Pizza Recipes

A homemade pepper and mushroom pizza on a from-scratch yeast crust, spread with a creamy blended cottage cheese and Parmesan sauce instead of red sauce, then loaded with mozzarella. A lighter, veggie-packed pie.

Maple-roasted acorn squash, creamy Gorgonzola, and melty mozzarella on a crispy crust, topped with peppery arugula. This vegetarian fall pizza is seasonal eating at its finest.

Chicken fajita pizza combines sizzling chili-spiced chicken strips, caramelized onions, and bell peppers on a crispy crust with salsa and melted Monterey Jack. Tex-Mex meets pizza night in one crowd-pleasing pan.

Crispy tostada shells loaded pizza-style with salsa-tossed chicken, melted cheddar, black olives, green pepper, and cilantro. A fun, crunchy Mexican-pizza mashup ready in 40 minutes.

Homemade pizza on a nutty whole wheat crust topped with a quick-simmered tomato sauce, chopped green chilis, mozzarella, pepperoni, and olives. From dough to table in about 40 minutes.

I omit pizza sauce for this one. If you've never tried it. try it just once, you might be surprised how good it is without sauce. Make sure the pizza is completely covered with vegetables, sometimes I use very finely chopped broccoli with this as well, and if I feel adventurous, jalapeno peppers

Curried fruit pizza topped with apples, pears, banana, grapes, and candied pineapple simmered in curry cream on crispy pizza dough. Sweet, spicy, and totally unexpected.

Fresh vegetable pizza spreads a tangy horseradish sour cream over a crisp crescent-roll crust topped with mushrooms, broccoli, tomatoes, and peppers. Cold no-cook party appetizer, cut into squares.

Easy pizza crust lets the bread machine do the work: a chewy bread-flour dough made lower in fat by swapping applesauce for oil. Roll it out, top it, and bake your own crisp homemade pizza.

Easy pizza primavera on pita: personal-sized pizzas topped with broccoli, summer squash, asparagus, peas, fresh tomato, basil, mozzarella, and parmesan. Ready in 30 minutes.

Fresh fruit pizza with sliced apples, pears, raisins, and pine nuts on a golden pizza crust under a sweet egg-and-milk custard. An Italian-style sweet bake for brunch or dessert.

Fresh vegetable flour tortilla pizza topped with mushrooms, tomatoes, black olives, and bubbly mozzarella. A 20-minute crispy-thin vegetarian weeknight dinner that beats delivery on speed and freshness.

Use frozen bread dough in this ham, pepperoni, eggs, and cheese Stromboli-like recipe that fits the bill for a quick, hearty, and satisfying main dish that can be prepared in advance and served warm or at room temperature.

Fruit tortilla pizza with a blended ricotta-cottage cheese spread, mixed berries, brown sugar, and cinnamon on crispy flour tortillas. A light, low-fat dessert ready in 20 minutes.

Garbanzo bean pizza with a gluten-free chickpea puree crust topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella, and Italian herbs. High-protein, grain-free, and surprisingly crispy.

Garden salad pizza topped with fresh tomatoes, red and green bell peppers, red onion, and scallions tossed in olive oil and vinegar over melted mozzarella. No sauce needed when the vegetables are this fresh.