Vegetarian Pizza



  • 1 3/4 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon (or 1 packet) active dry yeast
  • 3 1/4 cups unbleached white flour
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 8-oz can tomato sauce
  • 1 tablespoon dried oregano
  • 1 tablespoon dried basil
  • 1/3 teaspoon dried hot pepper flakes
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 6 ounces mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 medium zucchini, sliced (about 2 cups)
  • 1 bell pepper, sliced
  • 15 black olives, sliced (135 calories)
  • 2 cups Morningstar Farms Grillers (240 calories)
  • 8 ounces spinach, coarsely chopped
  • 8 ounces grated cheese (800 calories)

Heat water in Pyrex measuring cup for 1 minute in microwave on high. Stir in sugar and pour into a large mixing bowl. Add yeast and let stand for 5 minutes until yeast is activated.

Add 1 cup of white flour, then oil and salt. Continue to work in all but the last 1/4 cup of flour, moving to countertop when it becomes too difficult to stir in bowl. Knead until the dough feels smooth and springy. Lightly grease another mixing bowl with spray-on oil, place dough in bowl, and cover with a dish towel. Heat the oven for exactly one minute, then turn off and place the bowl inside the oven. Allow dough to rise until doubled, approximately 1 hour.

While dough is rising, mix oregano, basil, red pepper flakes, and garlic powder in a small bowl. Place Grillers in a Pyrex cup or mixing bowl and allow to defrost. Cut up vegetables and olives and divide into 3 portions.

Punch down dough in bowl and divide into 3 equal-sized pieces (each weighing about 15 ounces). Roll each ball of dough out with a rolling pin until it is the size of the pizza pan. Place dough on pans.

Cover each pizza with remaining ingredients in this order: tomato sauce, herb mixture, mushrooms, zucchini, bell pepper, olives, Grillers, spinach, cheese.

Bake at 475° for approximately 18 minutes, rotating placement of pizzas on oven shelves half-way through. Crust and pizza should both be brown when the pizza is done.

Slice each pizza into 8 slices. Each slice 170 calories.

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