homemade veggie pizza

Ingredients

• pizza dough for 1 pizza
• ½ cup pizza sauce
• 1 cup baby spinach
• 8 ounces mozzarella, shredded
• ¼ cup sliced black olives, drained
• ¼ cup marinated artichokes hearts, drained
• ¼ cup red bell pepper (about 1/4 of the pepper)
• ¼ cup sliced red onion (about 1/4 of the onion)
• ¼ cup cornmeal
• flour for dusting

Instructions

1. If using* a pizza stone add it to the middle rack of the oven to heat up. Preheat oven to 450ºF.
2. On a floured surface stretch/roll out the pizza dough into a large circle. If dough starts to get a little sticky sprinkle more flour.
3. Once crust is formed sprinkle about half the cornmeal onto the pizza peel. The other half will go on the pizza stone right before you put the pizza on it.
4. Lay the stretched out dough overtop the corn meal on the pizza peel. I like to give the peel a little shake to make sure the pizza isn’t sticking and will slide off when the time comes.
5. Add the pizza sauce to the pizza and using the back of a spoon spread the sauce evenly over the center of the pizza, leaving just a little crust space. Next take the spinach and arrange it in a single layer overtop the sauce, it is okay if you don’t use it all.
6. Next add the cheese in a single layer covering the sauce and spinach. Add the olives, artichoke hearts, bell pepper, and red onion spread out across the cheese.
7. Carefully add the remaining cornmeal to the pizza stone. With much caution gently shake the pizza off of the pizza peel and onto the pizza stone.
8. Cook 14 to 16 minutes until the cheese on the pizza is melted and starting to turn golden brown. Carefully remove from oven. Transfer to a cutting board, let rest for at least a minute then cut it and enjoy!