This easy to make pizza is made with zucchini, tomatoes, onion, baby arugula, basil, and cheese.
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 8 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 (5 oz) thin whole wheat pizza crust
- 1 cup (from 1 medium zucchini) shaved zucchini strips
- 2 medium tomatoes, thinly sliced
- ½ cup thinly sliced red onion
- 1 (2 oz) package baby arugula
- ¼ cup chopped fresh basil
- ¼ cup refrigerated basil pesto
- 2/3 cup (2 ½ ounces) halloumi or feta cheese
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 2 teaspoons rice vinegar
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper
Directions:
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.
- Place the rack of your oven in top position.
- In a mixing bowl, stir together oil, vinegar, ¼ teaspoon salt, and black pepper.
- Stir in zucchini until coated.
- Let it rest at room temperature for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile on a baking sheet place pizza crust and spread basil pesto over crust.
- Then evenly sprinkle cheese over pesto.
- Top with sliced tomatoes and crushed red pepper.
- Bake for 6 minutes or until slightly crispy.
- Turn broiler to high and broil the pizza for 2 minutes or until cheese is bubbly.
- Remove from the oven and let it cool for 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add onion, baby arugula, and chopped basil to zucchini mixture, toss to combine.
- Arrange zucchini mixture evenly over pizza.
- Sprinkle with remaining ¼ teaspoon salt and cut into 8 slices.
- Serve immediately.