Vegan Pizza

Everybody loves pizza and Natalie's mom used to make a vegan pizza every Friday night, so we decided that starting this week we will carry forward that tradition.

Ingredients:

Crust - If you are so inclined you can make your own dough from scratch or just purchase a premade crust.  With out limited time, we are going with premade crust for now.  Recommended brands are Boboli and Molenaros (Costco). Trader Joes also sells whole wheat pizza dough.

Sauce - Pesto, Marinera (you can combine both together or do just one or the other)
Pesto is not inherently vegan so you may need to see if you can find a store-bought one at a store like Whole Foods or you could make avocado pesto from scratch like we plan to do.

Toppings - Of course pizza lends itself to endless combinations resulting in several countless culinary experiences.  So feel free to add whatever whole food, vegan toppings you want.  But what follows is the Allen family favorite toppings.

- Non-Dairy Cheese (put down a thin layer on top of the crust then sprinkle a little on top when you've placed all the toppings)
- Red bell pepper
- Onion (thinly sliced)
- Tomato (sliced)
- Pine nuts
- Arugala (put on after the pizza is finished baking)