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Tortilla Pizza

I love making these little tortilla pizzas on busy nights when I don’t have time to cook a fancier meal for the family.   The temptation is always there to stop by my favorite pizza place in Norman: Sandro’s on Main across from the high school.  I get their extra large Greek pizza with feta, spinach, and onions; it’s full of cheesy goodness.   When I do get Sandro’s, I really enjoy it, but I choose to make these mini pizzas some weeks to not only cut the budget but of course that cheesy fat intake.

I think I first saw an idea for making little pizzas out of tortillas on Sesame Street when my kids were little.  It worked great to get the kiddos to help make the food and pick which veggies they wanted.  If they helped, I often had more luck in getting them to eat it!  Now that they are older teens I still catch them making these all the time, and they have come up with many variations.

Spending a little extra on good quality tortillas is worth it.  All the health food stores in town have various options. I get the Stacy brand tortilla at the Natural Grocers. 

Ingredients for basic pizzas:

Good quality tortillas

1 can of tomato sauce

sprinkles of spices: garlic, basil, oregano

(or just buy a can of pizza sauce instead of the last two items)

chopped veggies: peppers, onions, mushrooms, spinach, zucchini, tomatoes, artichokes, etc.

Italian shredded cheese mix

Directions

Preheat oven to 350

Grease a cookie sheet with just a little olive oil and place as many tortillas as you can fit on the sheet.  Spoon some tomato sauce on each tortilla and spread it around.  Sprinkle spices onto the tomato sauce.  Load up with all the veggies you like and then sprinkle lightly with cheese.  Bake the tortillas for 8-10 minutes until they are crispy and the cheese is melted.

Variations:  Go Greek with olives and feta.  Go Mexican by spreading refried beans on the tortillas instead of tomato sauce, and then add Mexican cheese and salsa on top of the veggies.

We usually serve these with salad for a nice light supper.  Hope you enjoy!