English Muffin Veggie Pizza

Create your own easy-to-make personal pizza and add your favorite veggie toppings. Choose whole wheat muffins to make this recipe even better!

Yield

4 servings

Serving size

2 pizzas (each made from 1/2 English muffin), 1/4 of recipe (185g)

Rating

3.22 of 5 (133 ratings)

Food groups

• Dairy: 1/4 cups
• Grains: 2 ounces
• Vegetables: 1/2 cups

Ingredients

• 1 cup broccoli (cooked chopped)
• 4 English muffins
• 1 cup pizza sauce (or spaghetti sauce)
• 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded, part skim
• 1/4 cup carrot (4 tablespoons, shredded)
• 1/3 tablespoon Parmesan cheese (1 teaspoon, grated)

Directions

1. Wash hands with soap and water.
2. Cut the broccoli to make 1 cup of chopped broccoli.
3. Put the broccoli in a saucepan with water.
4. Cook on medium until tender.
5. Drain the water from the saucepan.
6. Let the broccoli cool.
7. Cut 4 English muffins in half.
8. Toast the 8 muffin halves.
9. Shred the mozzarella cheese to make 1/2 cup of shredded cheese.
10. Peel and shred the carrots to make 3 tablespoons shredded carrots.
11. Spoon 2 tablespoons pizza sauce over each English muffin half.
12. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon shredded mozzarella cheese on top of each half.
13. Put 2 tablespoons broccoli and 1 teaspoon shredded carrots on top of each half.
14. Sprinkle each half with 1 teaspoon grated parmesan cheese.
15. Toast in the toaster oven for 2 minutes, until the cheese melts.

Nutrition per serving

Notes

Try making these pizzas with whole wheat muffins.

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Source

Recipe by: Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network

Published by: the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion / SNAP-Ed) on MyPlate Kitchen at https://www.myplate.gov/recipes/english-muffin-veggie-pizza. Federal works are public domain in the United States.