Marisa's Healthy Kitchen

Who doesn’t appreciate a good slice, especially here in NYC where pizza is so very important and such a point of contention – even for vegans! Our favorite place to order from is Viva Herbal Pizzeria where we can get spelt or gluten-free crusts with daiya and even vegan sausage as toppings (our personal fave combo!) Pala Pizza also has great vegan options and that brick-fired pizza taste, yum!

Sometimes it is easy to buy dough and tomato sauce quickly whip up a pie at home, but if you are interested in making your own dough, here is a great recipe! My mom made the dough and I added the homemade sauce (thanks mom!!).  It was really very very good!

Check out here for some of my other fun pizza nights 🙂 Flatbread Pizza with hummus, green olives, cherry tomatoes and za’atar (this is a raw one and Well Worth the effort!), Raw Eggplant Pizzas and the quick at home whipped up kind with purchased dough.

Vegan Pizza with Homemade Dough & Daiya Cheese

Pizza Dough Recipe

• 3 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon finely ground sea salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 1/4 teaspoon dry yeast (1 packet of dry yeast)
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1 1/2 cup warm water

1. Pre-heat oven to 500 degrees (if using a pizza stone – place in the oven to get hot and heat for an hour)
2. Mix together the warm water, sugar and yeast. Put aside to get foamy. If it does not foam then the yeast is not good – redo this step.
3. In a separate bowl mix all of the other ingredients. Add in the yeast mixture and mix well until dough forms a ball. Place the dough on a lightly floured surface. Knead the dough – Use the palm of your hand and keep pressing in and folding it over and repeating for about 5 minutes.
4. Divide the dough into 4 – one pound balls. Place these dough balls into containers and cover the container with anything that will keep the air out. Set the dough to rise in a warm spot for at least 45 minutes. (you can freeze any unused dough after rising*)
5. Prepare your topping. Stretch out the dough and aim for it to be even thickness all around. Top your pizza and place in the oven. Bake for 8 minutes. Let it rest. Add any herbs to your pizza afterwards.

*If using frozen dough – allow dough to defrost in fridge 12 hours

• Either use a jar of Marinara Sauce or make your own

Basic Sauce Recipe

• 28 ounce pureed tomatoes
• sugar to taste
• salt to taste
• 3-6 finely grated fresh peeled garlic cloves

Mix all the ingredients together.

Topping Suggestions:

• Mushrooms
• Onions
• Fresh or Roasted Garlic
• Broccoli
• Sweet Corn
• Peppers
• Olives
• Fresh Tomatoes
• Sun Dried Tomatoes
• Grilled/Fried/Baked Eggplant
• Grilled Zucchini
• Roasted Red Pepper
• Capers
• Saute Spinach
• Pesto Sauce
• Artichokes
• Soy Pepperoni or Soy Sausage or Tofu/tempeh
• Daiya Vegan Cheese or other vegan cheese
• Herbs

Unbaked Pizza