Everyone loves pizza, and using French bread as the base is a big time saver. Make a fast, homemade artichoke and mushroom sauce as a base for melty cheese and serve with a fresh salad on the side.
While oven is getting warm, heat a non-stick frying pan or skillet over medium heat. Add oil and shallots to hot oil. Saute until shallots are tender, ~1 minute. Add mushrooms and artichokes and saute until mushrooms are tender and golden, 3 to 4 minutes more. Add tomato puree and tomato paste and simmer until sauce reduces and thickens, ~2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Spray a sheet pan with nonstick cooking spray and top with baguettes, cut-side up. Brush with a bit of cooking oil. Place sheet pan in the oven and bake just until baguettes are starting to toast on the top, 4 to 5 minutes.
Remove sheet pan from oven and top baguettes with sauce and then mozzarella slices. Return pan to oven and continue baking until cheese is melted, ~8 minutes more.
While pizzas bake, whisk together honey, lemon juice and olive oil. Toss lettuce, bell peppers and capers in dressing.
Serve pizzas hot out of the oven with salad on the side. Enjoy!
I added Italian seasoning to the sauce, and used my nondairy cheese for mine, real cheese for everyone else. The salad dressing was just right, but I did double the recipe.
Also very good. I used some of the bread you finish baking a home, which made it very fresh. Also liked the fresh mozzarella vs shredded - a lot less salt.