Your garden — and pizzas — should be vibrant as ever right now

Summer is here and your garden should be poppin’! It is time to let the vegetables shine, and this month’s pizza highlights all that this season has to offer. Days are longer, nights are warmer, and this season’s bounty will have you wanting pizza every night. I left the vegetables alone as much as I could here in their purest form. I did have to roast the peppers a little, as they just become so much sweeter and delicate with a light grill or roast. Other than that, I sliced the zucchini and summer squash as thin as I could to still give me a whole circle. The spinach provides a welcome pop of color and a good back note of flavor to add to everything else that is going on. The tangy, creamy pieces of goat cheese sing — and the finish of edible flowers and a little splash of white balsamic make this pizza, well…. pretty much perfect.

For this recipe I am just going to tell you to get the freshest and most beautiful vegetables you can find. There really is no wrong way to make this. See my photo on this page as inspiration, but I would love for you to make your own version and tag me and Pizza Today on Instagram (Pizza Today and everythingbutanchovies #ondeck). Let’s fill Instagram with the most amazing and colorful pizzas we can!

For this pizza, instead of a traditional recipe, per se, I used:

Zucchini (thinly sliced)

Summer Squash (thinly sliced)

Fresh Spinach

Roasted red pepper

Whole milk mozzarella (3 ounces)

Goat cheese (1ounce)

A sprinkle of grated Romano

Bake the pizza at 560 F for 8 minutes. Then, post-bake, top it with:

Garlic oil

More freshly grated Romano

Zucchini blossom (yellow flower)

Broccoli blossom (white flower)

Dianthus (pink flower)

Lastly, finish this beauty with a drizzle of high quality white balsamic to really give the vegetables a punch and some acid. Remember, the goal here is for you to experiment on your own with the freshest vegetables you can find and tag both Pizza Today and me on Instagram to show off your creations!

Chris Decker is Founding Pizzaiolo & Partner at Truly Pizza, in Dana Point, California. @everythingbutanchovies on Instagram.