Childrens Mini Pizzas

Finding foods that your children will enjoy eating and foster their health can be challenging at times, however this page is solely put together to provide you with some cheap, quick and easy meals that you and your children can prepare together, they taste great and are good for their health!

Mini Pizzas - there are a few reasons why these are such a fantastic idea for children.
1. Easy to make and allow your children to get involved and learn to enjoy cooking
2. Full of carbohydrates, protein, vitamins and minerals! They are made from mainly fresh ingredients aswell :)
3. The toppings are variable, use up what vegies you have left over in your fridge, or if your child has a few favourite vegies, throw them on.
4. Can be prepared and cooked in less than 20minutes
5. Can be served chilled or warm - a great idea is to chill the pizzas immediately after cooking and pack them into lunchboxes. *always remember to practice good food safety and ensure you pack a ice brick or cold compress to keep the food at a safe temperature :)

What you will need:
This particular recipe serves 4 mini pizzas.
1 spring onion
1/2 red capsicum
1/2 sliced small zucchini
2 mushrooms
1/2 cup drained diced pineapple
2 english-style muffins
2 tbsp reduced salt pizza tomato paste
1 cup reduced fat grated cheese
Sprinkle of black pepper

1. Preheat the oven to 200C or 180C fan forced.

2. Slice the english muffins in half and place them onto a baking tray that has been lined with baking paper.
3. Apply 1/2 tbsp of salt-reduced pizza tomato paste to each muffin
4. Add a variety of toppings - slices of red capsicum, slices of zucchini, sliced mushroom and pieces of pineapple. Top this with a few pieces of sliced shallots (spring onion).
5. Sprinkle the top with some light grated cheese.
6. Top with a little sprinkle of black pepper to add some more flavour.
7. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until the cheese has melted and the vegetables have begun to soften.

Another Option...

Instead of adding the tomato paste, as a couple of tbsp of reduced salt baked beans, then top with capsicum cubes, corn kernals and shallots. Once you have added all your ingredients top with the reduced fat cheese and pepper and cook as per the instructions above.

These are so creative and fun you can add whatever you like to them :) involve your children in the decorating process, this way they will be more inclined to eat them, its a great way to introduce new tastes and vegetables...