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Grilled Pesto Vegetable Pizza Recipe
These grilled vegetable pizzas, slathered with pesto and topped with smoky, tender vegetables will keep your vegetarian guests happy all summer long!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
22 mins
Servings: 6 Small Pizzas
Calories: 1896 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Italian
Ingredients
- 1 medium zucchini cut into ¼-inch strips
- 1 red bell pepper cored, seeded & cut into quarters
- ½ pound eggplant ½ small, cut into ¼ inch strips
- 1 red onion peeled & cut into wedges
- 1 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground pepper
- 1 recipe of my whole wheat pizza dough or 2 pounds store bought dough
- Flour for rolling dough
- 6 tablespoons pesto
- 3 onces fresh mozzarella cheese thinly sliced
Instructions
- Preheat the grill to medium-high heat.
- Place the zucchini and eggplant strips on a baking sheet, brush both sides with 1 tablespoon olive oil, and season with ¼ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon ground pepper.
- Place the onion wedges in a medium bowl, toss with 2 teaspoons olive oil and season with ¼ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon ground pepper.
- Grill the vegetables until tender, 2 to 3 minutes per side.
- Sprinkle some flour on a flat surface, divide the dough into 6 pieces and roll into 6 rounds.
- Before the pizzas go on the grill, be sure to have all of your ingredients ready and sitting right beside the barbecue.
- Place the pizza dough rounds on the grill. Depending on the size of your grill, you may have to do this in two batches. Close the lid and grill for about 2 minutes, or until the dough is puffed and there are grill marks on the bottom of each round.
- Flip the rounds and press down slightly with the back of a metal spatula to get rid of some of the air inside the dough. Immediately spread 1 tablespoon pesto on each pizza and top with the vegetables and cheese.
- Close the lid and grill until the cheese melts, about 3 more minutes. Remove from the grill. Serve.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
0.5Pizza
Calories
189.6kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
24.7g
(8%)
Protein
4.9g
(10%)
Fat
8.4g
(13%)
Saturated Fat
1.7g
(9%)
Cholesterol
5.2mg
(2%)
Sodium
408.2mg
(17%)
Fiber
5g
(20%)
Sugar
2.3g
(5%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6Small Pizzas
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1896
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 0.5Pizza | |
| Calories | 189.6kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 24.7g | 8% |
| Protein | 4.9g | 10% |
| Fat | 8.4g | 13% |
| Saturated Fat | 1.7g | 9% |
| Cholesterol | 5.2mg | 2% |
| Sodium | 408.2mg | 17% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 2.3g | 5% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.