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Vegan - This plant-based creation is the matchless collaboration of smart meets nutrition. It's like celebrating health and fitness, with a blast of taste for your buds in one bowl. No more boring and monotonous recipes that leave you feeling mundane and unfilled. Today's vegan is fresh, inviting and revolutionary. This unprecedented groundbreaking lifestyle cannot be denied.
Embracing a healthy vegan lifestyle can quickly fortify your body with natural vitamins B, C, E, Folic Acid Magnesium, and Iron while being low in cholesterol and saturated fats. A healthy and consistent plant-based vegan diet has proven instrumental in reducing the risk of mortality, especially from conditions like cardiovascular disease and Type-2 Diabetes. So now you know, and time to head over to your local "Natural Grocer" for more ideas and suggestions. But before you do, check out this delicious vegan pizza recipe.
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Easy Vegan Pizza with quick crust
Easy Veggie Vegan Pizza with 20-minute crust. Pizza sauce, Veggies, Mushrooms, Kalamata Olives (or green) baked to perfection. Garnished Vegan Parmesan and fresh basil. Vegan Soy-free Recipe. Nut-free with nut-free vegan Parmesan.
Ingredients
Easy crust
- 1 tsp active yeast
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1 1/4 cup flour unbleached
- 1/3 tsp salt
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano or other herbs
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder optional
Pizza toppings
- Red Pizza sauce of choice
- Sliced bell pepper
- Sliced red onion
- thinly sliced white or portobello mushrooms
- sliced zucchini or other sliced veggies of choice
- sliced kalamata olives or black olives
- 2 cloves of garlic finely chopped
- 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- fresh basil
- vegan Parmesan
- Or use any of my other homemade cheeses like cheddar, feta etc
- pepper flakes
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix warm water, yeast and 1 tbsp flour. Let it sit for a few minutes to activate.
- Add 1 cup flour, salt, herbs and garlic and olive oil and mix in. Add another 3 tbsp flour and mix in. Get your hands in there to mix and knead for a few seconds into a soft slightly sticky dough.. Add another tbsp flour if needed. Gather the dough into a ball and let it sit for 15 minutes in a warm place.
- Add a 1/2 tsp oil over the dough and spread with your hands. Gather the dough into a ball and place on parchment lined sheet.
- Use a bit of flour to spread the dough into a 13 to 14 inch size oval. Spread it depending on on how thick or thin you want the crust to be. Keep the edges thicker than the center (see video). Let it sit for a few minutes. Preheat the oven to 435 degrees F / 220ºc.
- Spread the pizza sauce on the crust. Distribute the sliced veggies, mushrooms and olives evenly.
- Mix chopped garlic with a tsp of olive oil and a pinch of salt and oregano. Sprinkle over the pizza.
- Sprinkle salt over the veggies. Sprinkle meltable vegan cheese on the veggies if using at this point.
- Bake the pizza for 17 to 19 minutes or until golden on the edges. Sprinkle vegan Parmesan of choice, chopped fresh basil, and pepper flakes. Slice and serve!
Recipe Notes
Saute the veggies + other sliced seasonal veggies for a few minutes with salt, pepper, garlic and oregano, then add as toppings.
Crust Tips: The crust will thicken considerably when baked. If it comes out thick and bread like, it was most likely kept too thick during shaping. Keep spreading the crust using hands or a rolling pin to make a thin large pizza. You will get a hang of the thickness you prefer after baking it a couple of times.
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