I only eat pizza about four or five times a year, but when I get a pizza craving... It's a BIG craving and I pretty much drop all other dinner ideas. They don't have to be a "naughty" meal. You can ditch the bread-crust altogether and use portobello mushrooms as the base, create a baked cauliflower crust, make a crust out of mostly ground flaxseeds....you can also omit cheese and just stick to a tomato sauce and tons of veggies on top. I have to say that I lovvvve a bit of Daiya shredded cheese on my pizzas though.
*Some Healthy Tips:
Use pitas/tortillas and make thin crust pizzas
Use thin burger buns (make sure they are vegan) and make mini pizzas
Use portobello mushrooms or large sliced zucchini as the "crust"
Make a baked cauliflower crust (brilliant idea - not a vegan recipe though, so replace with vegan cheese and vegan egg substitute)
Make a salad and/or veggie side dish so you have some lighter fare as well, in case you go all out and make a cheesy bready-goodness of a pizza. Having salad on the side helps to prevent overeating of the heavier foods (in my experience)
Prechop the veggies and make the sauce beforehand so you don't have to prepare everything all at once.
I made a pizza tonight. For the crust I used ground up rolled oats, ground flax, water, garlic powder, nutritional yeast and about 1 tsp olive oil and cooked them on the stove top!
Made a yummy veggie mixture of tomato, garlic, chickpea "tuna", cajun vegan mayo, spinach, brussel sprouts and vegan parm and added it on top of the crust. yum yum :)
I made a pizza tonight. For the crust I used ground up rolled oats, ground flax, water, garlic powder, nutritional yeast and about 1 tsp olive oil and cooked them on the stove top! Made a yummy veggie mixture of tomato, garlic, chickpea "tuna", cajun vegan mayo, spinach, brussel sprouts and vegan parm and added it on top of the crust. yum yum :)
Ooh, yum Clare, You have so many options in this list. Where to begin?! :)
