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Veggie Pizza

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  • Prep 20 min
  • Total 1 hr 10 min
  • Ingredients 9
  • Servings 32
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Veggie pizza is a light and luscious recipe that makes a divine app or light meal or snack. Made with Pillsbury™ crescent rolls as the crust for a light and flaky layer that’s not as heavy as a typical pizza crust. A creamy, dreamy layer of seasoned sour cream and cream cheese is spread over the crust and hugs your fresh veggies, which add color and crunch. You know those times the veggie dip is soo good, you just want to eat it by the spoonful? Well, this is the recipe for you--what a tasty way to eat those veggies!
This popular snack is top-rated, and we couldn’t agree more! All the flavors and textures going on in this simple pizza are just too good to resist. It’s a quick, make-ahead recipe that’s ready to party when cut into small, bite-size portions. Or cut it into bigger pieces, you can enjoy it as a light meal or snack. No matter how you serve it, everyone will be coming back for seconds! Bring it to a tailgate party, serve it up at a shower, potluck, or girl’s weekend—it will be perfect for any occasion!
Updated Mar 14, 2024
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How to Make Veggie Pizza

Our veggie pizza recipe is very easy to make! Here’s how to make this amazing recipe that serves as a great app, snack, or light meal. Unroll and Bake: Unroll the crescent roll or crescent sheet dough in the pan. Bake until it’s golden brown and cool it completely before topping.
Stir and Spread: Mix up the softened cream cheese, sour cream, dill, and garlic powder and spread it over the crust. This savory blend of ingredients goes so well with the buttery crust on the bottom and crunchy veggies on top.

Top with Veggies: Bite-size and shredded veggies are sprinkled over the creamy layer, adding just the right amount of crunch and color. This attractive pizza is an indulgent treat!

Make It Ahead: It can be made up to 2 hours ahead, to take the heat off last-minute party preparations!

Cut and Enjoy: For an appetizer, cut the pan of pizza into 32 pieces, by cutting 8 rows by 4 rows. For a snack or light meal, cut the pan into 12 or 6 pieces, depending on how hungry you are.

Follow the recipe for all the detailed instructions, so that your cold veggie pizza is one you’ll be proud to serve!

What Are the Crescent Roll Veggie Pizza Ingredients?

This veggie pizza with cream cheese uses a minimum of ingredients that give the pizza the maximum amount of flavor and the perfect textures to make an incredible experience to eat:
Pillsbury™ Crescent Rolls: Either the individual rolls or the crescent sheet can be used to make the crust. This light and flaky, buttery crust not only tastes delicious, but it means you don’t have to eat the veggies and dip with your fingers!

Cream Cheese: Rich and thick, softened cream cheese adds a lusciousness to the seasoned cream cheese mixture used to top the crust.

Sour Cream: Balancing the richness of the cream cheese, sour cream adds even more dairy flavor to this flavorful “dip” used on this vegetable pizza.

Dried Dill Weed: Packed with flavor, just a little dill weed adds freshness to the seasoned sour cream and goes well with the veggies.

Garlic Powder: Adds depth of flavor to the seasoned sour cream topping--without having to cut up garlic, which saves time!

Broccoli: small florets add color and crunch without being so big you can’t bite into appetizer-size pizza pieces. Broccoli and dill are a match made in heaven!

Cucumber: Mild-flavored cucumber adds crunch without giving the pizza too heavy of a veggie taste.

Tomato: Using a plum (Roma) tomato is great for its wonderful tomato flavor and size, so the entire tomato gets used on this pizza. Being seeded and chopped takes the extra juice out, so it doesn’t pool on the sour cream layer.

Carrot: Using shredded carrot is a clever way to add even more colorful veggies to top the pizza, without them being too crunchy to eat raw.

What Are the Best Veggie Pizza Toppings?

For this vegetable pizza, the only toppings you really need are already part of the recipe! The rich and creamy seasoned sour cream pairs perfectly with the variety of veggies that add color and crunch to this amazing pizza. There is a generous amount of the sour cream mixture, that makes is luscious and wonderfully moist to bite into. If you want to change up the veggies or add another flavorful topping, try any of these veggie pizza toppings:
Vary the Veggies: There are infinite vegetable combinations you could use. Choose those that offer a variety in color and shape for the eye-appealing pizza. Since this pizza isn’t baked with the toppings, stick to bite-size or shredded veggies, so that none of them are hard to chew. If you choose veggies that are hard even at a smaller size, cook or partially cook, cool, and drain them before adding to the pizza. If you’re craving a cheesier take on veggie pizza, try our Greek Veggie Pizza recipe. It’s packed with even more tasty veggies like spinach, artichokes, onion and Kalamata olives.

