Super Awesome Vegan Pizza!

Vegan Pizza
This is one of our most favorite Sunday meals, enjoyed of course alongside a movie and red wine or beer. And no, this does not have to be vegan, but why settle for less?

What you'll need
A cookie sheet or pizza stone
Olive oil
Whole wheat pizza dough
Wheat flour
Pizza sauce (your favorite)
Garlic (2-3 cloves minced)
1 or 2 tomatoes, diced
Mushrooms, sliced
Green pepper, chopped or sliced
Jalapeno, sliced
Onion (optional)
Black olives (optional)
Vegan pepperoni (optional)
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Vegan mozzarella cheese alternative (or real cheese)


Roll out, stretch, or toss your pizza dough with a little bit of flour to fit whatever you are using (a cookie sheet or pizza stone coated with a bit of olive oil). Preheat a conventional oven to 450 degrees, or whatever temperature your dough suggests. Brush the dough with a bit of olive oil and do a preliminary bake for ten minutes, just to get it bubbly. Take out your dough/crust and begin coating it evenly with pizza sauce based on your personal preference (we like it sauce-y). Next add your garlic, mushrooms, and green pepper. Now cover these ingredients with as much cheese as preferred. Finally, top with jalapenos, tomato, and olives. Bake for 15-20 minutes, based on what your dough suggests (turning or rotating halfway if necessary). Of course if you like a crunchier pizza, then keep it in for longer. Slice, cool, and eat (with red wine or beer)!

Topping order and vegetable ratio here is not very important, meaning that it is completely up to you how to construct the pizza. You may also add the suggested ingredients or even attempt different styles (e.g. Hawaiian). Either way you slice it, pizza is the best, and god bless the Italians for bestowing such a gift upon humankind.