Those who are living a vegan-friendly or vegetarian lifestyle can sometimes find it more challenging to meet their daily protein requirements with the absence of meat and animal products from their diet. In addition to having an awareness of what types of vegan-friendly and vegetarian ingredients are available, protein supplementation can be an easy way to boost the protein content of vegan and vegetarian meals.
Now, who doesn’t love a good pizza? Pizza is one of those crowd-favourite meals, however, it’s can be lower in protein, particularly the vegan and vegetarian options. Adding sources of protein to your pizzas will help with satiation post-meal as well as assist in meeting your daily protein requirements.
This one is simple—add Happy Way’s Flavourless Vegan Protein Powder to your pizza dough to increase the protein content of the base. Each 30 g serve of Happy Way’s Flavourless Protein Powder contains 25 g of protein. This makes it a super easy way to increase the protein content without altering the taste of your base too much. To do this, substitute some of the flour for protein powder. Or, follow the recipe provided below.
Vegan Protein Pizza
Choosing the right toppings can help to further increase the protein content of your meal. This is often easier when incorporating meat products because of their higher protein content however, there are some vegan and vegetarian ingredients that can be used as an alternative. See our suggestions below.
If following a vegetarian diet, cheese can be a great way to boost the protein content of your pizza. Cheeses such as parmesan, cheddar and hard goats cheese are all great higher protein choices. Vegan cheeses are a good option for those following a vegan diet, and whilst they’ll often be lower in protein, some are fortified with added protein such as nutritional yeast.
Tofu is an extremely versatile ingredient and a delicious addition to just about any dish. Tofu can be seasoned with Italian herbs and added to your pizza for a high-protein topping. See how I include tofu in the bbq tofu pizza recipe below.
Pizza With High Protein Crust, Marinated Eggplant, And Hidden Swiss Chard. 320 Cal, 47g Carbohydrates (43g Net), And 15g Protein Per Slice (1/6 Of Whole)
While lentils as a pizza topping may seem odd, they can be added to a pre-made or homemade pizza sauce and blended through—trust me, you would never notice the difference! This trick doesn’t just apply to lentils—for this pizza sauce hack, add any high-protein legume such as beans or chickpeas, or even a scoop of Happy Way’s Flavourless Protein Powder!
Nuts are often included as a topping on pizzas and are a great ingredient for another protein hit. Slivered almonds or pine nuts add a great crunch to your pizza while being a good source of protein and healthy fats.
Whilst most vegetables are not going to be your highest protein ingredients, packing any meal full of veggies is only going to be beneficial. Not only will it increase the nutrient density of your meal, but it will also increase the protein levels as well. The great thing about pizza is that any veggie tastes good on top.
Die Einfachste Pizza Der Welt
The opportunities are endless when it comes to pumping your meals full of nutrients and protein, and these are just some of my favourite ways to boost the protein content in a pizza. Below is a recipe for a bbq tofu pizza that contains 33 g of protein per serve—and it tastes amazing!!Not only is it delicious, but it’s easy to throw together, inexpensive, and like I said, a great way to use up leftover vegetables. And, this pizza dough recipe is a great way to get some extra protein in your day.
My goal with this high protein pizza dough recipe was to create a soft and chewy pizza dough that didn’t taste totally different from “regular” pizza dough.
This is also a yeasted dough, so you still want it to rise (happy home for yeast to do their work) so you get that fluffy bread texture.
Ingredient Buckwheat Pizza Crust (v, Gf, Easy)
This pizza dough recipe has around 41 grams of protein, making each serving (there are 4) a little over 10 grams of protein each. And that’s just the crust!
You can get a little more protein from mozzarella cheese or go dairy-free and use vegan parmesan made with nutritional yeast, which packs a pretty great protein count, too.
Other than the protein from the flour (I love a mix of all-purpose and whole wheat here) most of the protein comes from pea protein.
Veggie Protein Pizza
You could probably use other protein powders, although I haven’t tried that. I prefer using pea protein for cooking/baking recipes because it only has one ingredient, and it has a very “plain’ flavor.”
You can use this dough recipe to make one large pizza (that could easily feed 4 adults), or you can divide the dough in half after it has risen and freeze the second half to use later.
The pizza you see pictured here is meant for 2 adults, but you can easily freeze the extra dough in a ziplock bag. Happy pizza making! xo. Emma
Ingenious Vegan Pizza Recipes
P.S. Looking for a pizza dough recipe that doesn’t require yeast or rise time? Check out my 10 Minute Pizza Dough recipe.
You can substitute a little more of the all-purpose flour with whole wheat, making the rations 3/4 cup to 1/2 cup with similar results if you want more whole grains.
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