Recipe Round-Up: Vegan Pizza

I love pizza! It is a magical, marvellous, wonderful food, and it can be topped with almost anything your heart desires. And of course if you are a vegan pizza lover, the cookbook Vegan Pizza by Julie Hasson is a natural addition to your cookbook shelf. I've just realised that I have made almost every recipe in it, bar two savoury pizzas and the dessert pizzas. I've almost made this whole book! Though I've still got a few photos to share that didn't make it into this round up, you can see almost all the other pizzas I have made from this book here. I will also note that the basic pizza dough recipe from this book is my go to pizza dough. It needs a bit of time to sit, but it is so fast and easy. Also, as far a cheese goes, while I have used Daiya on some of these pizzas, my heart belongs to Follow Your Heart. They are my favourite, they melt well, and they don't have that gloopiness that Daiya sometimes gets.

Asparagus, Tomato, and Pesto Pizza: This pizza speaks of spring! An easy to make zesty pesto topped with mozzarella, tomatoes, and asparagus. The only change I'd make would be to spritz the asparagus with a little olive oil and some salt and pepper before adding them.
Rating: :)



Cheeseburger Pizza: A tomato-garlic sauce base, with cheddar cheese, some homemade burger crumbles, onions, and pickles. With ketchup and mustard for garnish of course. I love the flavours of cheeseburgers, but I love them more on a pizza than on a burger! The burger crumbles are easy to make, using a max of TVP and quinoa as the base. They do call for dried onion soup mix, but it you are like me and can't find any Julie includes a homemade version you can make instead. I also tried out the cornmeal pizza crust for this pizza for a change. It was just as easy to make, but the dough was a bit softer and needed to bake for a bit longer However, the flavour of the crust was fantastic!
Rating: Pizza :), Crumbles :), Base :D



Peanut Barbecue Pizza: Peanut butter and BBQ sauce mixed together to make the pizza sauce? Yes please! This is a lovely combination of flavours, topped with mozzarella, broccoli (which I used instead of green capsicum), onion (I used red instead of yellow), and corn.
Rating: :)



Pub Pizza: I was having a bad day and needed some self care when I made this pizza. And as far as good goes, this is exceptional self care. I used a pre-made base that I bought from the shops to make it easier. Topped with a delicious cheddary cashew cheese sauce, cheddar cheese, crumbled burger (you can make the burger crumbles that I mentioned above, in this case I used some crumbled Neat dry burger mix that I had from the US), red onion, and broccoli. Eat this and you will feel at least a little bit better.
Rating: :D



All-American Barbecue Pizza: I am not sure what makes this all American, but it is tasty. BBQ sauce, mozzarella, red onion, and soy curls, garnished with coriander. The soy curls are Sweet and Smoky Soy Curls, which are lovely. We can't get soy curls here, but I have a very precious stash in my freezer from US trips and friends.
Rating: :)



Eggplant Parmesan Pizza: A classic dish made into a fun pizza. One small eggplant was perfect for a large pizza. I only made half the milk and crumb mixtures for breading the eggplant, and that was plenty. The slices are popped on top of a tomato-garlic sauced and mozzarella sprinkled pizza base, and then garnished with basil. The slices got lovely, golden, and crunchy. This pizza was very filling!
Rating: :)



Cute Kitty Photo of the Post



Our adoption kittens Lil Bob and Lil Jane are ready to go to new homes! Sweet Jane has already found her forever home, and Lil Bob is on the lookout. But in exciting news, their brother was also caught the other day and has joined us at the clinic. He still needs quite a bit of socialisation before he'll be ready. But I'll introduce him in my next post!