Meat-Free Mondays – Pizza Night!
Posted on March 31, 2008 by
Sure, you can load a pizza up with meat, but you don’t have to and it’s still good. Pizza is a great option for your weekly meat-free meal. Here are some recipes and ideas to make your pizza night eco-friendly.
Homemade pizza crust is super easy and so good.
Since I can’t eat wheat, I use Gluten-Free Pantry’s French Bread and Pizza Mix to make the crust. It’s so good that my brother-in-law didn’t even know he was eating gluten-free pizza when my mother-in-law made it over the holidays.
But before wheat and I had our falling out, my husband and I made whole wheat crust from scratch using this recipe.
If you’re trying to avoid animal products all together, check out Living Without Meat’s pizza recipe.
If you can’t give up the cheese, try going a little lighter with it, and pile up your pizza with organic veggies. And if you really miss the meat, try a meat substitute, like soy pepperoni or “soyrizo” sausage.
Ooo, I love making my veggie pizza with caramelized onions, roasted red peppers and sliced plum tomatoes. Now I’m hungry!
You can also put shredded tofu on top of pizza for a good cheese substitute. There’s a place in Colorado that makes vegan pizza with a crust that’s so good, you dip it in honey and eat it like dessert.
Ooh, both of your pizza ideas sound so good! I’m hungry too!
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