Swirl in Flavor: Adding ingredients to the sour cream mixture can add even more flavor to this pizza. Try stirring in cooked and crumbled bacon, drained chopped green chiles or pickled jalapeños.

Add a Dash: If you like spicy heat, sprinkle the finished pizza with your favorite hot sauce or sprinkle with crushed red pepper flakes or coarsely ground black pepper.

Ingredients

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 375°F.
  • 2
    If using crescent rolls: Unroll both cans of dough; separate dough into 4 long rectangles. In ungreased 15x10x1-inch pan, place dough; press in bottom and up sides to form crust. If using dough sheets: Unroll both cans of dough. In ungreased 15x10x1-inch pan, place dough; press in bottom and up sides to form crust.
  • 3
    Bake 13 to 17 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • 4
    In small bowl, mix cream cheese, sour cream, dill and garlic powder until smooth. Spread over crust. Top with vegetables. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours before serving. Cut into 8 rows by 4 rows.

Tips from the Pillsbury Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Layers of fat in the crescent dough help them rise, creating a pizza crust that is lighter that a traditional bread dough crust.
  • tip 2
    Serve at room temperature or chilled as an appetizer or summer patio supper, topped with a casual mix of veggies or creatively arranged in rows.
  • tip 3
    To easily soften cream cheese, remove wrapper and place on a microwaveable plate. Microwave uncovered on High for 15 to 20 seconds or until softened.

Frequently Asked Questions

How To store Veggie Pizza

For the best texture, serve this vegetable pizza recipe immediately after making or to make veggie pizza ahead of time:
Cover and refrigerate it up to 2 hours in advance. The thick and creamy seasoned sour cream will begin to soften the crust, if the pizza is held any longer than that.

Prep Veggie Pizza in Advance: To get a jump on the preparation of this recipe, you could bake and cool the crust earlier in the day, to finish the pizza later. After the crust has cooled, wrap it with plastic wrap and store it at room temperature until you are ready to assemble the pizza. Soften the cream cheese and measure all the seasoned sour cream ingredients so they will be ready to dump together and stir.

Freezing is not recommended for this pizza.

What to Serve with Cold Veggie Pizza?

If you are having a spread of appetizers, choose apps with a variety of flavors and serving temperatures to go with the cold veggie pizza. Pigs in a Blanket are also top-rated apps that would go well with veggie pizza. Or Taco Crescent Ring would also be a wonderful choice. Check out this collection of even more sensational appetizer recipes.
Making It a Light Meal? Serve it with a salad and a piece of fruit, like an apple or an orange.

Want to use it to tie hungry appetites over until dinner is over? It will be the delicious start to any meal, whether it is a hot, hearty one on a chilly winter night or a light and easy grilled meal.

What are variations to this vegetable pizza recipe?

For a host of tasty ways to give this pizza a twist, check out the What Are the Best Veggie Pizza Toppings? above. There are so many ways to change it up! Choose veggies you have on hand or are at their peak-of-the-season ripeness at the Farmer’s market.
You could add meat, whether it’s coarsely cooked and crumbled bacon, or finely chopped pancetta, pepperoni, or salami by sprinkling it over the seasoned sour cream, along with the veggies. Or swap a prepared veggie or chip dip for the seasoned sour cream. You’ll need about 1 1/2 cups. Any creamy, seasoned flavor will taste great! Try Buffalo chicken, taco, hummus, tzatziki, French onion, or bacon horseradish. Or if you’re looking for a lighter version of our tasty appetizer, try this Reduced-Fat Crescent Veggie Pizza. All the flavor with less fat and calories.

Beyond this veggie pizza appetizer, fruit pizza is a sweet cousin that makes a delicious dessert. Try our heavenly recipe next!

Nutrition Information

90 Calories, 6g Total Fat, 2g Protein, 6g Total Carbohydrate, 1g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Appetizer
Calories
90
Calories from Fat
60
Total Fat
6g
10%
Saturated Fat
3g
15%
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
10mg
3%
Sodium
135mg
6%
Potassium
25mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
6g
2%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
1g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
6%
6%
Vitamin C
2%
2%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

  • We love this decadent way to enjoy pizza in an entirely new way-as a cold appetizer! If you crave that cheesiness more often in your meals, these inventive pizzas should be next on your list! From Stuffed Pizza Snacks to Breakfast Pizza or Pepperoni Pizza Cake, we’ve got pizza recipes for every taste and meal occasion.
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