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This delicious Veggie Pizza Recipe features homemade dough and colorful fresh vegetables. Create restaurant-quality vegetarian pizza at home with mushrooms, peppers, olives, and melted mozzarella cheese — better than delivery and on the table in an hour!
🍕 You can totally make this pizza your own, too. Don’t have all the veggies suggested below? Use what you have or love! Want to add some meat to give a little protein kick? Go for it! Pepperoni or sausage would be divine. Be creative and makt it your own. Pizza shouldn’t be serious anyway!
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🩷 Melissa
Pizza night doesn’t mean you can’t include veggies! But you don’t have to worry about moderation with this veggie-packed pizza.
It’s cheesy, bright, full of fresh vegetables, and made with a simple homemade crust that you’ll be shocked by how easy it is to make. It’s our go-to when we want a simple dinner that still has good nutrients but tastes super fun and indulgent.
Plus it’s a great prep-ahead option. Cut up the veggies and make the dough through the first rise and refrigerate everything for up to a couple of days!
Veggie Pizza Recipe With Homemade Crust
Ingredients
For the Pizza Dough:
- 1 1/4 cup warm water
- 2 teaspoons instant yeast
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 to 3 1/2 cups all-purpose or bread flour
For the Pizza:
- 1 cup pizza sauce, homemade or store-bought
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1/2 cup chopped sweet bell peppers
- 1/3 cup thinly sliced red onion
- 1/3 cup chopped black olives
- 1/3 cup chopped roma tomato
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil or parsley, optional
Instructions
To make the dough:
- In a large mixing bowl, add the water, yeast, sugar, salt, and olive oil. Allow mixture to stand for 5 minutes.
- Add one cup of flour, and mix to combine. Mix by hand for 1 or 2 minutes. The dough should be the consistency of cake batter.
- Add another cup of flour, and mix until well combined. Add flour in small increments until you can’t mix it by hand very well.
- Sprinkle some flour on your table, and turn the dough onto the table. Knead the dough by hand until it is smooth and elastic, adding flour as needed. This should take 6 to 10 minutes of kneading. (You can also mix and knead the dough in a stand mixer if you have one.)
- Place the dough back in the bowl, cover it with a towel, and let it rise in a warm place for 30 minutes.
To make the pizza:
- While the dough is rising, preheat your oven to 425°F.
- When the oven is hot, turn your dough out onto a parchment paper-lined or baking mat-lined large baking sheet. Use your fingers or a small rolling pin to shape the pizza into a round or square pizza, about 12 inches across. The dough should be about 1/2-inch thick.
- Top with pizza sauce and then the shredded mozzarella. Add the mushrooms, bell pepper, onion, olives, and tomatoes.
- When the pizza is assembled, place the pizza in the oven and bake until the cheese is bubbly and the bottom of the crust is golden brown, about 15 minutes.
- Sprinkle the pizza with chopped basil and/or parsley if using.
- Let the pizza rest for 5 minutes before cutting and serving hot.
Notes
- Broccoli florets
- Chopped kale
- Jalapeno
- Zucchini
- Baby broccoli
- Green olives
- Spinach
- Peas
- Chopped asparagus
- Try adding zucchini slices, roasted eggplant, artichoke hearts, or sun-dried tomatoes.
- Root vegetables like thinly sliced sweet potatoes or butternut squash also work beautifully.
- Meat, including: pepperoni, shredded chicken, cooked and crumbled Italian sausage, cooked ground beef, or prosciutto
Nutrition
Topping Variations:
- Broccoli florets
- Chopped kale
- Jalapeno
- Zucchini
- Baby broccoli
- Green olives
- Spinach
- Peas
- Chopped asparagus
- Meat, including: pepperoni, shredded chicken, cooked and crumbled Italian sausage, cooked ground beef, or prosciutto
Recipe FAQs
Sometimes I think leftover pizza is even better than the fresh kind! To store pizza, let it cool completely before placing in an airtight bag or container. You don’t want to stack slices right on top of another, but if you have to, place parchment paper in between the slices. Can be stored in the fridge for 5 days, or in the freezer for 4 months.
To reheat, place pizza on a parchment-lined baking sheet in a 350 degree F oven for 10 minutes. For frozen pizza, do the same but cook a bit longer, between 15 to 20 minutes.
You can prepare the dough up to 24 hours in advance. After the initial 30-minute rise, punch down the dough, wrap it tightly in plastic wrap, and refrigerate. When ready to use, let it come to room temperature for about 30 minutes before rolling out. You can also freeze the dough for up to 3 months.
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WoW!!! how do you make the pepporoni?