Italian

Vegan Pesto Eggplant Pizza is for Dinner.

Vegan Pesto Eggplant Pizza takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Vegan Pesto Eggplant Pizza takes 10 minutes to cook.

Vegan Pesto Eggplant Pizza makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Vegan Pesto Eggplant Pizza are:

* Trader Joe's pizza dough (almost whole wheat)
* 1/3 cup pine nuts,
* 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
* 1 clove garlic, minced
* 1/8 tsp red pepper flakes
* 4 oz Trader Joe San organic tofu (or other low-fat tofu)
* 1 tbsp plus 2 tsp olive oil
* Cooking spray
* 6 oz fresh baby or regular eggplant, stemmed and sliced
* 1 cup diced seeded tomatoes

Here is how you make Vegan Pesto Eggplant Pizza:

Coat a 12-inch pizza pan or baking sheet with cooking spray and a dusting of flour or cornmeal. Roll out dough, using a liberal amount of flour, then set dough on prepared pan. Stirring constantly, toast pine nuts in a dry skillet over medium-low heat for 3 minutes or until browned. Blend 1/4 cup basil, garlic, red pepper flakes, and 2 1/2 tbsp. pine nuts in a food processor until finely chopped. Add tofu and 1 tbsp. of the oil. Process until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Heat cooking spray in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add half of the eggplant and cook, turning occasionally, 5 to 6 minutes, or until browned and tender. Transfer to plate. Repeat with cooking spray and remaining eggplant slices. Toss tomatoes with 1 tsp. of the oil in bowl. Brush crust dough with 1 tsp. of the oil. Spread pesto mixture over crust. Scatter eggplant and tomatoes over pesto. Sprinkle with remaining pine nuts. Bake at 425 degrees for 10 minutes or until sauce is bubbly. Sprinkle pizza with remaining basil right before serving.Makes eight single-slice servings.Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NEWSUGARMOON.

The nutritional information for Vegan Pesto Eggplant Pizza is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 213.6

• Total Fat: 8.7 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 246.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 27.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.1 g
• Protein: 6.6 g

Vegan Pesto Eggplant Pizza is Italian cuisine.

The dietary needs meet for Vegan Pesto Eggplant Pizza is Vegan