Quick and Easy Mediterranean Pizzas with Cucumber Salsa

Another quick and easy (like your mom...Ha!) dinner for those busy weeknights when the last thing you feel like doing is making some sort of fancy-pants elaborate dinner.

I am not really sure if these can technically be classified as "pizzas," but they are flat and round like a pizza, so that is what I call them. And basically, the kids will eat anything I call pizza.  So that's what they are.

I use whatever veggies and toppings I happen to have on hand, so you can easily alter these to suit your own tastes. And, in the summer, you can even cook these on the grill.  Bonus!

Mediterranean Pizzas with Cucumber Salsa
Makes 6
385 cals / 13g fat / 36g carbs / 19g protein

1 cucumber
1 clove garlic
5 tsp olive oil
3 tsp red vine vinegar
2 TB fresh parsley
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
6 whole wheat Pitas
6 TB hummus
1/2 red pepper
1/2 cup cherry or grape tomatoes
1/4 cup pitted, drained kalmata olives
1/4 red onion
1/4 cup sliced, drained banana peppers
1/2 cup crumbled reduced fat feta cheese
1 1/2 cup shredded low fat mozzarella

1. Heat oven to 450. Mince garlic. Peel, seed, and chop cucumber. Chop parsley.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together 2 tsp olive oil, red wine vinegar, minced garlic, salt, and pepper. Stir in chopped cucumber and parsley. Set aside.

2. Mince red pepper and red onion. Slice or quarter tomatoes. Chop olives and banana peppers.

3. Brush each side of pitas with olive oil (about 1/2 tsp oil per pita). Spread each with ~1 TB hummus, then top each pita with prepared veggies, and ~3 TB mozzarella cheese and ~1 TB feta cheese. Place pitas on baking sheet and cook until cheese is melted and beginning to brown, about 12-15 minutes. Cut each pizza into 1/4ths and top with cucumber salsa before serving.

Another quick and easy (like your mom...Ha!) dinner for those busy weeknights when the last thing you feel like doing is making some sort of fancy-pants elaborate dinner.

I am not really sure if these can technically be classified as "pizzas," but they are flat and round like a pizza, so that is what I call them. And basically, the kids will eat anything I call pizza.  So that's what they are.

I use whatever veggies and toppings I happen to have on hand, so you can easily alter these to suit your own tastes. And, in the summer, you can even cook these on the grill.  Bonus!

Mediterranean Pizzas with Cucumber Salsa
Makes 6
385 cals / 13g fat / 36g carbs / 19g protein

1 cucumber
1 clove garlic
5 tsp olive oil
3 tsp red vine vinegar
2 TB fresh parsley
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
6 whole wheat Pitas
6 TB hummus
1/2 red pepper
1/2 cup cherry or grape tomatoes
1/4 cup pitted, drained kalmata olives
1/4 red onion
1/4 cup sliced, drained banana peppers
1/2 cup crumbled reduced fat feta cheese
1 1/2 cup shredded low fat mozzarella

1. Heat oven to 450. Mince garlic. Peel, seed, and chop cucumber. Chop parsley.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together 2 tsp olive oil, red wine vinegar, minced garlic, salt, and pepper. Stir in chopped cucumber and parsley. Set aside.

2. Mince red pepper and red onion. Slice or quarter tomatoes. Chop olives and banana peppers.

3. Brush each side of pitas with olive oil (about 1/2 tsp oil per pita). Spread each with ~1 TB hummus, then top each pita with prepared veggies, and ~3 TB mozzarella cheese and ~1 TB feta cheese. Place pitas on baking sheet and cook until cheese is melted and beginning to brown, about 12-15 minutes. Cut each pizza into 1/4ths and top with cucumber salsa before serving.