Easy Kids Weeknight Pizza with Beans
I have made this recipe so many times in the last month that I just knew I needed to get it up on the blog ASAP.
I know how hard it is to come up with new recipe ideas for your kids each week. Especially ones that they love, that are nutrient-rich, and that contain some kind of bean or legume.
That’s why I’m so excited to share these healthy weeknight pizzas with beans.
My kids are devouring them and they have become a new weekly staple in our house that I can customize depending on what beans or legumes I have in the pantry.
They are iron-rich, vegan, full of B vitamins, and best of all they only take 15 minutes. Don’t you just love that for us!
Here’s how you make them.
Easy Kids Weeknight Pizza with Beans
Makes 4
Ingredients:
- 2 English muffins or pita bread (sliced in half)
- ½ a jar of tomato paste
- ½ a tin of chickpeas, cannellini beans, black beans, or lentils.
- Nutritional yeast
Optional veggies:
- Spinach
- Chopped capsicum
- Tomato
- Mushrooms
Method:
- Turn oven onto 180 bake and line a baking tray with baking paper
- Slice your pita bread or English muffins in half.
- In a mini food processor or blender add the tomato paste and drained and rinsed beans or legumes. Blitz on high until blended and smooth.
- Spread the tomato bean mixture on top of the bread. Top with any vegetables you plan to use (or none) and finish with a small sprinkle of nutritional yeast.
- Bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
Serve with some maple tofu bites (from my book), cucumber and capsicum slices, and some sauerkraut or fresh fruit.
The perfect easy and nourishing weeknight dinner for your little ones.
If you end up making the recipe please tag me at @wellnessbyreneebrown or email me (renee@wellnessbyrenee.co.nz). I love knowing what recipes work the best for you and what ones you love.
Want More 15 Minute Easy Kids Dinners:
If you would like more easy and nutrient-rich plant-based kids' dinners then I recommend taking a look at my book My Plant-Based Family. It's filled with 50 plant-powered recipes that I cook every single day. Read all about it here.
My next e-book 'Plant Powered Lunchbox Snacks' will also be out this month so keep any eye out for the launch.
Have you Tried My Chunky Monkey Chickpea Cookie Recipe?
This is by far my most popular recipe that everyone seems to love. It's basically a healthy chocolate chip cookie that's iron-rich (thanks to chickpeas), super easy to make, and tastes delicious. You can get the recipe here.
