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Then, I had a second thought. Wait! Tim’s being gone for dinner gives me an opportunity to make things that I love but he can’t stand. Things I’d never make if he were going to be home for dinner.
This pizza was made on one of those nights. Now, he loves pizza. It’s not the pizza he wouldn’t go for. It’s the caramelized onions I put on top that he would despise. The man hates onions. I had a big one from my CSA box. He was going to baseball. It was destiny.
I love pizza on the grill. You can use this basic dough recipe and use whatever toppings you prefer. I didn’t use cheese, but if you think a pizza’s not a pizza without cheese, go ahead and throw it on there. I got a little crazy with the toppings on this occasion, but it worked. There were layers and layers of exploding flavors.
Making your own dough is easier than you think. Trust me, if I can do it, you can, too. It doesn’t take any special culinary talent, I promise. And it’s worth it–homemade dough tastes so much better than the store-bought kind. Plus, you control the ingredients. You can’t go wrong.
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Grilled Veggie Pizza
- Total Time: 85 minutes
- Yield: 1 large or 2 small pizzas 1x
Description
A tasty and delicious vegan pizza
Ingredients
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 packet active dry yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons)
- 2 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- pinch sucanat (or regular sugar)
- 1 sweet potato, cubed
- 1–2 onions, cut in half and thinly sliced (I used 1, next time I’ll use 2)
- ~1/4 cup white beans (black beans would work, too)
- 2 tablespoons lime juice, divided
- 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon +1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil, plus more for dough
- 1 tablespoon chopped flat-leaf parsley
- ~1/2 cup tomato sauce (homemade or store bought–I include my quick recipe in the notes)
Instructions
- for the dough
- Lightly oil a medium/large bowl and set aside. In a second bowl, combine the yeast and warm water until the yeast is dissolved. Add the flour, salt, and sucanat, and stir until just mixed. With floured hands, transfer the dough to the oiled bowl. Turn the dough in the oil until it is coated.
- Cover with a dish towel and place in a warm, dry location. Mine hung out in the corner. Allow it to rest, covered, until it is approximately doubled in size, about an hour.
- Then, punch it down with your fist, cover it again, and let it rest another 10 minutes.
- Divide the dough in half and place it on a lightly floured surface. If you want one big pizza, don’t divide it, but smaller pizzas are easier to handle on the grill. Now you want to press the dough down with your hands, turning it in the flour a few times, until you form it into a circle.
- Be careful to press it evenly and not to much in the middle. Now it’s ready to be grilled!
- But first, while your dough is resting, you’ll want to make your toppings. Here’s what I did:
- for the toppings
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- This is how I cube my sweet potato. I start by slicing it, then I stack those slices and slice it again, then turn the stacks and slice again to make cubes. Quick and easy!
- Put your cubed sweet potato in a bowl. Add 1 tablespoon lime juice, maple syrup, and 1 tablespoon olive oil and toss to combine. Put the cubes on a baking sheet and roast until the sweet potato is tender, 20-30 minutes, shaking the pan around a few times to ensure even roasting.
- Return sweet potatoes to the bowl, add beans, additional 1 tablespoon lime juice, and parsley and gently toss to combine. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, you want to be caramelizing those onions. Start by placing them in a pan over medium heat.
- Cook them until they are dry and just about sticking to the pan. Lower the heat to medium low and add 1 teaspoon olive oil and a pinch of salt. Continue to cook until they get nice and caramelized. How long depends on how you like them. The longer you let them cook, the sweeter they will be. Mine cooked an additional 20 minutes after I added the oil.
Poor pan. Totally worth it, though!- Now you are ready to get grilling! Set your grill to medium heat (mine was about 450 degrees). Grab your dough and spread both sides with some olive oil. Place them directly on the grill rack and allow to grill about 4-5 minutes. Using a spatula, turn it over. Now you are ready to add your toppings.
- I added tomato sauce*, sweet potato/bean mixture, and best for last, the onions! Grill it an additional 4-5 minutes and voila! You are finished.
- Eat your pizza and enjoy!
Notes
*I made a quick homemade (raw) tomato sauce because I had some tomatoes from my CSA I wanted to use. I just put 2 small tomatoes (seeded), 1 tablespoon fresh basil, and 1 teaspoon dried oregano in the food processor and processed lightly. Fresh sauce in 2 minutes–it did the trick.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 75
- Category: main meal
- Cuisine: Italian / American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 smal pizza
- Calories: 982
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 1584mg
- Fat: 6.5g
- Carbohydrates: 215g
- Protein: 30.5g
Tim, I don’t mind if you go to your baseball games and miss dinner. As long as I can enjoy grilled pizza with my lovely caramelized onions, I’m a happy girl.
I’ve ALWAYS wanted to make grilled pizzas!! This looks fantastic 🙂
Oh this looks delicious!
So clever of you 😉 I love caramelized onions!
I’m thinking this is a meal I’ll have to make just for myself and my little guy, too… his daddy has made great strides in the health department, but pizza’s something he expects to still be loaded with cheese and meat. :/ I don’t think I’ll mind having the whole thing to myself, though! 🙂 Yum!
Yes, if Tim was home his pizza would have had less veggies and cheese for sure. 🙂
OMG, how did you know that every Friday is pizza night at our house? I am so wanting to try this, but, hubby would have to make his own because he doesn’t like beans. Trying to think how I can make this tonight without sharing with him. Looks so delicious!
Looks delish Maryea! I was just wishing that i had an easy healthy recipe for pizza dough and now I do! Thanks! I’m not sure how much James would enjoy pizza without cheese – I have zero problem with it – but at least for the next 26 days, he doesn’t have a choice 🙂
Wow! I have never even thought about putting sweet potatoes on pizza….and the combo with white beans must be heavenly!
This combo was kind of an accident. It was like, hmmmm what do I have besides onion that I could put on this pizza? Sweet potato? Sure, why not? Okay, I need some protein. White beans? Perfect! 🙂
I love grilled pizza. And I totally use the nights that Jason isn’t home to make things that he doesn’t like.
What a pizza!!! 🙂 I like that on nights where I want to eat my own thing entirely and am too burnt out to cook two meals, my husband knows and makes his own food for the night. I love that he reads me like a book!
I have pizza on the brain and should give your crust a try!
What a great husband! 🙂
My husband plays baseball too, so I know what you mean, although I never really thought to take advantage of his absence like this. Genius! This pizza sounds fantastic!
Looks great! Funny that your hubby doesn’t like onions, mine loves onions but can’t stand sweet potato! Love that you put beans on your pizza too, sounds yummy 🙂 I’ve never grilled pizza but it looks so good 😀
My hubby loves both, but he wouldn’t want the pizza without cheese! Such picky men. 🙂
I know. Tim would have demanded I put cheese on his if he were home for this meal. What can you do?