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Healthy, easy pita pizza with veggies and cheese as toppings on a cutting board.
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Easy Pita Pizza (11 Ways!)

This amazingly easy pita pizza is healthy comfort food that can be thrown together in just 15 minutes! Whole wheat pita bread is topped with tomato sauce, fresh veggies, and gooey cheese for a family-friendly meal, quick lunch, or easy dinner. With 11 variations, there is something for everyone in this pita pizza recipe!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Diet: Vegetarian
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 276.5kcal
Author: Anjali Shah

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Warm your pita bread in a toaster oven or in a pan over low heat and chop your veggies
  • Top 1 pita bread with 1-2 tbsp sauce, and a handful of each of the veggies (use as much as you like – the more veggies, the more fiber and nutrients are on your pizza!) I like to use a ton of veggies.
  • Top with 1/4 cup of cheese, or less depending on how much cheese you like (1/4 cup is about 100 calories)
  • Heat the pizzas in a toaster oven until the cheese melts. Alternatively, if you don’t have a toaster oven, you can heat the pizzas under a broiler at 350 degrees until the cheese melts (or in your regular oven at 350 degrees).

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Notes

Pita Bread Pizza Toppings & Variations
  1. Plain Cheese: Go with just sauce + mozzarella or do a mix of your favorite cheeses! Try shredded cheddar cheese, mozzarella, gouda, Colby Jack, shredded Swiss cheese, or anything else you like.
  2. Greek Pita Pizza: Instead of pizza sauce, use tahini (or you can still use pizza sauce if you like!). Top with baby spinach, roasted red peppers, sliced red onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, Kalamata olives, and feta cheese. Serve with tzatziki sauce!
  3. Low Calorie Pita Pizza: Make this recipe healthier by going lighter on the cheese and heavier on the vegetables! You can also use a low carb/low calorie pita bread or tortilla as your base.
  4. Turn Them Into "Hot Pockets": Instead of putting the sauce and toppings on top of your pita bread, stuff it into the pita's pocket and cook in the toaster oven until the cheese has melted. 
  5. Indian Pizza: Use naan bread instead of pita bread, and add your favorite toppings. Feel free to use paneer instead of shredded cheese too!
  6. Hummus Pizza: Load up your pita with your favorite hummus and fresh veggies. Great cold (so perfect for a school lunch or work lunch) or warmed.
  7. Mexican Pizza: These pizzas use refried beans instead of pizza sauce, and are topped with peppers, onions, tomatoes and cheese. You could add taco meat (or vegan taco meat) if you like. Finish these off with some guacamole, a drizzle of sour cream, or fresh cilantro!
  8. Breakfast Pita Pizza: Make any of these recipes breakfast friendly! I’d go with salsa, scrambled eggs, and cheese, but you could experiment with breakfast meats too.
  9. Dessert Version: Spread peanut butter (or your favorite nut butter) on the pita bread. Top with mini chocolate chips, sliced bananas, crushed walnuts and a sprinkle of cinnamon. Bake in the oven until the chocolate has melted and the pita is crispy!
  10. Meat Version #1 - Pepperoni: This is a classic that can easily be transformed into a mini pizza! Top your pita with sauce, cheese and pepperoni. Bake until the cheese is golden brown and melted!
  11. Meat Version #2 - BBQ Chicken: Use your favorite barbecue sauce or buffalo sauce instead of pizza sauce, top with shredded grilled chicken or leftover chicken from a rotisserie chicken, and your favorite cheese! Fresh mozzarella or colby jack would work well.
Expert Tips
  • Don’t Overload The Pizzas: Don’t put too many toppings on the pizza, or it’s harder to eat. I recommend sticking with ¼ cup of cheese along with your other toppings.
  • Caramelize Veggies: Feel free to sauté veggies in a skillet with some olive oil to give them a caramelized flavor.
  • Don’t Overcook The Pizzas: Don’t cook the pizzas for too long, so they don’t burn. Once the cheese is melted, they are good.
  • Let Cool For A Little Bit: Let the pizza sit for a couple minutes to cool down before you slice it. If you slice it when it’s too hot, the cheese and toppings will ooze off the pita bread!
  • Pita Pizza For Kids: Most kids love pizza in general, but giving them their own personal pizzas makes things that much more exciting. These pita pizzas are the perfect size for small hands. This is also a fun way to get kids involved in the kitchen, since they can easily help spread the sauce, sprinkle the cheese, and add the veggies. It’s also a great way to get more veggies into your kids.
  • To Make In The Air Fryer: Follow the outline steps up to the cooking section. Place one pita pizza in your air fryer and cook at 350 degrees F / 180 C for 10-14 minutes or until the cheese is melty and the crust is crispy enough to pick up.

Nutrition

Serving: 1pita | Calories: 276.5kcal | Carbohydrates: 31.9g | Protein: 16.9g | Fat: 10g | Sodium: 975.5mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 3.5g