Cheeseless Pizza Recipe

Nora Bourdeau

The secret ingredient in this cheeseless Pizza brings rich flavors and creamy textures- while providing a host of nutritional benefits. You’ve never tasted such a delicious healthy pizza before!! Whether you’re looking for a cheese, less pizza because you’re vegan, lactose, intolerant, or trying to reduce overall fat or processed food in your diet- this is a great recipe!

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Prep Time 30

Cook Time 45

Resting Time (for dough to rise) 1

Total Time 2 15

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings slices

Calories 102 kcal

Ingredients

2 sweet or red onion
2 beefstake tomatoes
2 summer squash
1 can navy beans
2 tablespoons lemon juice
4 cloves of garlic minced
½ teaspoon salt on processor
½ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1-2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil for caramelizing onion
extra virgin olive oil to drizzle
Pizza dough (homemade recipe in notes below)
2-3 green chili pepper

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 450 while the dough rises.
Drain and rinse a can of navy beans. Place in a food processor with 3 tablespoons of olive oil, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, 4 cloves of garlic, and ½ teaspoon of salt. Blend until completely smooth. You should have a spread that is a little creamier than a hummus. Add another dash of lemon juice if you need to.
1 can navy beans, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 4 cloves of garlic, ½ teaspoon salt, 3 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
Thinly slice your choice of onions. Heat olive oil over medium-low heat in a frying pan. Add the sliced onions to the pan with a pinch of salt. The key to caramelizing onions is to cook them slowly over low heat, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking or burning, for about 20-30 minutes.
2 sweet or red onion, 1-2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, ½ teaspoon salt
Use a serrated knife to slice the beef steak tomatoes. Then use a vegetable peeler to create ribbons from the flesh of the summer squash, avoiding the seeds in the center.
2 beefstake tomatoes, 2 summer squash
You can decide between keeping the peppers whole or deseeded. Note that keeping the seeds will be spicier than if you cut them up and scrape the seeds out.
2-3 green chili pepper
Pre-cook your pizza dough. On a flowered surface, shape the pizza dough with a mixture of pinching with your hands and using a floured rolling pin. Line a large flat baking dish with parchment paper. Drizzle olive oil over the surface of the parchment paper.
extra virgin olive oil, Pizza dough (homemade recipe in notes below)
Transfer the thin pizza dough to the oiled parchment paper. Use a fork to puncture the surface of the pizza dough, allowing air to escape. Place in the oven at 425 for 10 minutes.
When the bottom of the pizza dough is slightly browned, remove from the oven and spread the navy bean spread evenly over the surface. Next layer the tomatoes, squash ribbons, and caramelized onions.
Return the pizza to the oven for 15-20 minutes or until the crust is slightly browned.

Notes

Pizza Dough Recipe

3 ½ cups all-purpose flour (plus some for your working surface and rolling pin)
2 ¼ teaspoon instant dry yeast
2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 ½ cups warm water (~110 degrees)
2 tablespoon olive oil, (plus some to coat the dough)

This pizza dough is really easy and you only need to make it about an hour beforehand, just enough time to get the oven hot and your toppings ready to go.

In a large bowl combine the flour, salt, yeast, and sugar. Once the dry ingredients are mixed, add the warm water and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Mix until thoroughly combined. You can do this in a stand mixer with a dough hook or I just go ahead and use my hands right from the beginning.

Once the dough forms a ball, knead the dough for one minute. Coat the dough with olive oil and leave it in the bowl covered with plastic wrap for an hour.

Nutrition

Calories: 102kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gSodium: 335mgPotassium: 380mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 807IUVitamin C: 25mgCalcium: 25mgIron: 1mg

Keyword dairy-free, Healthy comfort food, Low Fat, Sheet Pan

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