Easy Veggie Vegan Pizza with 20 minute Almost No Knead Crust! Pizza Sauce, Veggies, Mushrooms, Kalamata Olives, Garlic + olive oil for amazing flavor, baked to perfection. Dressed with Vegan Parmesan and fresh basil. The Best Simple Vegan Pizza Dough Soy-free Recipe. Can be Nut-free. Pin this post for later. Jump to Recipe
There are all kinds of Pizza on the blog.. With Buffalo chickpeas & ranch, with Tandoori Tempeh, Mediterranean Pizza, or Samosa Pizza, with regular crusts, focaccia crust, gf crusts, yeast-free crusts, deep dish and many more. 35+ Pizzas with 18 different crusts!
I tend to post creative stuff before the usual, don’t I! So today’s post is all about the basic veggie pizza in all its glory. Simple 20 minute crust, topped with mushrooms, peppers, onion, other veggies like zucchini, chopped garlic tossed in olive oil, and kalamata olives over a simple tomato sauce. Baked to perfection, then sprinkled with vegan parmesan (or use any of my other vegan cheese recipes for mozzarella, cheddar), fresh basil and red pepper flakes. Simple and amazing! The garlic tossed in olive oil cooks faster and does not taste raw. Use roasted garlic for variation. I generally chop the mushrooms and mix them with the garlic, add some oregano and thyme and fennel seeds to use it as veggie crumble. For gluten-free crusts, see here.
I also made a video of the whole process! And it is easy.
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Add toppings of choice, slice and serve.
More Pizzas from the blog
- Pizza with chipotle red lentil tomato sauce and vegan ricotta
- Sriracha BBQ Tofu Pizza with almond milk pepperjack
- Deep dish Black eyed pea Pizza
- Buffalo Chickpea Pizza with celery ranch dressing.
If you make the pizza crust or the whole pizza, do leave me a comment and rating below on how it turned out! Tag me on social media if you share.
Easy Veggie Vegan Pizza with 20 minute Crust
Ingredients
No Knead Crust:
- 1 tsp active yeast
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) warm water
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1 1/4 cup (156.25 g) flour unbleached white or a combination of white and whole wheat
- 1/3 tsp (0.33 tsp) salt
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) dried oregano or other herbs
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) garlic powder optional
Pizza toppings
- Red Pizza sauce of choice
- Sliced bell pepper
- Sliced red onion
- thinly sliced white mushrooms
- sliced zucchini or other sliced veggies of choice
- sliced kalamata olives
- 2 cloves of garlic finely chopped
- 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- fresh basil
- vegan parmesan
- Or use any of my other homemade cheeses like cheddar, feta etc
- pepper flakes
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix warm water, yeast and 1 tbsp flour. Let it sit for a few minutes to activate.
- Add 1 cup flour, salt, herbs and garlic and olive oil and mix in. Add another 3 tbsp flour and mix in. Get your hands in there to mix and knead for a few seconds into a soft slightly sticky dough.. Add another tbsp flour if needed. Gather the dough into a ball and let it sit for 15 minutes in a warm place.
- Add a 1/2 tsp oil over the dough and spread with your hands. Gather the dough into a ball and place on parchment lined sheet.
- Use a bit of flour to spread the dough into a 13 to 14 inch size oval. Spread it depending on on how thick or thin you want the crust to be. Keep the edges thicker than the center (see video). Let it sit for a few minutes. Preheat the oven to 435 degrees F / 220ºc.
- Spread the pizza sauce on the crust. Distribute the sliced veggies, mushrooms and olives evenly.
- Mix chopped garlic with a tsp of olive oil and a pinch of salt and oregano. Sprinkle over the pizza.
- Sprinkle salt over the veggies. Sprinkle meltable vegan cheese on the veggies if using at this point.
- Bake the pizza for 17 to 18 minutes or until golden on the edges. Sprinkle vegan parm of choice, chopped fresh basil, and pepper flakes. Slice and serve!
Video
Notes
Chop the mushrooms and mix with the garlic and olive oil and use. Add some coarsely crushed fennel seeds to the mushroom mixture. Saute the veggies + other sliced seasonal veggies for a few minutes with salt, pepper, garlic and oregano, then add as toppings. Crust Tips: The crust will thicken considerably when baked. If it comes out thick and bread like, it was most likely kept too thick during shaping. Keep spreading the crust using hands or a rolling pin to make a thin large pizza. You will get a hang of the thickness you prefer after baking it a couple of times. Nutritional values based on 1 of 2 serving, does not include additional vegan cheese or toppings.
