Is Pizza Vegan? It can be!

I know a lot of people think that once you become vegan, or realize you have a dairy allergy, that you cannot have pizza. Not true! Also, typically vegan pizza is healthier because you are either doing no cheese or a vegan cheese and likely you are adding more veggies.

For pizza, you have many options. Take out, frozen, or make your own.

Take out

For large pizza chains you will need to go through their ingredients, don't assume you can just not order cheese. Many places include dairy or egg in their sauces or crust. Papa john's original crust and sauce is vegan so you can load up on veggies. If it's a smaller pizza chain, you can ask them if they have a truly vegan pizza. Most places will not have vegan cheese on hand unless it's a specialty place.

For frozen, amy's makes a vegan pizza I believe, and there is also a brand called turtle's island I believe, and they make an amazing tofurky pizza which is very filling and has vegan cheese. It's actually labeled as 'vegan', some brands will do this.

Or you can always make your own! You can use tortillas or bagels that are vegan or you can go all out and make your own crust and buy vegan cheese and toppings. Watch out when buying 'vegan' cheeses because some brands will have casein which is a dairy protein. I like 'Daiya'. You can find it at specialty shops or request for your local markets to carry it. Some might since they know dairy allergies are common. I am trying to get mine to carry it so I will update on how that goes.

You can find recipes for vegan pizza in vegan cookbooks or online such as youtube. I personally love the vegan zombie's videos.