Veggie Pizza

I made this veggie pizza with a new pizza dough recipe.  The veggie pizza was awesome and the crust was nice and crisp.  I also loved the basil flavor of the tomato sauce.  In comparing this new pizza dough recipe to the first recipe, its definitely a bit different.  The first pizza dough recipe is more chewy and great for a thicker crust.  I really like the new pizza dough recipe because it seems better for a thin crust pizza.  Both pizza doughs are great for whatever you desire.  I hope you try this veggie pizza or make a pizza with you favorite toppings.  Enjoy!

Veggie Pizza

Printable Recipe

Ingredients

1 batch homemade pizza dough, recipe here or here

½ cup basil tomato sauce, recipe here

½ zucchini, thinly sliced

3 or 4 mini peppers, diced

1 roma tomato, sliced

1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

1 bunch fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced (chiffonade)

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

Roll out dough and press down onto a greased baking sheet.

 Spoon basil tomato sauce onto rolled out pizza dough.

Top with vegetables.  Next top pizza with mozzarella cheese.  

Bake for 15-18 minutes, until edges of dough are crisp and cheese is melted.

Sprinkle basil on top of pizza.

Spinach and Turkey Pizza

This spinach and turkey pizza was amazing!  I made sure to roll out the pizza dough as thin as possible and it turned out nice and crisp.  You could make your own pizza dough (homemade pizza dough recipe link here)  or use store bought.  It is actually not too hard to make your own pizza dough, and I like to double the recipe so I can always have one batch in the freezer.  If you freeze the dough, just let it defrost in the fridge the night before you need it.  Anyway, this spinach and turkey pizza was great because of the fresh spinach.  If you want to make it vegetarian, just omit the ground turkey.  What is so great about making pizza is you can use whatever toppings you have at home, that's exactly how I came up with this recipe.  Enjoy!

Spinach and Turkey Pizza

Printable Recipe

Ingredients

1 batch of pizza dough (recipe here)

10 ounces fresh spinach

4 ounces ground turkey

½ onion, diced

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 ounces cream cheese

½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese

¼ cup parmesan cheese

1 roma tomato, sliced

2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

non-stick cooking spray

 

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

Drizzle a little olive oil onto a baking sheet.

For the spinach

In a large pan, over medium-low heat, add about a tablespoon of olive oil and garlic.  Saute garlic for about a minute.  Stir in spinach.

Cover and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until spinach is wilted.  Stir in cream cheese, salt, and pepper.  Cook for another minute and let spinach mixture cool.

For the turkey

In a skillet, over medium heat, spray with non-stick cooking spray, and add onion and ground turkey.  Season with salt and pepper.  Cook for about 5 minutes or until turkey is cooked through and no longer pink.

For the pizza

Roll out pizza dough on a floured surface with a rolling pin.  Place rolled out dough onto a lightly oiled baking sheet.

Drizzle a little olive oil onto the pizza dough.

Spread the spinach mixture over the dough. 

 

Top with turkey mixture.

 

Top with shredded mozzarella cheese. 

 

Top with tomato slices. 

 

Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

 

Bake for 15 to 17 minutes, or until crust is crisp and lightly browned.

Pizza Dough

TGIF!  I love not working on Fridays since it gives me more time to actually cook.  I have never tried to make homemade pizza before but I was motivated after I saw a simple recipe for homemade pizza dough. I adapted the pizza dough recipe from Money Saving Mom.  What is great is that you can freeze this pizza dough to use later, so I recommend doubling or tripling the recipe.  I actually doubled the recipe to make homemade pizza pockets!  I will post the recipe to those soon, which I also adapted from Money Saving Mom.   I had no idea how easy it was to make homemade pizza dough, so I hope you try it if you haven't before.  Happy Friday!

 

Ingredients

1 tablespoon active dry yeast (I used Red Star yeast from Costco.)

1 cup warm water (105 to 115 degrees F.)

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons oil (olive or vegetable)

2 ½ cups flour 

cornmeal (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

In a large bowl, add yeast and warm water. (I  warmed the water in the microwaved for about 45 seconds.)  Use a whisk to dissolve the yeast in the water. 

Next add in the remaining ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon.

 

Knead dough on a floured surface for about 5 minutes.

 

Roll out dough and press down onto a greased pizza pan or stone.  (I actually just flipped a baking sheet over and used the underside to bake the pizza.)  You can also dust your baking pan with some cornmeal to add texture to your pizza crust.

 

Add your favorite toppings! I spooned the tomato sauce and added sliced golden beets and fresh mozzarella cheese. (I love beets and I will post how I cook beets soon too!)

Baked for about 15 minutes until edges of crust are lightly browned.

 

You can also double or triple this pizza dough and freeze the extras if you don’t need it.  Just defrost in the fridge in the morning and it should be ready for dinnertime.