Thursday, July 7, 2011

Vegetable and Gruyere Pizza

If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time I've done a blog post about pizza. I don't often do traditional New York-style pizza, just because it's nearly impossible to recreate. So when I do make pizza, I tend to do more unique combinations of toppings, doughs, and cheeses. Hence my latest creation -- Vegetable and Gruyere Pizza. 

I had just gotten over a really nasty stomach bug, and wanted something a little light, with lots of vegetables, so I decided to make a vegetable pizza. I was cooking for my husband and my sister, and most of the vegetables I wanted to put on got vetoed, so the list got narrowed down to green peppers, mushrooms and red onions. Gruyere is quickly becoming my favorite cheese, and it goes so well with mushrooms, so that was an easy choice. Again staying with the healthy theme, I wanted more of a whole wheat dough. The grocery store had plain and whole wheat, but my eye caught a very seedy multi-grain dough that sounded fun. At least to me, it did. I brought it home to many moans and grumbles from the peanut gallery, who were quickly won over after the first bite.