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    Home » Recipes » appetizers

    Veggie Pizza Leaves

    Modified: Nov 4, '23 · Published: Nov 19, '12 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

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    Brighten up your Thanksgiving dinner by making these Veggie Pizza Leaves! This appetizer is so tasty you'll want to have it all the time!

    veggie pizza leaf

    Being the middle of November it is hard to wrap my head around the fact that Thanksgiving is a few short days away.

    To be honest, right now it's hard to wrap my head around anything. My beloved Snickers passed away early Sunday morning and I am a bit of a mess.

    I always try to keep things fun and festive on Hungry Happenings, but today I am very somber and am having a difficult time finding the fun.

    our dog Snickers.
    Snickers, you will be missed. We love you!

    Snickers brought joy to our lives for 14 years and saying goodbye was the hardest thing I've done in a very long time. Sitting on the floor with him at the vet's office watching him take his last breaths brought up so many emotions. The moment before he passed I flashed back to when he was a puppy and I had just met the man who would become my husband.

    I remember watching the two play on the floor together, and that was the very moment I realized I had fallen in love. I shared that memory as Snickers peacefully went to sleep for the last time. We were now all on the floor once again, but this time there was no playing, only kisses and tears as we said goodbye.

    I'm sure you'll understand if I'm absent here for a short while. I'll be back with some holiday projects soon.

    I hope all of my readers in the U.S., have a lovely Thanksgiving. I will give thanks this year for having had Snickers in our lives.

    two veggie pizza leaves on wood cutting board.

    Thanksgiving will keep me busy as we will be celebrating twice. This year the leaves of autumn have truly been an inspiration and this time I've created some colorful Veggie Pizza Leaves that will make a great appetizer for Thanksgiving.

    Veggie Pizza Leaves

    Ingredients

    • per pizza
    • 1 roll Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations Dough Sheet* or a sheet of puff pastry
    • a bit of flour to dust your cutting board
    • ½ - 1 cup Philadelphia flavored cream cheese (Garden Vegetable, Chive & Onion, Spinach & Artichoke, or Sun Dried Tomato & Basil) - This will depend on the size of the leaf you cut. I used ⅔ cup on the large leaf.
    • 1 - 1 ½ cups finely diced vegetables (colored peppers, broccoli, carrots)
    • *if you can't find the dough sheets, you can use regular crescent rolls, just be sure to pinch the seams together well before proceeding with the recipe

    Supplies

    • knife or pizza cutter
    • cutting board
    • baking sheet lined with parchment paper

    Instructions

    Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

    cutting a leaf shape out of a crescent dough sheet.

    Lightly dust a cutting board with flour. Cut a leaf shape out of the dough using a knife or pizza wheel.

    leaf shaped dough on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.

    Carefully move the crescent roll leaf to a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.

    baked leaf-shaped dough

    Bake for about 8 minutes until golden brown.

    two baked leaf-shaped crusts.

    Use more Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations Dough Sheets to make various shapes and sizes of leaves for your veggie pizzas.

    veggie cream cheese spread over one of the leaf-shaped crusts.

    Spread Philadelphia cream cheese over the baked leaf. I used Garden Vegetable Cream Cheese on one leaf and Chive and Onion on another.

    Both tasted great once topped with the veggies.

    one veggie pizza leaf topped with red, green, yellow, and orange peppers, carrots, and broccoli.

    Sprinkle diced veggies over top of the pizza. I covered the entire pizza so that my veggie pizza leaves had a beautiful array of autumn colors.

    I used red, yellow, orange, and green bell peppers, carrots, and broccoli. Adding brown mushrooms, green sugar snap peas, or any other fall-colored veggies would be nice too.

    a bite taken out of a veggie pizza leaf.

    Storage

    Store your Veggie Pizza Leaves in the refrigerator for up to a few days. When ready to serve, place on a serving platter or nice cutting board and cut using a pizza wheel or knife.

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    Be sure to check out all of my fun Thanksgiving Recipes.

    Recipe

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    Veggie Pizza Leaves
    Prep Time
    20 mins
     

    Top leaf-shaped crescent roll crust with flavored cream cheese and fresh vegetables to make this festive fall appetizer that's perfect for Thanksgiving.

