Friends, is this the perfect plant-based lunch? We’ll let you be the judges, but we definitely cast our votes (heck YES) after the first bite. These wraps are bursting with fresh, savory, satisfying flavors, and they’re so quick and easy.
They’re…
Friends, is this the perfect plant-based lunch? We’ll let you be the judges, but we definitely cast our votes (heck YES) after the first bite. These wraps are bursting with fresh, savory, satisfying flavors, and they’re soquick and easy.
They’re perfect for lunch or dinner, and yes, they’re meal-prep friendly! Make the tofu ahead of time and these plant-based wraps come together in just 15 minutes for effortless meals throughout the week.
Inside: Learn how to make this 10 minute naan recipe that everyone will love! In Mexico, we eat a lot of tortillas – you can have them with pretty much …
Inside: Learn how to make this 10 minute naan recipe that everyone will love!
In Mexico, we eat a lot of tortillas – you can have them with pretty much every meal if you want to. When it comes to bread, you are more likely to find sweet breads like conchas and others that are similar.
With that said, I have really come to enjoy bread since moving to the United States, and one of my favorite types is naan. I discovered my love of naan bread when I tried it at an Indian restaurant once alongside some tasty chicken tikka masala. It was the perfect type of bread to dip in the sauce and I just loved it!
I have bought naan at the store a few times, but I thought it would be great to make homemade naan instead this time and I am glad that I did. This was the first time I had made fresh naan, and I was very pleased with how it turned out (and so were my boys and my husband – who proceeded to eat it all!).
What is Naan?
Naan is a soft and flat Indian bread that originated in Central Asia. It is very popular outside of India as well, and can be found in most Indian restaurants around the world. Naan is very common dish all over India, but specially popular in North India where you will find Naans of different varieties like Butter Naan, Garlic Naan, and more.
Naan is often served alongside other Indian food like butter chicken, chicken curry, and more!
How do you make Naan in 10 minutes?
I am sure there are recipes out there that take a long time to make, and they may be more traditional than this version. That said, I have 4 young and hungry boys so being able to make a recipe like this in 10 – 20 minutes is a huge win!
This recipe does not require any rising time and it does not include any yeast. Don’t worry though – it will still come out light, airy and delicious – I promise!
You will need the following ingredients to make this recipe:
Flour (I use kamut flout, but you can use all purpose flour also)
Greek yogurt
Room temperature water
Baking powder
Salt
Oil
Butter, ghee, or garlic butter (to spread on top of the finished naan)
The preparation is so simple! Simply add all of the ingredients except the butter together in a large bowl and mix quickly with a wooden spoon to get all of the ingredients together. After that, continue mixing with your hands until everything is mixed well and a soft dough is formed.
At that point, you will remove the dough to a clean work surface with enough flour and knead it for about 2-3 minutes.
Next, divide into equal pieces and then form about 10-12 dough balls, flattenting them with a rolling pin and heat to medium-high heat a large cast-iron skillet or other pan.
To cook the naan dough, put one piece at a time on the hot pan and cook on each side for approximately 2-3 minutes or until slightly browned. You will know it is done when it is slighly puffy and cooked through.
Once all of the naans are cooked, you can brush them with melted butter, olive oil, garlic butter, or melted ghee. You can also just make plain naan by omitting the butter, ghee, or garlic butter. These are best if you serve them immediately. If you can’t, you can keep them warm in warm oven (about 200 degrees F) until they are ready to serve.
When I made these, trust me, they didn’t last long. Next time, I am going to make sure that I make even more so that we all can get enough!
I am sure there are many different ways to make naan, and I am definitely not an expert on Indian cuisine, but this turned out so well and I just had to share it with you all. It is perfect for weeknights when you need to make something in a hurry. Try it out with our coconut chicken curry recipe that you can find here.
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Flatbread pizza is easy to make: a great appetizer or simple dinner! Use store bought flatbread to keep it fast, and pick your favorite pizza toppings. We’re all about traditional artisan Italian pizza around here. But we’re also about weeknight shortcuts. Meet the flatbread pizza! This idea doubles as a quick and easy dinner or an elegant appetizer. Here the crust is thin and crispy, and it’s topped with mozzarella, tomatoes, arugula and Parmesan cheese shavings, with balsamic reduction drizzle to finish it off. But you can use any pizza toppings you’d like! Here’s how to put together this quick and breezy pizza. What’s a flatbread pizza? There’s no official definition of flatbread pizza. Some sources say it’s any pizza with a thin crust, others say it’s pizza shaped in a rectangle. Others say it’s pizza that uses a flatbread as the crust. For this recipe, we went with the latter definition. To us, it’s a pizza made using a flatbread! This makes it quick and easy to make, and a little different from all our other pizza recipes. It’s very similar to this Naan Pizza! Homemade flatbread vs store bought Homemade flatbread makes for the best tasting flatbread pizza! […]
Flatbread pizza is easy to make: a great appetizer or simple dinner! Use store bought flatbread to keep it fast, and pick your favorite pizza toppings.
