The easiest, quickest and most nutrition packed vegan pizza recipe you'll find. Brimming with nutrition, packed with protein, it takes only minutes to make!
toppings of your choosing: olives, pineapples, sliced apples, etc.
favorite herb for garnish: green onions, cilantro, parsley, etc.
"Refried Beans"
1 yellow onion
2 cloves garlic
⅓ cups water
1 lb. precooked, well drained beans of your choice
½ cup water (in addition to ⅓ cup from above)
½ cup low fat pizza or spaghetti sauce
1 tsp chili powder or your favorite seasoning
salt to taste
Instructions
"Refried Beans"
peel and dice onion and garlic
preheat skillet on high heat, add onion and garlic
when you hear the sizzle, stir, and keep an eye on the skillet--the moment you see that onions begin to stick to the pan, splash a little bit of water (out of the ⅓ cup) and stir
keep doing so until onions are lightly browned (if you are an experienced cook, you can step away from the stove to do something else, otherwise, keep standy) [if you are not sure how to make this process happen, here is a handy HOW-TO video to give you visual instructions]
place beans, sautéed onions/garlic, ½ cup pizza/spaghetti sauce, chili powder, and salt into a food processor and blend until smooth; if you need to pause the processor to scrape beans off sides, do so
if you desire a thinner bean consistency add more water, as needed
Pizzas
(if making a closed-face, casadia style pizza, use half of the ingredients)
take a tortilla and spread ½ cup, or more, of refried beans over it
spread ½ cup (or more) of spaghetti sauce over beans
sprinkle with ½+ cup Daiya cheese
add favorite toppings
Oven Method
have oven preheated to 375 degrees
place pizza on a baking sheet, and slide in the oven
bake until golden brown and crunchy on the bottom (for open face pizzas, or flip half-way through for casadia pizzas), and cheese has melted--this might take 5-7+ minutes
Skillet Method
if you are pressed for time, or simply want to use less energy/gas, the skillet method might be for you--I use it 60% of the time. I find that it yields faster results and allows me to achieve the perfect crust crispness more evenly
preheat a non-stick or cast iron skillet on high
place pizza in (if casadia style, place the side with cheese on top, face down first; if making open faced pizza, you will reduce heat to medium-low and cover the skillet, so cheese can melt) and reduce heat to medium or medium low
“bake” until each side is perfectly browned, but not overbaked
remove from heat, slice, garnish
give a couple of minutes to cool off and enjoy
Recipe by Vegalicious at https://www.vega-licious.com/10-minute-vegan-pizza/