Weeknight pizzas are EVERYTHING.
My hubby and I like to eat wholesome, however pizza is the one factor we simply can’t quit. EVER. So I needed to share our go-to pizza recipe with you that’s excellent once you don’t have quite a lot of time within the evenings and have some leftover veggies that you’ll want to deplete. Let me inform you, these flatbread pizzas are SO easy to throw collectively and with a scrumptious medley of tomatoes, pesto, arugula and contemporary basil, I imply you possibly can mainly say you might be consuming a salad! No less than that’s what I like to inform myself
We’ve had a fairly heat fall to date right here in Virginia (up till this week anyway….brr!) and I had quite a lot of tomatoes I needed to make use of up so it was the proper time to share these flatbreads with you guys! I like throwing on contemporary tomatoes whereas the hubs actually likes solar dried tomatoes so I made a decision to make use of a combination of each. I’m an enormous fan of Alessi and have used their scrumptious merchandise in a few of my favorites recipes like this Sluggish Cooker Butternut Squash and Farro Chili and this One Skillet Solar Dried Tomato Hen and Gnocchi so I used to be excited to accomplice with them once more! Alessi’s solar dried tomatoes are packed in additional virgin olive oil and are handpicked from the vines when they’re juicy, purple and fragrantly ripe so you already know these tomatoes have TONS of taste. Oh and a little bit positively goes a good distance!
Alessi additionally gives a scrumptious garlic purée that I brushed over prime of every flatbread in order that the garlic taste may bake proper into the pizzas. Don’t skip this step! Garlic purée is basically contemporary garlic that’s blended till clean and combined with olive oil and a little bit sea salt making it excellent for including taste to all types of dishes!
After brushing the flatbreads with a little bit garlic purée and popping them within the oven for about 5 minutes to crisp up, I then unfold on the pesto, a number of chunks of mozzarella and topped every part with the tomatoes. Then simply sprinkle with a little bit salt and pepper and they’re prepared for the oven! Straightforward proper? These pizzas actually solely take one other 10 minutes to complete cooking which is why I like utilizing flatbreads. No dough to fret about and tremendous fast to throw collectively.
Then once you take them out merely prime them with a handful of arugula, contemporary torn basil and a little bit additional purple pepper flakes when you’re feeling spicy You can additionally drizzle your pizzas with a little bit balsamic vinegar for some extra taste! A fast and simple weeknight dinner the place you possibly can lastly take pleasure in pizza that’s not greasy and stuffed with energy like supply tends to be.
As you possibly can see beneath, this recipe doesn’t take a lot measuring so be at liberty to make use of as little or as a lot of the substances as you want! That’s the wonderful thing about throwing pizzas like this collectively through the week, it doesn’t take a lot time or effort and you may simply deplete no matter you’ve available in your fridge. Be at liberty to throw on slices of bell pepper, squash and even caramelized onions and including cooked rooster or prosciutto can simply make this a extra filling meal!
Hope you all take pleasure in these flatbread pizzas as a lot as we did and bear in mind to tag me on Instagram hashtagging #eatyourselfskinnyrecipe if you find yourself making these! I simply LOVE seeing all of your photographs and scrumptious meals!
