Veggie Pizza With Sunflower Seed Cheese

It's amazing the number of foods you can turn into a creamy vegan cheese – cashews, soy beans, almonds, and as this recipe proves, sunflower seeds! This pizza also has tomato paste, olive oil, bell peppers and mushrooms, and a sprinkle of oregano. What a deliciously savory way to eat your veggies!

VEGGIE PIZZA WITH SUNFLOWER SEED CHEESE [VEGAN]

INGREDIENTS

FOR THE PIZZA:

• Plain store-bought pizza base
• 1 1/2-2 tablespoons tomato paste
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Oregano
• Garlic powder
• Salt
• 12 mixed olives
• 1 yellow or red pepper (or red)
• 1 cup mushrooms, sliced
• 1 large ripe tomato, sliced
• Some rocket

FOR THE SUNFLOWER SEED CHEESE:

• 1/3 cup sunflower seeds
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/3 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 1/2 tablespoons nutritional yeast

PREPARATION

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.
2. Evenly spread 1 1/2-2 tablespoons on your pizza base. Drizzle some olive oil, a bit of salt, garlic powder, and oregano on it.
3. Then start making the sunflower seed cheese. Put all ingredients into a high-speed blender. Blend until you get a smooth paste.
4. Spoon the sunflower seed cheese paste on your pizza base on top of the tomato sauce layer. Then slice up 2 closed cup mushrooms, 1 large ripe tomato, some pepper, and the olives and also put them on your pizza.
5. Drizzle a little bit more oil over it and a dash of sea salt.
6. Put in the oven for 10 minutes. Serve.

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-recipe/veggie-pizza-with-sunflower-seed-cheese/