I love pizza. It was nothing for me, back in my unfit days, to order a medium pan pepperoni pizza and eat the whole thing myself.
Today I wouldn’t dream of ordering a delivery pizza (or of eating the whole pizza at once). I have learned that anything that comes out of my kitchen is not only better for me but also tastes a whole lot better.
In a perfect world I make everything for the pizza: sauce, dough, even cheese. Only the veggies are grown by others. The cheese is easy. Brian makes the dough. I even make the seitan sausage. The sauce however takes more time than I have most days. So the sauce had to go. Enter my Sauceless Sausage Pizza. This quick and easy pizza is also vegan. The recipes for the faux sausage and for a very tasty cheese can both be found in one of my favorite cookbooks, La Dolce Vegan!
Sauceless Sausage Pizza
- 1 Whole Wheat Pizza crust (Brian uses the Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Dayrecipe.)
- 4 oz of setian sausage
- 1 cup canned no salt added diced tomatoes
- 2 oz shredded vegan cheese
- 10 fresh basil leaves
- ½ small red onion sliced
- 2 medium banana peppers chopped
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
If using the homemade crust, let oven warm 15-30 minutes before putting rolled out crust into oven on a pizza pan or pizza stone. Let bake 10 minutes and then remove.
Place all toppings on the crust and return to oven for 5-10 minutes, until cheese is melted and toppings are warm.
Slice into 6 pieces and serve immediately.
Yield: Serves 6
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 15-20 Minutes
Per Serving: Calories 186; Total Fat 2.1g; (Sat Fat 0g, Poly Fat 0g, Mono Fat 0.5g); Protein 10.4g; Carb 33g; Fiber 5g; Sugars 2g; Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 460mg
