Description
Veggie Pizza is full of delicious fresh ingredients including fresh zucchini, tomatoes, pesto, extra virgin olive oil and of course cheese.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1- 8oz whole wheat thin pizza crust (here we used 365 Every Day Value)
- 1/2 cup pesto (recipe follows)
- 1 medium size yellow zucchini, sliced approximately 1/4 inch thick
- 1 medium size green zucchini, sliced approximately 1/4 inch thick
- 3 medium size plum tomatoes, sliced approximately 1/4 inch thick
- 10 oz fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced
- 1 tsp Dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp saltĀ
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
Vegan Pesto
- 3 cups tightly packed fresh basil
- 1/4 cup good quality extra virgin olive oil
- 5 tbsp pine nuts ( see Note 1)
- 2-3 cloves of fresh garlic (optional)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F. Line a large baking sheet or a pizza stone with parchment paper.
- Bake crust for 5-7 minutes or until it starts to lightly crisp up. Remove from the oven and reduce temperature to 325F.
- Make the pesto by combining all the ingredients in the food processor and pulse until well blended
- Spread pesto on the crust. Arrange green and yellow zucchini, tomato and cheese slices, alternating each one until the entire crust is covered
- Season with oregano, salt and pepper.
- Drizzle of extra virgin olive oil (optional)
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until the zucchini is tender and the cheese is melted
Notes
- If you don't have pine nuts, you can use any other nuts you have in hands. Walnuts and hazelnuts work great!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Entree
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 - Slice
- Calories: 184
- Sugar: 2.2 g
- Sodium: 424.3 mg
- Fat: 15.6 g
- Saturated Fat: 5.6 g
- Trans Fat: 0.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 4.7 g
- Fiber: 0.8 g
- Protein: 7.4 g
- Cholesterol: 24.5 mg