As much as I really do love being in the kitchen and creating new meals (YES I really do love labor intensive meals – they are so rewarding!), sometimes I do need quick dinner options for crazy weeks – it happens to everyone!
I plan pretty well, and even on busy weeks can make time consuming dinners happen, but I do have a few dinner options in my back pocket that are so nice to use sometime…And without using the take out or go out to eat options (which are financially not possible in our house, not to mention not real food – there really aren’t many local farm to table options in restaurants where we live!)
These pizzas take me 5 or so minutes to put together and just 15 minutes in the oven – SO fast! Enjoy!
- Sprouted or gluten free tortillas (Watch the ingredients! We love the Sami’s Bakery “lavash” or Food For Life sprouted tortillas. You could make your own too! My soaked tortilla recipe is in the Kitchen Tips!)
- Pizza sauce (I try for jarred to avoid BPA lined cans – just watch the ingredients – no HFCS or other unnecessary items. Organic is great but isn’t always available where I live. If you make your own – go for it!)
- Cheese, shredded (Go for organic and/or raw. Do NOT buy pre-shredded cheese – even “healthy” ones – look at the ingredient list – it’s crazy! If you are dairy free just skip the cheese – load up on the other toppings! Do NOT use soy cheese. Some dairy free people can use goat cheese and/or feta.)
- Other pizza toppings as you choose! (When doing up meat go for hormone/antibiotic free, grassfed, and/or organic. If you are using sausage you will want to brown it up before putting it on your pizza. Our health food store carries an organic pepperoni in the freezer section or we do love our local farmer’s bulk sausage to brown up for the top!
- Butter or coconut oil ONE side of your tortilla and lay buttered side DOWN on a silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Top with the rest of your pizza toppings how you like!
- Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes. Keep an eye on them around the 12 minute mark in case your oven runs differently.
Kitchen Tips:
- You can find sprouted tortillas at most health food stores in the freezer section. Just watch the ingredients – I avoid soy even when sprouted.
- HERE is my soaked tortilla recipe! I do love making these tortillas but most of the time when I am deciding on these quick pizzas for dinner I use these quicker ones because that is the whole point of making them run quicker 😉 You could also use my original pizza crust recipe HERE and make smaller crusts if you want!
- I use whatever raw and/or organic cheese available in our store. Just stay away from bright yellow blocks of cheese – check out the ingredients – no dyes or other crazy stuff added!
- Sometimes we skip the cheese all together if money is tight or I can’t find a good source and we’ll just load it up with more meat and/or veggies and drizzle some olive oil.
- I make up 2 baking sheets (4 mini pizzas) usually – my youngest can eat half of one, my oldest will eat about half or ¾ of one, I usually eat one, and my husband eats one and whatever is leftover from the girls ;))
YOUR TURN!
Let me know how the kids like it!
This post was shared at The Polikva Family’s Family Table Tuesday and Real Food Forager’s Fat Tuesday!
THIS LOOKS SOOO GOOD. (im hungry right now).
And so easy….so doing this with the kids!