We’re all about traditional artisan Italian pizza around here. But we’re also about weeknight shortcuts. Meet the flatbread pizza! This idea doubles as a quick and easy dinner or an elegant appetizer. Here the crust is thin and crispy, and it’s topped with mozzarella, tomatoes, arugula and Parmesan cheese shavings, with balsamic reduction drizzle to finish it off. But you can use any pizza toppings you’d like! Here’s how to put together this quick and breezy pizza.
What’s a flatbread pizza?
There’s no official definition of flatbread pizza. Some sources say it’s any pizza with a thin crust, others say it’s pizza shaped in a rectangle. Others say it’s pizza that uses a flatbread as the crust. For this recipe, we went with the latter definition. To us, it’s a pizza made using a flatbread! This makes it quick and easy to make, and a little different from all our other pizza recipes. It’s very similar to this Naan Pizza!
Homemade flatbread vs store bought
Homemade flatbread makes for the best tasting flatbread pizza! But, it takes a little time to put together. If your goal is a delicious homemade appetizer, you may want to go with homemade. If you’re going for a quick and easy dinner, store bought is the way to go. Here are a few notes:
Homemade flatbread: This Easy Flatbread recipe takes about 1 hour to make, with 30 minutes hands off time. That makes this flatbread pizza with homemade flatbread about the same time commitment as thin crust pizza. The pros? You can make the flatbread in advance, it’s an easier method, and you don’t need a pizza peel or pizza stone.
Store bought flatbread: Making this flatbread pizza with store bought flatbread is so fast! Try to find the highest quality bread you can find: any type of naan bread or pocketless pita bread works well.
Here are the rest of ingredients you’ll need for this flatbread pizza! The method is simple: prebake the crust in a 450 degree oven for a few minutes until lightly crisped, then top it and bake a few more minutes until the cheese melts. Here’s what we used:
You can serve this flatbread pizza as an appetizer, and it feeds about 4 to 6 people. Or try it as a main dish: it’s a light pizza so you’ll need to accessorize with hearty sides. How to make it into a meal? Here are a few things we’d pair with it:
Flatbread pizza is easy to make: a great appetizer or simple dinner! Use store bought flatbread to keep it fast, and pick your favorite pizza toppings.
Mince the garlic. Slice the cherry tomatoes in half and sprinkle with a pinch of salt. Mix the baby arugula in a small bowl with a drizzle of olive oil.
Place the flatbreads on the oven grate and bake for 3 to 4 minutes, until lightly crisp (depends on the thickness of the bread you’re using).
Remove the breads and place them on a baking sheet. Brush the crusts with olive oil and sprinkle with minced garlic. Top with shredded mozzarella cheese and a pinch of salt. Add the cherry tomatoes and bake for 2 to 3 minutes until the cheese melts.
Outside of our standard pizza recipes, we’ve got a few more fun alternative pizzas to try:
Easy Eggplant Pizza Use eggplant for the crust to make Eggplant Pizza! These mini pizzas are tasty and easy to make, covered in garlicky sauce and gooey cheese.
Perfect Pan Pizza Here’s how to make the incredible pan pizza at home! It’s got thick pillowy crust and tastes like your favorite pizzeria…but even better.
I’m basically the happiest with this lemon flatbread pizza. At least, as happy as I can be right now. Let’s just say that crunchy flatbread, lots of cheese and bright, fresh lemon definitely helps. I love a good flatbread pizza! From this old school four cheese version to the roasted cauliflower one from The Pretty […]
I’m basically the happiest with this lemon flatbread pizza.
At least, as happy as I can be right now. Let’s just say that crunchy flatbread, lots of cheese and bright, fresh lemon definitely helps.
I love a good flatbread pizza! From this old school four cheese version to the roasted cauliflower one from The Pretty Dish, it’s a great option to have when you’re either out of yeast (hi, me!) or just feel like mixing up a super quick dough. It’s more cracker-like that regular pizza dough, but it’s SO good.
In this case, I’m using the base of my garlic butter naan! So these are essentially naan pizzas. Yes.
Works every time.
Here’s how it goes down…
We start by making a quick little lemon oil because that stuff is delish. Brush it all over the dough and it can even be used for drizzling after!
