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    Home » Recipes » Kid Friendly Recipes

    Verdant Vegan Veggie Pesto Pizza

    Published: Aug 28, 2020 · Updated: Aug 18, 2021 · This post may contain affiliate links.

    If you like lots of veggies on your pizza, this recipe for Vegan Veggie Pesto Pizza is for you. Piled generously with broccoli, bell pepper, and zucchini, this verdant pizza features a delectable spinach-miso pesto as the base in place of the usual tomato sauce. Adapted from Vegan Express by Nava Atlas. Photos by Rachael Braun. 

    Verdant Vegan Veggie Pesto Pizza

    Makes: 6 slices

    Ingredients

    • 1 ½ cups small broccoli florets
    • 1 medium green bell pepper, cut into narrow, short strips
    • ¾ cup zucchini, thinly sliced
    • 1–2 medium tomatoes,
    • 3–4 cloves garlic, sliced
    • 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
    • 1 (12–14-inch) good-quality pizza crust
    • 1 ½ cups mozzarella-style nondairy cheese
    Spinach-miso Pesto
    • 4–5 oz fresh baby spinach
    • ¼ cup fresh basil leaves
    • ¼ cup fresh parsley leaves
    • ¼ cup untoasted walnuts or raw cashews
    • 2 scallions, green parts only
    • 1–2 tbsp miso, preferably mellow white, to taste

    Instructions

    1. Preheat the oven to 425°F.
    2. Combine the ingredients for the pesto in a food processor. Process until smoothly pureed, stopping the machine and scraping down the sides as needed.
    3. Combine the broccoli florets, bell pepper, zucchini, and garlic in a mixing bowl and drizzle in the olive oil. Stir together. Transfer the vegetables to a lightly oiled roasting pan and put in the oven. Stir after 10 minutes, and continue to roast until the vegetables are touched with brown spots here and there.
    4. Meanwhile, spread the pesto on the pizza crust, then sprinkle evenly with the cheese. Bake for 15 minutes, or until the cheese is nicely melted. Remove from the oven, let stand for a minute, then cut into 6 wedges (it’s easier to cut the pizza before piling on the veggies).
    5. When the vegetables are done, distribute them evenly over the surface of the pizza. If the pizza came out of the oven a few minutes before the vegetables, put the whole thing back into the oven for a couple of minutes, just so that everything can be piping hot, then serve at once.

    Nutrition Information:
    Per serving (including Spinach-Miso Pesto): 335 calories; 45g carbs; 14g fat; 9g protein; 685mg sodium

    Vegan veggie pesto pizza

    • Find more of VegKitchen’s Vegan Dinner Recipes and Pizza Dinner Recipes.
    • Explore more of VegKitchen’s Easy Pizza Recipes.

    This recipe was originally published on 15 August 2013.

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. SueannH says

      February 25, 2011 at 9:42 am

      Nava, just so you know I emailed all these pizza recipes to myself! I do read your posts on Facebook all the time and enjoy them.

    2. JamesF says

      January 15, 2014 at 1:22 am

      My wife made this for me last night and Oh my . This is wonderful .

    3. Nava says

      January 15, 2014 at 10:09 pm

      Thanks, James. So glad you enjoyed it!

    4. Constance says

      April 01, 2017 at 5:37 pm

      I had planned to make a veggie pesto pizza today with grilled veggies, and this has given me helpful tips to make it even better. Thanks! Mine will have mushrooms, red bell pepper, onion and marinated tofu--yum!

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