My favorite food is pizza and honestly I could it everyday without even trying. I love everything about pizza: the cheese, the toppings, the sauce, the crust, ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.

Here’s the thing though, as much as I want to eat pizza everyday I can’t because adulting sucks. See, I’m transitioning to a more plant based diet so I’m trying to make healthier choices but I am not willing to give up everything I love.

For me that means tweaking the foods that I love and in this case it’s pizza. For tonight’s dinner I made vegan pizza topped with green peppers, onions, mushrooms, spinach, tomato and chili and pepper crunch from Trader’s Joes.

Check out the recipe below:

Ingredients:

• 1/2 green pepper
• 4 button mushrooms with stems removed
• 1/2 white onion
• Handful of spinach
• 1 tomato on the vine
• 1 vegan pizza dough
• 1 cup of vegan cheese (I prefer the So Delicious Shreds)
• 1/4 cup pizza sauce
• 2 tablespoons of chili and onion crunch (Trader Joes)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons of all purpose seasoning
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• Flour for dusting and rolling out pizza

Tools:

• Rolling pin
• Pizza stone
• Pizza cutter

Method:

• Preheat oven to 375 F
• Sprinkle flour on clean flat surface
• Roll out pizza to large circle
• Place pizza on stone and set aside
• Slice green pepper, onion, mushrooms and tomato into thin slices
• Add veggies and spinach in a bowl, season with all purpose seasoning, salt and pepper and add oil
• Toss to combine and set aside
• Spread pizza sauce on crust
• Add chili and onion crunch on pizza sauce
• Spread cheese all over crust
• Place toppings on top of cheese and be sure to spread evenly across the pizza
• Place pizza in the oven for 25-35 minutes
• Allow pizza to cool for 5 minutes
• Slice pizza with pizza cutter
• ENJOY!!!