Being a vegetarian there are very few options to eat outside other than the Indian restaurants. Among those few options my favorite is the Veggie pizza from pizza hut. Making a pizza at home is not at all difficult, but it never tastes the same as a pizza hut pizza. I attributed the difference in taste to the sauce they make or the way they bake the pizza. So once while shopping in Kroger, I happened to see a can of pizza sauce and pre baked pizza base. I was immediately tempted to try making the pizza at home with the store bought sauce and pizza crust. And believe me the result was great. It tasted like an authentic Pizza Hut Veggie pizza. This is a delicious weekend lunch, when you don't have much time to cook among the usual weekend chores. The preparation hardly takes 10 minutes and the baking takes another 10 minutes.
Ingredients
12" Pizza crust - 1 no.
Tomatoes - 1
Onion - 1 small
Green bell pepper - 1/2
Sliced black olives - 1/4 cup
Pineapple chunks - 1/4 cup
Pizza sauce - 3 tbsp
Pizza/ Mozzarella cheese - 3 tbs
Pizza seasoning - 1/2 tsp
Olive oil - 1 tsp
Method
1. Pre heat the oven to 425 degree F or as instructed to bake the pizza crust.
2. Cut the tomatoes in big pieces. Slice the onion and bell pepper thinly.
3. To assemble the pizza, rub a little olive oil on the crust. This will keep the crust a bit soft, particularly the edges.
4. Spread the pizza sauce on the crust evenly.
5. Spread the chopped vegetables evenly on the crust.
6. Add the olives and the pineapple chunks.
7. Spread the cheese on the pizza. And at last sprinkle the pizza seasoning.
8. Reduce the oven temperature to 400 degree F, and bake the pizza for 7-10 min or till you see a few brown spots on the cheese.
9. Cut the pizza into 8 pieces and serve warm.
As usual soda or juice is the best to wash it down.
One 12" crust serves 2 people. The advantage of making it at home is that you can control the amount of cheese.
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