Pizza for breakfast doesn’t have to mean a cold slice of leftovers from last night’s dinner! While leftover pizza for breakfast is a great post-pizza-night tradition, you can do better—like this vegan breakfast pizza! If you miss savoury breakfast foods like eggs, sausage, and cheese since going vegan, you’re going to love this pizza—it has all of those flavours in a single slice, and it’s completely plant-based. Over the years, plant-based meats, cheeses, and eggs have come a long way, and this is a recipe where we take advantage of those store-bought ingredients to put together a vegan breakfast pizza that comes together lickety-split. In fact, if you use a store-bought crust (or make your own pizza dough ahead of time), this whole recipe takes only 10 minutes of prep. That’s it! Pop it in the oven for 15 minutes, and you’ve got a piping hot breakfast pizza ready to devour. And, just like those pizza night leftovers, this vegan breakfast pizza will last a few days in the fridge, making it ideal for meal prep. (Yes, you can even eat it cold if you want!)
Notes on Ingredients
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Pizza dough – You can use store-bought vegan dough, or use my homemade pizza crust recipe. Vegan butter – Store-bought or homemade butter. All-purpose flour Plain unsweetened plant milk – Use any variety you like, just make sure it’s unflavoured and unsweetened! Salt Cracked black pepper Frozen small diced potatoes or shredded hash browns Vegan breakfast sausage – I recommend Beyond Breakfast Sausage, Impossible Sausage, Maple Breakfast Jack Sausage by Jack & Annie’s, or Gimme Lean Sausage. Vegan egg batter– Options include Just Egg, VeganEgg by Follow Your Heart, or Simply Eggless Plant Based Egg. Vegan shredded cheddar cheese – I like Daiya, So Delicious, Follow Your Heart, and Violife brands. Green onion or fresh chives
Do Vegan Eggs Taste Like Eggs?
Vegan eggs taste surprisingly similar to regular eggs, although, like any vegan substitute, they’re not totally identical. Of course, all brands are slightly different, with some tasting more eggy than others, but generally speaking, these products have a taste and texture that mimics eggs quite well.
How to Make Vegan Breakfast Pizza
If you’re making the pizza dough from scratch, you can easily make it the night before and minimize prep time in the morning. Prepare. Preheat your oven to 450°F and grease a pizza pan with oil or cover it with parchment paper. Roll out the dough. Place the pizza dough on a clean work surface that has been dusted with flour, or set it directly on the prepared pan. Use your hands to flatten and press it into shape. Make the gravy. Melt the vegan butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in the flour and cook for a minute or two, continuing to whisk occasionally. Slowly whisk in the milk, then remove from heat and season with salt and pepper. Assemble. Spread the gravy evenly over the pizza dough, followed by the frozen potatoes, vegan sausage, vegan egg, and vegan cheese. Bake. Place the pizza in the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Garnish with green onions or chives, then cut and serve.
Tips for Success
These simple tips will help you make sure your vegan breakfast pizza turns out perfect!
Keep the vegan egg from spilling over. When forming the crust, make sure the edges are a little bit taller then the centre to hold the egg in and keep it from leaking off of the crust. Use pizza dough. This recipe was developed using unbaked pizza dough, not the shelf-stable pre-baked pizza crusts you find near the pizza sauces at the grocery store. Prevent the edges from over-baking. If you notice that the edges of the crust are beginning to brown while the rest of the pizza is still cold, you can place strips of foil over them to shield them from direct heat and slow their cooking.
Serving Suggestions
I always love pairing a savoury breakfast with a little something sweet! If you’re serving this for a brunch, that might be Overnight Baked French Toast Casserole or Vegan Lemon Poppyseed Muffins. When I’m making this for meal prep for myself, I’ll serve it with a side of fresh fruit.
Variations
Prefer bacon to sausage? You can swap the vegan sausage with your favorite store-bought vegan bacon, or try my tempeh bacon recipe. Another option is to switch up the vegan cheese—vegan pepper jack shreds gives this breakfast pizza a little Tex-Mex flavour, especially when served with restaurant-style salsa on the side for dipping.
How to Store
Refrigerate leftover vegan breakfast pizza in a food-safe airtight container for up to 1 week. Reheat it in the microwave or a 350ºF oven.
Can This Recipe Be Frozen?
You can freeze vegan breakfast pizza for up to 2 months. Store it in an airtight container or freezer bag and let it thaw in the refrigerator overnight before reheating according to the instructions above. (While you can reheat it from frozen, it will reheat more quickly and evenly when thawed first.)
More Vegan Breakfast Ideas
Vegan Breakfast Peach Cobbler Easy Southwestern Tofu Scramble (+ Breakfast Tacos) Vegan Baked Oats Gluten-Free Vegan Strawberry Pancakes
Enjoy friends! If you make this vegan breakfast pizza, please snap a photo and tag #jessicainthekitchen on Instagram! We’d also love it if you would leave a comment below, and give the recipe a rating! Thanks so much!
