Pizza Bowls
Ready in just 30 minutes, these DIY Pizza Bowls will be a hit on your next pizza night! They are completely customizable and can be made gluten-free, keto-friendly, or vegan. The kids will have fun adding their own toppings!
❤️ Why You Will Love This Recipe
- It tastes amazing! Pizza in a bowl – what’s not to love?
- Super easy to throw together – Just layer the pizza sauce and cheese with your toppings and bake!
- Healthy – You can add plenty of veggies to these pizza bowls to make them as healthy as possible. They also have fewer calories and carbs than regular pizza.
- Great for a DIY pizza night at home! I love getting my kids involved in the kitchen whenever I can, and they have a blast creating their own pizza bowls and adding their own toppings!
- Perfect as a main meal, lunch, or make mini versions for a snack!
- Naturally vegetarian, gluten free, egg free, nut free, and soy free (check your bread ingredients!) with low carb and keto options.
🗒️ Ingredient Notes
Sauce: Pizza sauce or marinara sauce is perfect for making pizza bowls. You can make your own at home, but I prefer to use a sauce straight from the jar for ease. It really cuts down on prep time!
Pizza Crust: I find that a chopped baguette has the perfect texture to mimic a thick pizza crust. You can use gluten-free or conventional, or even low-carb bread to make this keto friendly. For a gluten-free option, I highly recommend Schar Gluten Free Baguette.
Toppings: I like to use thinly sliced red onion, minced garlic, pepperoncini rings, kalamata olives, and fresh basil. You can add whatever toppings are your favorite. See below for a list of recommendations!
Cheese: Both mozzarella and parmesan cheese are added to make this pizza bowl recipe extra cheesy. Use vegetarian parmesan if needed, or vegan mozzarella and parmesan alternatives to make this 100% plant-based.
Herbs: Fresh herbs add an amazing burst of flavor! I love fresh basil to make these pizza bowls taste a bit like a Margherita pizza. In a pinch, add Italian seasoning instead.
🥣 How to Make Homemade Pizza Bowls
- Preheat the oven to 425°F.
- For the first layer, spoon approximately 1/4 cup of pizza sauce into each ramekin.
- Divide the chopped baguette amongst the four ramekins.
- Top each ramekin with a handful of toppings of choice.
- Sprinkle 1/4 cup of mozzarella cheese into each ramekin.
- Spoon 1/4 cup of tomato sauce over the cheese in each ramekin.
7. Sprinkle 1/4 cup parmesan cheese over the sauce in each ramekin. Top with some chopped fresh herbs like basil or oregano or sprinkle each pizza bowl with a touch of Italian seasoning.
8. Bake for 20 minutes or bubbling and beginning to turn golden.
9. Enjoy!
🍕 Optional Toppings for Pizza Bowls
There are so many delicious toppings out there! What are your favorite pizza toppings? Here are a few of mine:
- Bell peppers (red, yellow, orange, or green pepper)
- Jalapeños
- Red chili peppers
- Mushrooms
- Black olives
- Green olives
- Pineapple
- Diced tomato
- Sweet corn
- Vegetarian pepperoni
- Vegetarian bacon
- Vegetarian Italian sausage
🥡 How to Store & Reheat
Store in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Ideally, the ramekins that the pizza bowl was baked in will either have a lid, or you can use a reusable lid or even saran wrap. Uncooked leftover ingredients should be stored separately when possible, to keep them as fresh as possible.
Reheat in the oven or microwave until piping hot.
💭 Top Tips
Be sure to bake the pizza bowls in oven-safe bowls. Pyrex, glass, or ceramic are great options.
Following the keto diet? Turn this into a Keto Pizza Bowl by using keto-friendly bread for the crust. On the other hand, you can make it a crustless pizza bowl recipe by skipping the bread entirely and adding more toppings and cheese.
Feeling adventurous? Make your own pizza dough to break up into this bowl! I have so many great pizza crust recipes: Gluten-free, millet, brown rice, coconut flour, quinoa, red lentil, and almond flour!
Need this to be vegan? Use vegan mozzarella and parmesan! I like Violife’s options. They taste great!
Serve with a side of my Pizza Aioli. It’s garlicky and addictive!
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
It sure can be! You can use your favorite baguette to make pizza bowls at home. I recommend Schar Gluten-Free Baguette. It tastes amazing in this pizza bowl recipe!
In this pizza bowl, there are 40g of carbs and 37g net carbs per serving.
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Pizza Bowls Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups pizza sauce or marinara sauce
- 1 baguette (gluten-free or conventional) chopped, I use Schar Gluten Free Baguette
- variety of toppings of choice see Notes
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese vegetarian if necessary
- fresh herbs or Italian seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F.
- Spoon approximately 1/4 cup of pizza sauce into each ramekin.
- Divide the chopped baguette amongst the four ramekins.
- Top each ramekin with a handful of toppings of choice.
- Sprinkle 1/4 cup of mozzarella cheese into each ramekin.
- Spoon 1/4 cup of sauce over the cheese in each ramekin.
- Sprinkle 1/4 cup parmesan cheese over the sauce in each ramekin. Top with some chopped fresh herbs like basil or oregano or sprinkle each pizza bowl with a touch of Italian seasoning.
- Bake for 20 minutes or bubbling and beginning to turn golden.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Toppings – I like to use thinly sliced red onion, minced garlic, pepperoncini rings, kalamata olives, and fresh basil.
- Be sure to bake the pizza bowls in oven-safe bowls. Pyrex, glass, or ceramic are great options.
- Following the keto diet? Turn this into a Keto Pizza Bowl by using keto-friendly bread for the crust. On the other hand, you can make it a crustless pizza bowl recipe by skipping the bread entirely and adding more toppings and cheese.
- Feeling adventurous? Make your own pizza dough to break up into this bowl! I have so many great pizza crust recipes: Gluten-free, millet, brown rice, coconut flour, quinoa, red lentil, and almond flour!
- Need this to be vegan? Use vegan mozzarella and parmesan! I like Violife’s options. They taste great!
- Serve with a side of my Pizza Aioli. It’s garlicky and addictive!
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I love pizza any way I can get it – and these are such perfect portions. I’ll definitely be making this again!
This was such a fun recipe! My kids loved that they each had a bowl. Thank you!
A great weeknight dinner (love them on a Friday when I’m lazy) and obviously the kiddos devoured them. Definitely a win!
Loved these! I put them out for a family gathering and the guests loved customizing their own bowls. Great ingredient suggestions! How fun!
Delicious! I was worried about the bread getting soggy, but the baguette holds up well and has the chewy texture of pizza crust. Excellent!