Nutrition
Shannon says
February 21, 2020 at 6:15 amThis sounds amazing for a party I’m hosting. Can I make the dough a day early? Will it keep? Should i make the pizza and just warm it the night of the party? Its an appetizer. Thanks 🙂
Richa says
February 21, 2020 at 11:45 amyes assemble and freeze.Then bake when needed. it will take 2-3 mins longer
karl avery says
March 5, 2020 at 6:10 amI am diabetic. 64 carbs is huge for per serving. Can I substitute Almond Flour. Nutrition Facts
label doesn’t mention how many servings for this recipe. Important to know. Thanks.
Richa says
March 7, 2020 at 5:52 pmMay be try one of my gluten free crust. Nutrition facts are for 1 serving, number of servings are mentioned up along with the times.
https://www.veganricha.com/recipe-pages/vegan-gluten-free-pizza-crust-recipe
Sue says
March 22, 2020 at 8:14 amHi Richa. This is still the one-and-only pizza dough recipe for me; it is perfect every time! (Even exceptional with whole wheat.) I get a lot of joy from your blog and appreciate all your hard work.
Richa says
March 22, 2020 at 12:14 pm<3 <3
Claire Howard says
March 15, 2020 at 5:34 pmThis was my first vegan pizza and hubby and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Easy and yummy.
Thank you.
Slađana says
April 2, 2020 at 6:31 amThis was my very first pizza and it was extra delicious. Thank you so much ❤️🍕
Natalie Morris says
April 17, 2020 at 3:58 pmSplit into two personal pies and was perfect! Baked for 17 mins and was amazing
Vegan Richa Support says
April 18, 2020 at 12:12 pmperfect!
niat says
April 18, 2020 at 11:55 amcame out really nice.
I actually used a combination of whole wheat and teff flour.
Amazing !!!
Hallie says
April 22, 2020 at 8:46 amHello- I was going to give this a try and luckily I have yeast, but it is instant. Do I still make the dough the same as your direction or should I do something different. Thank you for the recipe, it looks delicious!
Vegan Richa Support says
April 24, 2020 at 10:49 amInstant yeast can just be added right into the dry ingredients.
Marianne says
April 30, 2020 at 4:23 pmI usually use my bread maker to make pizza dough. However, it takes 90 mins. Today, I decided to make pizza for dinner later in the day and didn’t have time to make it this way. I found your recipe and it came out very good. I doubled it up as I was making it for 3 of us. It was very good. Nice texture and flavor and quick and easy to make.
Vegan Richa Support says
April 30, 2020 at 8:20 pmExcellent! sometimes good things don’t need that much time!!
Jasmine says
May 5, 2020 at 8:30 amHi! I’d love to make this but don’t have oil at home because we don’t cook with oil. Is it ok to omit it in the dough recipe, or is there a substitute I can use? Thanks!
Richa says
May 5, 2020 at 12:46 pmOmit it. I have an oil free pizza dough that you can try as well https://www.veganricha.com/recipe-pages/basic-vegan-pizza-dough-oil-free/
Vladimir says
May 18, 2020 at 6:49 amThis recipe is great! I’ve never baked anything but bread in my life, yet everything went without a single hitch with a fab pizza waiting for me in the oven in no time. Next time I think I’ll add a little bit more salt, but that’s probably because I’m a terrible salt maniac.
Thank you so much!
Vegan Richa Support says
May 18, 2020 at 1:03 pmGreat to hear Vladimir! First times a charm =). or maybe tangy toppings like artichokes as well.
Monisha Reddy says
May 25, 2020 at 3:27 pmWould this work as breadsticks ?
Vegan Richa Support says
May 26, 2020 at 2:05 pmyes! That’s a fabulous idea!
Monisha says
May 26, 2020 at 5:37 pmGreat ! Thank you!
Mangai says
June 7, 2020 at 7:45 pmMy family I never make pizza because we’re vegan and apprehensive about the dough but this was hand down, the best we’ve ever eaten/made! Thank you so much for this wonderful and easy recipe. You’re the best!
Vegan Richa Support says
June 8, 2020 at 7:36 pmwinner winner vegan dinner!!
Karen says
June 13, 2020 at 5:50 pmDo you mean mix a TBSP of SUGAR with the yeast (instead of flour)? I tried four times with two different active dry yeasts and they did not activate without sugar.
