Winning!
Congratulations to Michelle @ A Little Bit of This & That, who will soon sport a brand new cupcake apron! Michelle, please send me your mailing address, and I’ll get your apron to you soon! Many thanks to all who participated in the first ever Red Velvet Life giveaway!
Not winning!
Now for more sombre news. I must be having an identity crisis, y’all — I’ve lost my taste for oats. I KNOW. Let’s hope this is just a temporary impasse and not something more sinister. Come to think of it, though . . . when one’s brekkies have consisted of whipped banana chocolate peanut butter oatmeal, carrot cake oatmeal, apple cinnamon oatmeal, and strawberry shortcake oatmeal . . . one might be ready for a change. Maybe. Possibly.
Enter, flatbread. Dear La Tortilla Factory Smart & Delicious 100% Whole Wheat Flatbread (No really, that’s what it’s called): I love you. Dear college dorm room-era cutlery: I love you too, even though Velvet Husband wants to get rid of you. Don’t worry, I’ll be there for you! Cue Friends theme song.
Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Pizza
Ingredients
La Tortilla Factory Smart and Delicious 100% Whole Wheat Flatbread
1/2 banana, sliced
Crunchy Peanut Butter
Cocoa nibs, dark chocolate chips, or 85% Lindt Dark Chocolate (optional)
1/2 tsp Chia Seeds (optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place flatbread on parchment-paper lined cookie sheet. Layer flatbread with peanut butter, banana slices, and chia seeds. Optional: Try adding a few pieces of 85% Lindt Dark Chocolate before baking–it’s ridiculous how delicious it tastes! Bake for 8 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove from oven and sprinkle with cocoa nibs if you haven’t already doused it in chocolate before baking.
Oh, you thought I was finished. Indeed, the wonders of flatbread are not limited to breakfast pizzas and tired lunch wraps. You’d think La Tortilla Factory is paying our rent, but I assure you this is not the case. I just don’t want to make pizza dough. Methinks I will have officially reached adulthood when I’m kneading pizza dough with Phantom of the Opera music playing softly in the background. Till that day comes, let’s crank up the Ke$ha, shall we?
Easy Flatbread Veggie Pizza
Ingredients
La Tortilla Factory Smart and Delicious 100% Whole Wheat Flatbread
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/2 tomato, sliced
Fresh Spinach
8 Pitted Kalmata Olives, chopped
1/3 green pepper, diced
Salt & Pepper (optional)
Fresh parmesan cheese (or Vegan Cheese of your choice)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place flatbread on parchment-paper lined cookie sheet. Spread a thin layer of olive oil on flat bread. Layer flat bread with spinach, tomato, olives, green pepper, salt and pepper to taste, and cheese. Bake for 8 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove from oven and enjoy the easiest pizza you never made.
These single girl recipes have come in handy while Velvet Husband has been away. Goodness, I even brought out the ol’ dorm room utensils! He better come home soon or our bedroom will be pretty ‘n’ pink. 😉
Bake Sale
Last, I’m donating a batch of Russian Tea Cakes to Tina’s charity bake sale benefiting Team for Kids on May 16. Stay tuned and get ready to bid on some delicious donated goodies for a good cause. Happy Friday to all!
What is your favorite ten minute meal? Blog links welcome, loves!
Thanks for sharing the flatbread recipe. It looks awesome!
Yes, it’s super easy, but I thought I’d post anyways since I’m always looking for quick and healthy meals. 🙂
Congratulations, Michelle! Such a CUTE apron….
These flatbreads look wonderful. I’ve been obsessed with flatbreads lately. I make all sorts of combinations. Thanks for sharing these!
–shelley
YAY flatbread. So versatile! I finally switched it up and had oats in a jar for breakfast this morning, but I could easily do flat bread-inspired meals everyday. 😉
I have never seen those La Tortilla flatbreads — only their tortillas! I love the idea of mini pizzas though. They are really cute!
Favorite 10 minute meal — scrambled eggs with a microwaved sweet potato on the side. Easy and tastes good at any time of day!
YUM sweet potato is the best thing ever! I didn’t think about microwaving it…I’ll have to try this! 🙂
The flatbread pizza looks DELICIOUS and so simple! 🙂 And I am loving that apron! Too cute! Congrats to Michelle!!
Thank you! I heart simple meals.
My 10 minute meals always include melting cheese on something. Flatbread pizza sounds like the perfect “for one” meal. My hubby works late sometimes too so this is a great idea!
Yeah, I wish I always felt like buying fresh halibut and making a fancy meal for one, but I just don’t! Sometimes a 10 minute meal is just what I need. 🙂
The LaTortilla Wraps do rock! I love making pizzas with them!!
I hope you have a beautiful weekend love!!!!
xoxo ❤
Thanks, Katie girl! Hope you have a great trip to PA this week!
I’ve coveted that apron for a long while & am bummed I missed it here. Perfection.
Speaking of covet, feel free to FedEx me one of those delicious looking flatbread pizzas the next time you’re cooking.
And it’s funny you should mention collegiate flatware, since I just made an executive decision to replace mine & my husband’s respective sets today. In our case, it’s me who has been pushing for the change; we’ll see if I meet with the usual “You’re replacing all my stuff!” cries.
I hope the news of flatware replacement went over well with AH! We received a gorgeous set of flatware as a wedding present (in addition to the fancy stuff we have yet to take out of the sleeves), but for some reason, I’d rather live like a college freshman. I’ve also held onto plastic plates from Target, all the while lying to myself, saying they would only be used as small cutting boards. hehe.
One flatbread pizza, coming right up!
mmmmmmm! I am loving the look of these breakfast pizzas! 🙂
you know you had me at peanut butter and banana 😉 the best thing about getting tired of an old fav is having reason to try something new!
PS I love the dorm room flatware 😉 Have a great weekend! 🙂
You’re right, Jenny — I needed a reason to innovate! I fall into breakfast ruts so easily, so it was great to try something new. This morning I had overnight oats in a jar, which tasted great. Who knows what’s next!
Hope you’re having a fabulous start to the week! I have so much blogginess to catch up on 🙂
Oh Kristen! They look sooooo good!!! I am actually an Oats fan!! You’ll have to let me know the recipe for strawberry shortcake oats!!
Jenny I instantly thought of you when I saw the peanut butter and the banana!!!
Kristen I love your blog you make me laugh and we have very similar taste in Music!! I love Ke$ha too and often have her cranking when I’m cooking!!
I’ll definitely have to try the breakfast pizza!!
YAY! Thank you so much! I tried so message you back but it wouldn’t allow me to, so I tweeted you! I’m SO EXCITED! Thank you again for hosting the giveaway! This made my day! 🙂
The veggie pizza looks amazing! I love pb with bananas too for breakfast! 🙂
Have a great weekend! XOXO
Congrats again, Michelle! I’ll let you know when I ship it to you. Thanks for sending your address! I can’t wait to see how you like the apron and the baking adventures it will inspire!