Pizza Bianca(ish)

  Though I've made many pizzas since taking an interest in cooking, this is my first vegan pizza. I can hear the "eww" ing now. ;) I can assure you there was no "eww" ing going on when Richard killed three pieces in less than 10 minutes! Hardly enough time to savor the flavors. lol

  Being cheese lovers, we've been pleasantly surprised with the veggie and soy cheeses on the market today. Tonight was no exception with the mozzarella  Veggie Shreds. We never would have guessed we weren't eating dairy if we hadn't purchased the ingredients ourselves.

  Well I'm not much in the mood for writing tonight, so I'll just get right to the recipe.

Ingredients (Not vegan? Substitute away!)

1 Pizza crust

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

10-12 cloves minced garlic

1/4 cup balsamic vinegar

1 package frozen spinach

1/4 cup sliced kalamata olives

1 package button mushrooms, sliced

1 package vegan shredded mozzarella

1/4 cup chopped red onion

Directions

1.  Preheat oven to 400˚F.

2.  Pour the extra virgin olive oil in a bowl.  Add the 10-12 cloves of minced garlic to the olive oil and let soak while you prepare the other ingredients.

3.  Cook frozen spinach as directed.  Continue to step 4 while spinach is cooking.

4.  Drain kalamata olives, adding juice to sauce pan.

5.  Slice mushrooms and add to sauce pan with kalamata juice. Saute.

6.  Drain cooked spinach and set aside.

7.  Brush pizza crust with balsamic vinegar, then extra virgin olive oil/garlic mixture.

8.  Cover pizza crust with the mozzarella Veggie Shreds, then mushrooms, kalamata olives, spinach and onions.

9.  Bake for 10-15 minutes.

10. Optional; Lightly spray or drizzle the pizza with some of the remaining balsamic.

Hope you likey.