No Cheese Vegetable Pizza Food

ULTIMATE VEGGIE PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit with a rack in the upper third of the oven. If you're using a baking stone or baking steel, place it on the upper rack. Prepare dough through step 5.
• Spread pizza sauce evenly over the two pizzas, leaving about 1 inch bare around the edges. Evenly distribute the spinach on top of the sauce, followed by the cheese (use all three cups if you want a cheesy pizza as shown here).
• Top the pizzas with artichoke, bell pepper, red onion, tomatoes, olives and almonds (if using).
• Bake pizzas individually on the top rack until the crust is golden and the cheese is golden and bubbly, about 10 to 12 minutes (or significantly less, if you're using a baking stone/steel-keep an eye on it).
• Transfer pizzas to a cutting board and sprinkle with with fresh basil, red pepper flakes and Parmesan, if using. Slice and serve! Leftover pizza keeps well in the refrigerator for 4 days, or for several months in the freezer.

VEGETARIAN/VEGAN PIZZA (NO CHEESE)

Steps:

• Mix water, yeast and sugar and let stand 10 minutes to start bubbling.
• Add flour to yeast mix and blend well.
• Place in a greased or oiled bowl, and cover with a warm damp cloth.
• Allow to rise in a warm place until double in bulk, around 1 hour.
• Punch down dough and pat out onto an oiled (or cornmeal dusted) pizza pan to form the crust.
• Bake in a preheated 450° F oven for 7 minutes. Crust may be refrigerated or frozen at this point. If using right away, turn oven down to 350°F.
• Place olive oil, basil, garlic, ketchup, pine nuts, and lemon juice in blender and process until smooth.
• Spread mixture onto baked pizza crust evenly.
• Add tomatoes, mushrooms and onions (or whatever you like, really) and bake at 350° for 10 minutes.

NO-CHEESE PIZZA

Steps:

• Add the sugar and warm water to the yeast in a cup. Stir until the yeast and sugar is completely dissolved.
• Leave to stand for 5 minutes or until the yeast rises.
• Add the yeast to the flour in a mixing bowl.
• Add the water and knead until a dough is formed. (Be careful while adding the water and check the consistency of the dough before adding more. It will be difficult to handle a watery dough.).
• Dust a board with flour and roll the dough flat just slightly larger than the size of the pizza tray.
• Sprinkle some flour on a 30 cm pizza tray.
• Loosely wrap the dough around the rolling pin to transfer it to the tray.
• Cover with a cloth and leave to stand in a warm place for about 20 minutes.
• Preheat over at 180 degrees Celsius.
• In the meantime, slice the aubergine about 5 mm thick.
• Add the black bean sauce to the sliced aubergines. Mix well.
• In a frying pan add 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
• Add the aubergines and stir to coat them in the oil. Cover and allow to cook on medium heat until half cooked, turning occasionally. Be careful not to burn them, they can scorch quite easily!
• Remove from the pan; set aside.
• In the same pan, add the chopped tomatoes. Allow to reduce a little bit for 2-3 minutes, mashing the tomatoes slightly to a semi-puree. Add salt.
• By this time the dough would have risen.
• Place the dough in the oven to pre-cook for 12 minutes.
• In the meantime, cut the mushrooms and pineapples into small pieces (how small or big depends on how you prefer them to be!).
• Slice the onion into rings.
• Cut the pitted olives in half.
• Remove pizza dough from the oven and lay on a stand.
• Start by spreading a layer of the tomato sauce on the dough.
• Sprinkle with some dried basil.
• Arrange the aubergines.
• Arrange the mushrooms, olives, pineapple and red onion.
• Sprinkle a few spoonfuls of tomato puree on top.
• Add some cracked pepper.
• Put in the oven for 20 minutes.
• Remove, slice and serve.

QUICK COLD VEGETABLE PIZZA

Steps:

• Unroll the crescent rolls and place in an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Flatten dough to fit the pan, sealing seams and perforations. Bake at 375° for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool. , In a small bowl, beat the mayonnaise, cream cheese and dill until smooth; spread over crust. Top with the vegetables of your choice. Sprinkle with olives and cheeses; press lightly. Cover and chill for at least 1 hour. Cut into squares.