Also going to make some hot honey. You can buy hot honey these days (how cool!), but I’ve been making it since before I could buy it. In fact, I made a hot honey pepperoni pizza a few years ago which first got me reeeeeally hooked on the combo. It’s just fantastic. Sweet heat!
Once your dough is made, the rest is really up to you. I went with some bacon because I didn’t have pepperoni and I don’t like sausage. I also used some leftover roasted broccoli! You could throw on any greens or vegetables you have. You could roast some just for this flatbread or you could use something hanging out in your fridge.
Make sure you verrrry thinnnnly slice a lemon. Like, paper thin! See through!
Next up – CHEESE. I had two (!) containers of burrata cheese in my fridge that were about to go. They’d been hanging out in there since I finished a few photographs for the book back in February and I just didn’t need them.
Well, now I needed them and I couldn’t be more thrilled to have them.
You don’t have to use burrata – use freshly grated mozzarella or provolone or fontina or even parmesan.
As much as it pains me to say it, this isn’t about the cheese here. Yes, of course, it’s always about the cheese for me. But this is much more about the lemon and the hot honey on top of crunchy dough. And just exactly what you decide to pair with it.
I absolutely LOVE the combo.
The dough edges get crunchy in the oven. The lemon oil is bright almost slightly sweet. Then you have cheese and vegetables and a big old drizzle of hot honey, which is spicy and sweet. The flavor combination is out of this world!
I can’t stress this enough: use what you have on hand! Any veggies work here – truly, almost anything works with cheese and lemon and honey. And bacon.
1handful micro greens or your favorite green,for topping
parmesan cheese,for sprinkling
Instructions
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, soda and salt. In another bowl, whisk together the milk, yogurt and honey. Add half of the milk mixture to the dry ingredients and stir until the dough starts to come together. Add the remaining milk gradually, stirring and bringing the dough together with your hands.
Place the dough in an oiled bowl and cover it. Let it sit in a warm place for 1 to 2 hours. It won't rise much! But let it rest.
While it rests, prep the rest of the ingredients. Whisk together the lemon zest, garlic and olive oil in a bowl. Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add the bacon. Cook until the bacon is just starting to crisp - do not cook until completely crunchy, because you want it to crisp in the oven. Remove it from the pan with a slotted spoon and place it on a paper towel. Note: you can replace the bacon with pancetta, prosciutto or even sausage. Whatever you have!
Grate the cheese and if desired, roast the vegetables. I roast broccoli at 425 for 15 minutes. You can use any vegetables here - or none at all!
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Brush a baking sheet with olive or canola oil.
Once the dough has rested, remove it from the bowl and knead it a few times on a floured surface, using a little extra flour if it’s too sticky. Divide the dough into 4 separate balls. Roll each ball out into an oval shape. Place 2 of the ovals on a baking sheet (that is most likely all that will fit.).
Brush the dough with the lemon olive - especially the edges so they get golden and crisp. Cover it with the cheese - freshly grated or burrata or whatever you’re using! Top with any vegetables that you’re using and some very thin lemon slices.
Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the dough is crisp and the cheese is golden. Remove the pizza from the oven and drizzle with hot honey. Slice and serve!
That golden, crunchy bubbly cheese on the end… omg.
This easy skillet flatbread recipe comes out deliciously soft and chewy! Use this Greek pita bread for wraps, falafel, pizza, or simply eating with a meal. Here’s our new favorite bread trick: flatbread! This traditional bread is so easy to make, nothing like sourdough or artisan bread. Just mix up the dough, then cook it until golden and charred in a skillet! You need no yeast, no special flours, and no special equipment. You’ll be surprised at how soft and chewy it is, with the perfect flavor. Alex and I made these to go with our authentic falafel recipe: but the uses are endless. Try them as a wrap with hummus and grilled veggies, a flatbread pizza, or as a side with soup. Here’s what to do! About this flatbread There are hundreds of types of flatbreads that are served in cuisines all over the world (see this list!). This flatbread recipe is a basic Mediterranean style flatbread: it’s a vegan flatbread made with flour, olive oil, and salt. It’s most like pocketless Greek pita bread, used for serving falafel, gyros, and souvlaki. If you’re looking for an Indian style flatbread, we’ve got that, too! Head to Garlic Naan or […]
This easy skillet flatbread recipe comes out deliciously soft and chewy! Use this Greek pita bread for wraps, falafel, pizza, or simply eating with a meal.
Here’s our new favorite bread trick: flatbread! This traditional bread is so easy to make, nothing like sourdough or artisan bread. Just mix up the dough, then cook it until golden and charred in a skillet! You need no yeast, no special flours, and no special equipment. You’ll be surprised at how soft and chewy it is, with the perfect flavor. Alex and I made these to go with our authentic falafel recipe: but the uses are endless. Try them as a wrap with hummus and grilled veggies, a flatbread pizza, or as a side with soup. Here’s what to do!
