I have to say, I’m incredibly perplexed why one would cook veggies to go on a pizza — which goes into the oven to be – cooked. Toppings on pizzas are never cooked first, aside of possibly meat (I don’t eat it, so not really sure, but I could see that making sense). You really don’t want to overcook veggies, and spinach is best eaten with only very light cooking (if any) so, yeah. I used fresh spinach and mushrooms, *not* cooked. Because I did not cook them, I had no need to use salt or pepper. The pizza tasted very good and I would do that again, so thanks for the idea of the garlic oil as a base!