Pizza for the lunchbox. . . .

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I've missed posting a lot. I hope to start making up for that.

One of the items my boys truly enjoy taking for lunch is pizza. Not leftover from takeout, slices of cold pizza, stiff from the fridge and covered in gelatinous grease. No, I'm talking about fresh, delicious, made that morning pizza, wrapped in foil hot from the oven and still relatively warm in the lunchbox when they eat between 11:00 and noon.

Here's how you do it:

You need:

Flatbread (I buy this from the local grocery, where it's sitting right next to pita bread.)

Prepared Pizza sauce (which comes in squeezable bottles, also on your local grocer's shelf)

Grated Mozzarella

Any pizza toppings you prefer.


Assembling this is easy--

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

On an ungreased cookie sheet, place as many flatbreads as you have lunches to make. If you look at the flatbread, you'll notice that one side is very flat, while one is bumpier. Place the flat side down.

Top the top side with pizza sauce (spread this out evenly--our flatbread is filled with about two to three tablespoons of sauce. Sprinkle with some of the mozzarella. Evenly spread toppings on pizzas and add a little more mozzarella.

Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 min pr until cheese is melting and starting to be golden. While these are baking, you can make breakfast, gather other items for lunch, ow whatever you like. I prep these before I start breakfast, so they're baking while I'm making breakfast.

When they're done baking, let cool a few minutes, slice into quarters and wrap warm pizzas in aluminum foil. I tuck these into lunchboxes with a fruit cup or veggies and dip, and a drink.

It's easy, and it's a lunch that most kids will love.