Pizza Casserole

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This pizza casserole is one of my new favorite meals! I love regular pizza, but it can be a hassle to make the pizza crust. And on my whole food vegan diet, it’s hard to find healthy store-bought crusts.

Using this noodle base for the casserole is a perfect quick solution! Check out the video to see how easy it is to assemble this casserole and find the full recipe below!

Pizza Casserole

glass casserole dish with pizza casserole

As written this makes about 2 or 3 servings for me (but I eat pretty large servings). You may be able to get up to 6 servings. But feel free to double if you need more!

Ingredients

  • 2 or 3 bricks of millet and rice ramen noodles (I use Lotus Foods brand)
  • Pizza Sauce or a jar of Well Your World SOS-Free Pizza Sauce (about 1 or 2 cups to your taste)
  • Optional: 1 to 2 cups cooked black lentils
  • Pizza toppings! My suggestions are:
    • variety of colored bell peppers
    • onions
    • mushrooms
  • Vegan Cheese Sauce
  • Optional: sliced black olives

Directions

  1. Start by preparing all the toppings (chopping or slicing as you like).
  2. Prepare your pizza sauce if you aren’t using a pre-made sauce.
  3. Cook noodles per package directions.
  4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  5. Spread cooked noodles evenly across the bottom of an 8 by 12 inch casserole dish.
  6. Top with your prepared pizza sauce. You can add as much as you like, I used about half a jar.
  7. If using store-bought sauce and you want the optional lentils, add those next (if you use my pizza sauce it will already have lentils).
  8. Then add a layer of your desired toppings.
  9. Next drizzle or spread as much vegan cheesy sauce over the top as you like.
  10. Add black olives, if using.
  11. Bake for 25 to 35 minutes until the veggies are cooked through.

Mom’s Plant-Based SOS-Free Pizza Sauce

Ingredients

  • 15 oz can low sodium tomato sauce
  • 6 oz can low sodium tomato paste
  • 1 or 2 cup(s) cooked black lentils or any firm lentils
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon dry basil
  • 1 teaspoon dry oregano
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning mix
  • Optional: Well Your World Stardust or other salt substitute and black pepper as desired

Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients together and use in recipes as needed.

Vegan Cheese Sauce

Ingredients

  • 1 can no salt added great northern beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 cup cooked sweet potato (steamed or boiled)
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
  • ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric
  • ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
  • ½ cup nutritional yeast
  • 1 tablespoon stone ground or dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • Optional: small handful cashews, soaked; or 1 to 2 tablespoons of PB2 cashew powder
  • 1 cup water (more or less as needed to achieve your desired thickness)
  • 1 teaspoon salt substitute (I used Stardust by Well Your World)

Directions

  1. Add everything to your blender canister or food processor. Blend until smooth. It will take about 1 minute in a high powered blender, but may take a couple minutes in a food processor.

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