DIY Banza Pizza [2 ways]
DIY Banza Pizza [2 ways]
Slice Slice Baby. Sharing two of my favorite DIY Pizza recipes using Banza’s new naked pizza crust [made from chickpeas] + a GIVEAWAY on my IG to win some of your own!
If you have not tried this crust yet, I highly recommend it! I get mine in the freezer section of my local whole foods. The naked crust is my favorite because I like to get creative with my own DIY recipes but they have a bunch of flavored pies as well.
Make sure to check out my PERKS page to save on some of the brands I use to bring these pizza pies to life.
Here are two of my new favorite DIY’s…
Buffalo Chickpea Pizza + Pesto Pizza with a balsamic glaze
Pesto Pizza with a Balsamic Glaze
1 Naked Banza crust
1/4 cup pesto sauce [I like Gotham greens vegan pesto]
1 small roma tomato sliced longways into thin pieces
3 tbsp pine nuts
1 cup of arugula
salt and pepper to taste
balsamic glaze [I like Nona Pia’s Balsamic Glaze from wholefoods]
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Remove crust from the box and unwrap all packaging, including the cardboard round.
Smear the pesto sauce evenly over the pizza crust.
Add the sliced tomatoes on top of the pesto.
Add some sea salt and pepper.
Place pizza directly on the middle oven rack.
Bake until crust is lightly golden, 12-15 minutes.
Watch as it cooks, oven temperatures and times vary.
Remove from oven with tongs or a spatula.
Add arugula, pine nuts, and a generous amount of balsamic glaze.
Slice & enjoy!
Buffalo Chickpea Pizza
Cauliflower:
1/2 – 1 cup cauliflower broken up into small pieces
2 tbsp buffalo sauce + 1 tbsp melted grass-fed butter combined
Pizza:
1 Naked Banza crust
1-2 tbsp of buffalo sauce [I like primal kitchen]
1/4 sliced red onion
1 handful of thin-sliced cherry tomatoes
1 chopped scallion
Cilantro microgreens, or cilantro chopped to your liking
1 sliced small avocado
Dollops of dairy-free sour cream [I like Kite Hill]
salt and pepper to taste
Preheat the oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Before making the pizza, break apart the cauliflower into small pieces. Toss cauliflower in buffalo sauce & butter mixture, lay on the baking sheet, and bake for 10-15 minutes at 350 F.
Remove cauliflower, increase the temperature to 400F and prepare pizza.
Remove crust from the box and unwrap all packaging, including the cardboard round.
Smear some buffalo sauce over the top of the crust, about 1 1/2 tbsp.
Add cauliflower over the top of the pizza crust with some sprinkled red onion and thinly sliced cherry tomatoes.
Place pizza directly on the middle oven rack.
Bake until crust is lightly golden, 12-15 minutes.
The cauliflower will cook further, this is what we want to see!
Watch as it cooks, oven temperatures and times vary.
Remove from oven with tongs or a spatula.
Add other toppings: sliced avocado, cilantro microgreens, green onion, and dairy-free sour cream.
Slice & enjoy!
