Veggie Pizza - Dinner at the Zoo

This veggie pizza is a crispy crescent roll crust topped with ranch flavored cream cheese and crunchy colorful vegetables. An easy appetizer that’s perfect for serving a crowd!

I love to serve a variety of hot and cold options when I’m entertaining. Some of my favorites include carne asada fries, a charcuterie board, black bean and corn salsa, and this fresh veggie pizza.

Veggie pizza on a crescent roll crust with colorful fresh vegetables.

The holidays are here, which means lots of fun, celebrations and food! I find myself entertaining a lot over the holidays, and when I need a quick and easy appetizer to serve a hungry crowd, I turn to this veggie pizza. It’s fresh, colorful, festive and is always the first thing to disappear from the snack table. You won’t believe how easy it is to make, and your guests will be asking you for the recipe!

Veggie Pizza Ingredients

To make this recipe, you will need crescent roll dough, cream cheese, a packet of powdered ranch dip mix, sour cream, carrots, broccoli, bell peppers and green onions.

Slices of veggie pizza on a serving plate.

How Do You Make Veggie Pizza?

Preheat the oven, and coat a baking sheet with cooking spray. Unwrap the crescent dough, and either roll it into a rectangle or simply press it into a rectangle inside the sheet pan to form an even layer. Bake the dough until brown, then cool. Place the cream cheese, sour cream and ranch dip mix in a bowl and mix until combined. Spread the ranch mixture over the crust, then sprinkle with the chopped veggies and green onions. Cover and chill for one hour to let all the flavors blend together, then cut into squares and serve.

Crescent roll dough rolled out into a rectangle.

Tips For The Perfect Dish

You can use the crescent roll sheets or triangles, they’ll both work well. Just be sure to keep the dough in one piece as you unroll it so that it’s easy to press into the pan.
I buy pre-shredded carrots to save on prep time.
Any color bell peppers will work here – I use red and yellow because I like the color combination. Just be aware that green bell peppers are not as sweet as red, yellow and orange peppers.
Veggie pizza will stay fresh in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
No crescent roll dough on hand? You can also use biscuit dough or pizza dough.
Be sure to cut your vegetables into small pieces so that they’re easier to eat on the pizza.

Quick Tip

I prefer to cook the broccoli before I add it to the pizza, as raw broccoli has a stronger flavor and harder texture. You can cook it or leave it raw, which ever way you prefer!

Recipe FAQs

What vegetables do you put on pizza?

You can put so many different vegetables on top of pizza! My favorites include mushrooms, bell peppers, onions, broccoli, spinach, artichoke hearts, zucchini, tomatoes and asparagus.

How do you keep vegetable pizza from getting soggy?

The key to keeping vegetable pizza from getting soggy is to pre-cook vegetables that have a high water content. Certain veggies such as zucchini, mushrooms and spinach will release excess water especially when cooked, so it’s better to pre-cook them to evaporate off the liquid before they are added to pizza.

Should vegetables be cooked before putting them on pizza?

It’s up to you whether you cook vegetables before you add them to pizza. Vegetables that are pre-cooked will not be as wet, and have a softer texture. Raw veggies will have a crispier texture. In the case of this cold veggie pizza, I mostly use raw vegetables to get that great crunch texture.

Veggie Pizza Flavor Variations

While this pizza is delicious as-is, you can change up the flavors by adding other ingredients to the mix.

Vegetables: Feel free to use different veggies other than what is listed in the recipe. Some other great options include diced raw mushrooms, cooked cauliflower, sliced radishes, chopped cucumber, marinated artichoke hearts, sun dried tomatoes or fresh halved cherry tomatoes.
Toppings: Add some fun toppings such as cooked crumbled bacon, fresh dill or sliced black olives.
Cheese: You can mix some shredded cheese into the ranch mixture, or else add a sprinkling of cheese over the top of the pizza. My favorite cheeses to use include mozzarella, cheddar or fontina.

This pizza has become one of my most requested recipes. Your friends and family are bound to love it too! Need more inspiration on what to do with a can of crescent rolls? Check out my list of 25 crescent roll recipes!

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This veggie pizza is a crispy crescent roll crust topped with ranch sauce and crunchy colorful vegetables. An easy appetizer that’s perfect for serving a crowd!

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Coat a sheet pan with cooking spray.
Unroll the crescent dough and press it into the bottom of the sheet pan in an even layer. Alternatively you can use a rolling pin to roll it into a rectangle.
Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely.
In a small bowl, mix together the cream cheese, sour cream, and ranch dip mix.
Spread the ranch mixture evenly over the crust.
Top with carrots, bell peppers, broccoli and green onions. Cover the pan with plastic wrap. Chill for one hour, then cut into squares and serve.

You can use crescent roll sheets or triangles, both will work well. Just be sure to keep the dough in one piece as you unwrap it.
Any color bell peppers will work. I use red and yellow because I like the color combination, but green and orange will also work. Just be aware that green peppers are not as sweet as red, yellow and orange peppers.
Veggie pizza will stay fresh in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.

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