Hello everyone. Today I wanted to conquer the beast: vegan pizza. I made the crust with sweet potato, but I have seen many a fabulous recipe with mashed cauliflower base, quinoa crust, or a zucchini crust. As I had one too many sweet potatoes, I decided to utilize them in my crust. Feel free to add whatever toppings you would like, whether Daiya vegan cheese, mushrooms, onions, garlic, it's you pizza, so enjoy your RAW AND VEGAN SCRUMPTIOUS SWEET POTATO CRUST PIZZA!
Ingredients for Sweet Potato Crust
2 sweet potatoes, cubed
1 tablespoon garlic and herbs
1 tablespoon Basil Leaves
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon pepper
1 tablespoon Oregano
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 cup good olive oil
1 chia or flax egg
1 1/4 cup spelt flour
1/4 cup almond meal (or just add same amt. of spelt)
2 cups water
Topping Ideas
Sauteed mushrooms
Red Bell Peppers
Pesto
Onions
Artichokes
Tomato
Garlic
Feta Cheese* (Optional)
Preppin', Primpin' & Cooking
Peel your potatoes, and diced them into large cubes. Place about 2 cups water in large pot on stove, and bring to a boil. Add your cubes to the boiling hot water, let simmer for 30 minutes. While boiling, let's get your dry ingredients together for your crust. Place 1 tbsp. of ground flax seed or chia seed into small bowl with three tbsp. of water, set aside for 10 minutes (your chia or flaxseed egg). Sift your flour into a large bowl, and add your spices. After the 30 minutes are over, drain your potatoes, and mash them into a lumpy mush. Slowly add your flour and spice mixture to the sweet potato in three or four batches, slowly folding as you go. Then, add your flax egg and balsamic vinegar, mixing well. Spread your mixture on a large sheet pan covered with olive oil evenly, and place in the oven at 425 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Take the time now to put on some lovely tunes, and compile some toppings, I sauteed some mushrooms, onion, and garlic with coconut oil, and set aside some artichokes, tomato, and any other veggies I would like. After the crust is golden brown and crispy and the 35 minutes are over, I put down a layer of pesto and my veggies on my crust. I place it in the oven for 10 minutes, jam out to some Beyonce and Ciara, and wait patiently while my stomach moans:) Then voila! My pizza was perfectly cooked! Enjoy!
Zoe's Quick Tip
About the ingredients here: ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO USE ANY GLUTEN-FREE FLOUR & or USE ANY DAIRY FREE CHEESE YOU WOULD LIKE TO make this ThinkZoeBoost recipe FIT YOUR LIFESTYLE. I want to stress that although my recipes are catered to my allergies and sensitives, I try to make them as accessible as possible to all eating types and dietary restrictions. Inclusivity baby! MAKE THE RECIPES WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO BE- THEY ARE YOURS NOW:) ENJOY!
Namaste,
Zoe
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