market near you to take advantage of the season’s best veggies!