About this flatbread
There are hundreds of types of flatbreads that are served in cuisines all over the world (see this list!). This flatbread recipe is a basic Mediterranean style flatbread: it’s a vegan flatbread made with flour, olive oil, and salt. It’s most like pocketless Greek pita bread, used for serving falafel, gyros, and souvlaki. If you’re looking for an Indian style flatbread, we’ve got that, too! Head to Garlic Naan or Vegan Naan.
How to make flatbread: an overview!
Here’s the basic outline of what you’re getting yourself into with making flatbread. The process takes just 45 minutes to prep and 15 minutes to cook. The total hands-on time is about 30 minutes. In 1 hour, you’ll have deliciously soft flatbread!
Mix the dough
5 minutes active
Form & restdough
5 minutes active, 30 minutes hands off
Roll dough
5 minutes active
Cook flatbread
15 minutes active
Cook it in a skillet or grill pan!
Flatbread is easy to mix up, and only requires a 30 minute “proof” or rest time. Compared to other bread recipes that require shaping and multiple proofs, it’s a breeze! There’s also no bake time. All you need to do is cook each piece in a skillet for about 2 minutes. It’s nice to have 2 people for this task (and it’s more fun!), but you can do it by yourself too.
How to get the grill marks like the flatbread in the photo the photo? We used a grill pan: it looks like a skillet but has ridges that make the lovely grill marks. You can also make this Greek pita bread in a skillet: then it will have more browned organic cooking spots like naan.
Ways to serve flatbread
How to serve this Greek pita bread style flatbread? There are a myriad of ways: here are our favorites!
Falafel. Our Authentic Falafel with tzatziki or quick cucumber sauce is the ultimate treat!
Gyros. Another stellar Greek sandwich.
Wrap for sandwiches. We slathered with hummus and added some grilled vegetables we had on hand: a total treat! But you could us any sandwich filling (here are some ideas).
Flatbread pizza: Top with pizza toppings and bake in the oven. An easy and elegant meal!
How to store flatbread (and reheat it)
This homemade flatbread is nice because it stays good for about 3 days at room temperature, and the texture holds up well if stored correctly. Here’s what you need to know:
Room temperature storage (3 days): Place the flatbread in a sealed bag or container, and it stays good for 3 days. It gets dryer as days go by, so we suggest reheating it so it’s more pliable.
Reheating instructions: To reheat the flatbread, place it in a 350 degree oven for a few minutes until warmed and soft. Or if you want a quick fix, tear it in half and place it in a toaster.
Frozen (3 months): Or, you can freeze it! Let it cool to room temperature, then place it into a sealed bag or container.
This easy skillet flatbread recipe comes out deliciously soft and chewy! Use this Greek pita bread for wraps, falafel, pizza, or simply eating with a meal.
Make the dough (5 minutes): In a large bowl, stir together the all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda and kosher salt. Add the olive oil and water, and stir until the dough comes together. If it is dry, add a bit more water; if it is very sticky, add a sprinkle more flour. On a lightly floured counter, knead for about 30 seconds to 1 minute until all of the flour is incorporated and a dough ball forms.
Form and rest the dough (35 minutes): Flatten the dough into a disc. Cut it into 8 equal pieces and form it into balls. Cover the dough with a damp tea towel and rest for 30 minutes.
Roll the dough (5 minutes): Once the dough has rested, on a clean, lightly floured countertop, roll each dough into a thin circle, about 8” across.
Cook the flatbreads (10 to 15 minutes): Heat a large skillet, griddle, or grill pan over medium-high heat. Brush the pan lightly with olive oil and add one of the pieces of dough and cook until the bottom is golden and browned in spots, about 1 minute. Then turn and cook another 1 minute on the other side. Wrap it in a clean towel. Repeat with the remaining 5 flatbreads, adding each to the towel afterwards (this will steam them and keep them warm and supple).
Storage: store in a well-sealed bag or container up to 3 days (or freeze for a few months wrapped in foil in a sealed bag or container). Before eating leftover flatbread, reheat it in a toaster or a 350 degree oven until warm and pliable.
There’s nothing quite like homemade bread! Here are a few more recipes to try:
Easy No Knead Bread This homemade no knead bread will wow everyone! It’s so easy to make and has the best flavor, crispy crust, and chewy interior. Great for beginners!
Easy Homemade Bread This homemade bread is easy to make and very versatile: it works for sandwiches, toast, and more! Or try the Vegan Bread variation.
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