Vegan Richa Support says
June 13, 2020 at 7:33 pmfour times? hmmmm. No sugar – any type of flour will work as long as the yeast is fresh and your room is not too cold.
Richa says
June 13, 2020 at 9:26 pmUse 1 tsp sugar to activate. Flour is also carbs and that should activate the years but if doesn’t use 1tsp sugar. Tbsp will be good much
Nelly says
June 26, 2020 at 1:05 amOmg!!! This was really easy to make! It was my first veg pizza ever! Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️
Vegan Richa Support says
June 26, 2020 at 11:04 amwow!! 1st time & a 5Star rating – amaaaaaazzzingg!!! Thanks Nelly
JULIE says
June 30, 2020 at 8:44 pmIt worked a treat! I’ve never worked with yeast before, was a bit apprehensive, but it turned out really well. I cooked it on fan forced at 200 degrees C. Thank you for the extra detail in the instructions, I’m sure that helped! Thansk Richa!
Vegan Richa Support says
July 1, 2020 at 8:49 amAwesome!
Ciara Brechtlein says
July 1, 2020 at 3:32 pmLove this recipe. The crust was so quick to make and absolutely delicious. We like a little be more of a seasoned crust so I added a little bit of cayenne, nutritional yeast and pepper.
Will make this forever lol!
Vegan Richa Support says
July 1, 2020 at 7:58 pmMmmmm… extra spices are always a great idea!
Janicca Covington says
July 3, 2020 at 7:10 pmThis was absolutely amazing and soooo delicious !!! I like quadrupled your recipe!!! Literally 😊 We has pizza night and everyone made their own personal pizzas and it was such a hit!!! Thank you soooo much! Definitely will be on rotation in our home! My brother in law even made a calzone!!!
Richa says
July 3, 2020 at 9:13 pmAwesome
Greta says
July 8, 2020 at 5:27 amThis turned out so well!! Thanks!!
Vegan Richa Support says
July 8, 2020 at 4:12 pmAwesome!
Alexandra says
July 10, 2020 at 12:19 pmI’ve been eating vegan for 6 month now and this is the first time making pizza and it was delicious! This is better than one’s I’ve bought from restaurants. Thank you for this deliciousness!
Vegan Richa Support says
July 10, 2020 at 8:08 pmwow!! It’s not delivery – it’s vegan richa! thank you!
Nil says
July 17, 2020 at 4:46 pmThis was my first time making homemade pizza. The dough turned out fantastic and the pizza was delicious! Your recipes are easy to follow and not intimidating. Thank you Richa!
Ks says
July 22, 2020 at 5:02 pmI refrigerated the dough and used it after 3 days. It tasted different. Do you think it could have become too “yeasty”?
Ronda says
July 27, 2020 at 7:09 pmIt was delicious pizza dough.I made it an eggplant with vegan cheese pizza. Everybody loved it, thanks!
Vegan Richa Support says
July 28, 2020 at 8:14 pmyay!!! i’m a big eggplant fan too
Gavin says
August 3, 2020 at 12:13 amSo. Delicious. We use Trader Joe’s Garlic Herb Crust.
Vegan Richa Support says
August 3, 2020 at 6:47 pmnice touch – thanks for stopping by
Samantha says
August 26, 2020 at 6:56 pmThis looks incredible. I love bbq on pizza! This vegan option looks absolutely tantalizing. Love the mix including cauliflower and mushroom!
Vegan Richa Support says
August 28, 2020 at 12:51 pmI know, right? thank you so much for popping in
Jennifer Adams Kimble says
September 13, 2020 at 2:51 pmReally good and SUPER easy! Thanks for sharing!
Vegan Richa Support says
September 13, 2020 at 5:37 pmHooray. I’m glad
Jamie says
September 28, 2020 at 4:36 pmThis is our go-to pizza dough! The herbs in the dough make it even tastier (plus my kids don’t seem to mind– BONUS!). Thank you for this amazing recipe!
Richa says
September 28, 2020 at 4:58 pmYay
Sumer says
September 28, 2020 at 6:55 pmI have made this pizza twice now and it is sooo delicious I am newly vegan and recipes like this one make it easy to stay this way. I feel much better, have more energy, and my skin looks better. Thank you for sharing and I am going to tag you on Facebook right now Vegan Richa you Rock!