    Course: Appetizer
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: appetizer, cream cheese, pizza, thanksgiving appetizers, vegetables, veggie pizza
    Servings: 8
    Calories: 150 kcal
    Author: Beth Klosterboer
    Ingredients
    per pizza
    • 1 roll Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations Dough Sheet (or use puff pastry or pizza dough)
    • a bit of flour to dust your cutting board
    • ⅔ cup Philadelphia flavored cream cheese (Garden Vegetable, Chive & Onion, Spinach & Artichoke or Sun Dried Tomato & Basil)
    • 1 - 1 ½ cups finely diced vegetables colored peppers, broccoli, carrots, etc.
    Instructions
    1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
    2. Lightly dust a cutting board with flour. Cut a leaf shape out of the crescent roll dough sheet using a knife or pizza wheel.

    3. Carefully move the crescent roll leaf to a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
    4. Bake for about 8 minutes until golden brown.
    5. Spread the flavored cream cheese over the baked leaf.

    6. Sprinkle diced veggies over top of the pizza.

    7. Serve and enjoy.

    Recipe Notes

    Store your Veggie Pizza Leaves in the refrigerator for up to a few days. When ready to serve, place on a serving platter or nice cutting board and cut using a pizza wheel or knife.

    I used red, yellow, orange, and green bell peppers, carrots, and broccoli to decorate my veggie pizza leaf. Adding brown mushrooms, green sugar snap peas, or any other fall-colored veggies would be nice too.

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    1. Connie says

      September 07, 2023 at 3:13 am

      We have sincere sympathy for you. Your loss of Snickers brings tears remembering how much we miss our loved ones that have passed. Our 5th PWC looks a lot like Snickers. He just turned one year old. Last October our 14 year old rescued red and white Corgi had to be put down. Each of our 5 Corgis have had their own personalities, but they all shared a deep love for playing ball. Thank-you for sharing your story and picture of Snickers. He was beautiful. The memories are so treasured.
      .... And, I love the idea for the vegetable pizza recipe. Again, thanks!

      Reply
      • Beth Klosterboer says

        September 07, 2023 at 7:21 am

        Hi Connie,

        Thank you for your kind words. It has been ten years since I wrote that story about Snickers but the memories are still so fresh in my mind. Our pets become our family that we chose to live with and they are so dear to us. We have a 16 1/2-year-old dog named Truffle and she was diagnosed with cancer recently. Every day we wake up to see her adorably happy face is a blessing. It's hard knowing the end is near for her. We can't imagine life without her. I love that you have had 5 corgis. They are such lively cute dogs. I hope your puppy has a long healthy life!

        I am in the process of updating all of the posts on my blog and I am removing the personal stories. Most readers don't want to see them on a recipe post. It's been hard to erase so many words that share the history of my life. You have no idea how much it means that you wrote to share this with me. Give your furry baby a hug for me!

        Thank you! - Beth

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    2. Anonymous says

      December 04, 2013 at 6:15 pm

      So very sorry for the hardship you have had to endure with having your 'Snickers' put to sleep. We too, have had many of our 4-legged children put to sleep, and none of them were without tears, sadness and heartache. Praying for you and yours during this very difficult time. God Bless and much sympathy, Lenn & Larry Pacheco <3

      Reply
    3. Anonymous says

      November 26, 2013 at 2:34 am

      I understand how difficult it is to lose such a lovely family member. I know that eventually the sadness passes, and the warm memories remain. We're sending you warm thoughts and sympathy.

      Reply
      • beth says

        November 26, 2013 at 3:00 am

        Thank you for your kind words. It has been a year now since Snickers passed. I still miss him, but have very happy memories of our time together.

        Reply
    4. Bonita says

      October 19, 2013 at 4:27 pm

      I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your dog. I know how we felt when we had to put our dog to sleep. No fun.

      On a different note, the veggie leaves are gorgeous and would make anyone want to eat their vegetables. I've included this recipe and your recipe for cheesy crescent leaves in my unit study on autumn leaves. http://www.zujava.com/leaf-study

      Reply
      • beth says

        October 19, 2013 at 5:40 pm

        Thank you, Bonita. It's been almost a year now since Snickers died, and I am reminded of him daily. He left a hole in our hearts which is over time healing, but he'll never be forgotten.

        Thanks for sharing links to my leaf themed recipes. Have a wonderful weekend.

        Reply
    5. Shifra Khan says

      May 13, 2013 at 12:08 pm

      Soo sorry for ur loss .i have a dog and my last one passed away it is just so sad .he died in 2008 but even in 2013 he brings tears to my eyes

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      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        May 13, 2013 at 2:43 pm

        Thank you Shifra. Losing a dog is so difficult. Snickers lives on in our hearts as I'm sure you dog does in yours. We have another dog, who also seems to miss her longtime companion. I'm grateful she is still with us.

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