Nutrition
Ingredients
"Cheese" Spread
- 1 High Protein Vegan Cream Cheese
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
- 1 tsp Nutritional Yeast
- 1 tbsp Dill fresh, finely cut
- 1 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
Other Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Shredded Vegan Mozzarella
- 1 package Crescent Rolls
- 2 cup Broccoli chopped
- 1 Green Bell Pepper diced
- 1 cup Carrots shredded
- 20 Medium Black Olives sliced
- 3 stalks Green Onion finely chopped
Instructions
- Make the high protein vegan cream cheese per recipe link above
- Spread out crescent roll dough on a casserole dish until it is one flat piece. (Make sure to smoosh together any seams). Cook per package instructions; should be nicely browned when done.
- In a bowl, combine the cream cheese with the garlic powder, onion powder, dill, salt, apple cider vinegar and nutritional yeast until well mixed and smooth.
- Once crust is cooled, evenly spread cream cheese mixture on top.
- Sprinkle vegan shredded mozzarella evenly on top.
- Evenly place the chopped/diced veggies on top – I like to layer it carrots, bells peppers, broccoli, green onions and then olives
- Cut into pieces and enjoy
Equipment
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Notes
- Use a store-bought soy-free cream cheese option instead of following this high protein cream cheese.
- You can use a store-bought cream cheese if you don’t want to make your own; this will change the calories/macros of this recipe. I think Miyoko’s Cream Cheese would work well for this.
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This is a great recipe to bring to a potluck or family gathering, because you can eat it without a fork and cut it into small pieces that everyone can eat as an appetizer! Or if you’re the only vegetarian/vegan, you can just eat this as your entire meal because it’s your only option lol. I like to think of it as a low-effort option to bring that’s a step-up from a veggie tray. It says I care, but not enough to cook something that takes more time than heating up crescent rolls. If you want this to take even less time, just sub out the tofu cream cheese with store-bought vegan cream cheese!
Ingredients
“Cheese” Spread
- High Protein Vegan Cream Cheese – sorry to link to another recipe, but I already have this as a pre-existing recipe, and I don’t like to duplicate recipes for a couple reasons – it adds a lot of clutter to the recipes, and if I think of an amazing way to improve the recipe, I don’t want to hunt around for multiple versions to update! If you don’t want to make your own vegan cream cheese, you can definitely use a store-bought option – just note that your calories and macros may vary from what’s listed in the recipe card.
- Garlic Powder, Onion Powder – I think these are an absolute must to give our cream cheese more flavor!
- Nutritional Yeast – if you haven’t used Nutritional Yeast (Nooch) before, it’s shelf-stable ingredient used in a lot of vegan cooking to give recipes a nice savory and cheesy flavor! You can find this at most grocery stores and can also buy it online.
- Dill – I prefer fresh Dill for this recipe; I just think it tastes better. You can definitely use dried dill instead though if you don’t have fresh!
- Apple Cider Vinegar – if you don’t have ACV, a different subtle vinegar will also work. You could definitely use rice vinegar or white wine vinegar instead.
Other Ingredients
- Vegan Mozzarella – I like to use Violife Vegan Mozzarella for this, but really any vegan mozzarella will work fine. Just make sure to shred it or buy shredded!
- Crescent Rolls – I use 1 package of Crescent Rolls. There are a few variations and brands so just make sure the ones you’re buying are vegan!
- Broccoli, Green Bell Peppers, Carrots, Black Olives, Green Onions – these are the veggies I chose for the toppings. You can kind of pick and choose whichever veggies you like best! I was going for veggie tray vibes.
Instructions
- Make the high protein vegan cream cheese per recipe link above.
- Spread out crescent roll dough on a casserole dish until it is one flat piece. (Make sure to smoosh together any seams). You may want to spray your dish with oil beforehand, if you’re concerned with sticking. I just use my fingers to smoosh the crescent rolls to make one big piece – I think they might also sell it in one big sheet. Cook per package instructions; should be nicely browned when done – no longer wet and doughy.
- Wash, prepare and cut your veggies of choice!
- In a bowl, combine the cream cheese with the garlic powder, onion powder, dill, salt, apple cider vinegar and nutritional yeast until well mixed and smooth. I just do this by hand with a spatula, but you could also use your food processor to do this. Just be careful with adding the dill at the end so you don’t end up with lime green cream cheese.
- Once the crust is cooled, evenly spread cream cheese mixture on top.
- Sprinkle vegan shredded mozzarella evenly on top.
- Evenly spread out the chopped/diced veggies on top – I like to layer it carrots, bells peppers, broccoli, green onions and then olives.
- Cut into pieces and enjoy – I like to use a pizza cutter for this!
Silly Little Haiku
Cold Veggie Pizza
It’s just like a veggie tray
But way more better
Author
Protein Deficient Vegan