vegan clean the fridge out veggie pizza

Decided I needed an extra long weekend and took yesterday off.  Good choice on my part!  Enjoyed a nice day with J - little shopping, lunch and the gym (beat my 5k time!).   

Then it was time to make dinner! One of my favorite vegan meals that's quick and easy is making pizza.  I am in love with the crust from Whole Foods, so after a drive over there yesterday to pick up a crust it was pizza making time!  This is a great way to use up leftover veggies in your fridge and basically anything goes!  Here is my easy recipe:

Vegan Clean The Fridge Out Veggie Pizza

1 Jar of Pizza Sauce (no salted added)
1 Multi Grain Pizza Crust from Whole Foods
1 Red Onion
1 Cup of Spinach
3 Kumato Tomatoes
1 Portobello Mushroom cleaned and sliced
Bell Peppers
Artichokes
Black Olives

Garlic Powder
Nutrutional Yeast
Italian Seasoning

Set oven to 425 degrees.  Roll out pizza dough to fit your pizza pan (or cookie sheet).  Bake for 8-10 minutes just to get it slightly cooked.  Chop up all of the veggies while it is cooking.  Remove pizza crust add sauce, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, spinach, red onion, peppers, portobellos, artichokes, olives and tomatoes (again anything goes - add all the veggies you have!).  Sprinkle with nutritional yeast. Place back in the oven and bake for about 15 minutes or until bubbling hot.

You can also make smaller individual family pizzas as well.  It's a fun way for the whole family to get involved in dinner and eating healthy!

Another weekend favorite of mine is going to see a movie, and boy there are some great flicks playing right now!  But how do you eat vegan and healthy when going to the movies?  The smell of the popcorn, nachos and hotdogs...oh my!  But OH SO BAD!!  I have found that coming to the movie prepared and with my own goodies makes it so much easier.  Tonight we are being "kind of bad" by bringing our little vegan friends - cinnamon gummy bears!!  LOL!  We also have a bag of raw non-salted nuts as well.  Passing the crap food is easy when you have lots of goodness in your handbag.

Coming up:  The vegan dog and Father's Day yumminess!!