Vegan Pizza with Homemade Cheese Sauce and Garlicky Spinach

My homemade cheese sauce was the bees knees so I had some Caulipower plain crusts so my brain was like, hmmm, let's make a vegan white pizza! And it was amazing!

serving size: one pizza

What you need:

• Crust (any kind will do, I used cauliflower crust)
• Vegan cheese sauce (recipe posted a couple back)
• 2 cups spinach
• 1.5 teaspoons avocado/olive oil
• 1/2 tablespoon dehydrated minced onion
• 1-2 teaspoons minced garlic
• little bit of olive oil to spread on the crust
• Optional toppings* hunks of vegan cheese, basil, parsley, oregano..

What you need to do:

1. Make that vegan cheese sauce if you haven't already!
2. Preheat oven based on crust choice
3. Spread some olive oil across your crust
4. Heat your oil and dehydrated onions in a small pan
5. Once you hear them crackling, add in your spinach
6. Dump your minced garlic on now and cook spinach til wilted, about 1-2 minutes
7. Remove spinach from heat
8. Add your cheese sauce to the crust
9. Top with spinach mixture
10. I added some fresh parsley and basil from my garden before serving!
11. YUM, YOUUU DONE

Easy, Vegan Cheese Sauce

Took my first crack at making a vegan cheese sauce and it turned out really well! Husband approved too so I know it was tasty. Here's the easy recipe

serving size: around 2 cups!

What you need:

• 2 cups unsalted veggie stock
• 3/4 cup almond milk
• 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 3/4 cup vegan cheese (I grated up Field Roast's slice, about 5 or 6 of them)
• 1 tablespoon vegan cream cheese (I used Kite Hill's Chive cream cheese)
• 1/4 cup of nutritional yeast
• pinch of salt
• pinch of pepper

What you need to do:

1. Bring stock and milk to a boil.
2. SLOWLY whisk in the flour, stirring continuously and lower the heat til your mixture is simmering.
3. Add in your nutritional yeast, whisking away.
4. Add in the cheese and simmer for 10-15 minutes, whisking and watching until the sauce thickens up.
5. Done! Enjoy

Stuffed Pizza Peppers

New twist on a classic. I think I'm gonna keep going with this and make different kinds of stuffed peppers..maybe a chicken and veggie combo or an Asian inspired stuffed pepper...hmm. Anyways, super quick, easy, healthy and delicious!

serving size: 4 peppers!

What you need:

• 4 bell peppers
• a medium sized onion, diced
• 2 large handfuls of fresh spinach
• 1 pound ground turkey (or chicken or beef)
• 1 tablespoon avocado oil
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1/2 cup chopped turkey pepperoni
• 1 can diced tomatoes (no salt if you can)
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce (or pasta)
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• optional toppings* cheese! I put mozzarella on Sean's peppers and Kite Hill chive cream cheese on mine (it was a game changer, I promise!) I also added leftover quinoa to the bottom of my pan and poured remaining mixture all over, then set my peppers on top

What you need to do:

1. Fill a large pot with water and boil
2. Cut the tops off your peppers and gut the insides of the ribs and seeds
3. Once the water is boiling, set peppers in and boil for about 5-8 minutes or until tender, remove and drain
4. Preheat over to 350 degrees
5. Heat your avocado oil in a large skillet over medium heat. 
6. Once hot add in your onions and saute 3-5 minutes, then add in your garlic and cook til fragrant, 1 extra minute.
7. Dump your ground turkey in and cook til browned, about 8-10 minutes
8. Next, add in your tomatoes and your sauce, and all your seasonings and stir to combine
9. Add in spinach, turn the heat down and simmer everything for about 10 more minutes
10. Grab an oven safe baking dish, add your peppers to the dish and fill with mixture
11. Top with whatever you'd like then bake for 15 minutes!
12. Eat 'em up cause they are so so good

Vegan Spinach and Artichoke Pizza

I finally got to try the Caulipower pizza crust! It was so good! A lot better than my homemade cauliflower crust, haha. I had to make half of this a normal pizza for Sean (his half is not vegan, it has cheese). I was pleasantly surprised that he enjoyed the crust too!

serving size: one pizza, we got 6 slices out of this

What you need:

• 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon avocado oil
• half of a shallot, diced
• 2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 3 cups spinach
• 1 can of artichokes, chopped
• 2 ounce Kite Hill chive cream cheese
• 1/4 cup Just Mayo
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt 
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• pepper flakes to top

What you need to do:

1. Preheat oven to 425 
2. Brush crust with olive oil
3. In a pan, saute avocado oil, shallot and garlic until fragrant, about 1 minute
4. Add in spinach, artichokes, garlic powder, salt and pepper
5. Cook until spinach is wilted, then add vegan mayo and cream cheese
6. Cook until combined
7. Top crust with spinach mixture and bake on the top rack (or pizza stone) for 16 minutes or whatever the package says, I forget!
8. Let cool a couple minutes then enjoy!