Take a trip to the Mediterranean with this healthy, gluten-free, vegan pizza. No greasy American fare, but a delicious, nutritious, single-serve pizza you can have any day of the week when the pizza craving hits!
June’s Theme – Pie Love: Tucked in a crust, nothing says love from the oven like pie. Whether it’s a twist on the all-American apple pie or a traditional recipe from your home country, give a healthy makeover to your favorite savory or sweet pie recipe.
Ah, you see, I’m not really a “pie” person. Okay, I’m not really a dessert person, but we can discuss that some other time. I will always welcome my crustless pumpkin pie (more of a breakfast really…just pumpkin, flour, etc.), but you know, pies really aren’t my thing. So when I saw this month’s Recipe ReDux theme, I took “pie love” to be “PIZZA pie love!” Because I do love my pizzas! One of the first things I made when I got home from school was one of my pizzas! It had been months and I was in need! Pizza will always warm my soul, non-traditional pizza that is!
I wasn’t really sure what take I wanted to go with on this pizza creation, but I knew I wanted olives and peppers involved. Then I know I wanted some sort of “cashew cheese,” and decided a “feta” version may be the answer. Thus, this Mediterranean pizza came to fruition and once I get a recipe idea in my head, it must be made! Have you ever eaten a roasted cucumber? Well you will if you make this pizza and they were great! It wasn’t roasted a lot, as this pizza doesn’t cook long, but the slight oven heat made they taste divine!
Maybe that’s because no veggie can taste bad roasted. Am I right? The oven just does something so magical to them! You get the added bonus of wonderful smells too, but that’s with baking or roasting anything! So dessert pie or pizza pie, you’re nose and belly will be happy either way 😉 And olives! I love olives on pizza! Whenever my mom used to make pizza for herself, she would use Kalamata olives and they would smell SO bad in the oven….but really once you get past that, any olive on pizza TASTES amazing! (It’s like the brownie thing!) I digress, this pizza is delicious, smells and all! Plus it has cashew “feta” which always makes everything better 😉
Mediterranean Pizza
- 1 Gluten-Free Brown Rice Tortilla
- 2 TB Tomato Paste (no-salt added)
- ¼ Tsp Minced Garlic
- ½ Tsp Dried Basil
- ¼ Tsp Dried Marjoram
- ¼ Tsp Dried Oregano
- Dash of Black Pepper
- Squirt of Lemon Juice
- 5 Sliced Marinated Mixed Olives
- A Few Slices of Red Onion
- 5 Slices of Cucumber
- A Few Strips of Mixed Bell Peppers (I used green and yellow)
- 2 TB Raw Unsalted Cashews (soaked for a few hours and then roughly chopped to make "feta" texture)
- Preheat the oven to 415°F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place your tortilla (from frozen) down on the sheet.
- Assemble the sauce in a bowl, which includes the tomato paste and all the spices and lemon juice. Mix and then spread on the tortilla, leaving an edge crust.
- Next add the cucumber, olives, peppers, onions, and chopped cashews.
- Bake the pizza in the oven for 12 minutes. Remove and serve!
Mmm, pizza bliss! I just love making my single-serve pies. So easy and so customizable! No worries about getting a topping everyone wants! Everyone can just have their own! When I was younger and we would get pizza for dinner, we would always get half one topping, half another. Of two pies when it was all 4 of us able to eat real pizza. Everyone loved all the toppings though, except mushrooms. My mom was the only one to like mushrooms! But that was WAY before I fell in love with mushrooms and now I would totally devour a mushroom pizza! We all always loved onion pizza. These great thin slices of onion….perfect! Good times!
So tell me:
+ Favorite pizza topping(s)? I still have a thing for this bad boy!
+ If you could only eat one category of “pies” for the rest of your life, dessert pie or pizza pie? PIZZA!
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Oh, I’ve been craving Mediterranean cuisine lately, this looks great. Plus we love non-traditional toppings on our pizza.
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Non traditional toppings always win!
Your pizza looks amazing – fresh and healthy. I can’t wait to try it.
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Love that blog of yours, the pizza was so healthy.
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OK – pizza is hands down my fav food. I thought I wouldn’t really get to eat it after going gluten-free, but I tried making tortilla pizzas one day and I’ve been doing it ever since. So good! And so much healthier.
I love your cashew feta idea!
Thanks for sharing this at HVF!! Pinning =)
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There’s no reason why anyone can’t eat pizza! It’s a must and can be adapted for any diet!
Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Savoring Saturdays, Rebecca! We’re taking this weekend off for the holiday – hope you’ll be back with us next weekend! Have a happy 4th! 🙂
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Oh wow yummy and perfect for me as I’m following a vegan diet. Thanks for linking up to #brilliantblogposts, can you link back there too please, thanks x
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Thanks so much! You’ll love it!
Thanks so much for sharing your yummy recipe on the Monday Funday Party! Your pizza looks delish! XOXO
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Your Pizza looks fabulous! Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great day!
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Can’t wait to try this! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! This post has been pinned on the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! I love having you and can’t wait to see you next week!
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Hi Rebecca,
Yummy!I I love to add veggies to my pizza so I am delighted that you shared your healthy and delicious Mediterranean Pizza with us on the Healthy Happy Green and Natural Party Blog Hop. I’m pinning and sharing.
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I love Mediterranean Food!
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What an awesome veggie combo! Double yum!
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Looks very healthy fresh and flavorful
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Yum! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday!
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This looks so delicious…. Love homemade pizzas!
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Me too! Homemade is always the best! Thanks Jenn!
Terrific blog! I would be so honored to have your share your posts on My Fabulous Friday Party!
love to meet new bloggers. hope you can stop by.
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This looks so healthy and vibrant. It just shows pizza doesn’t have to be all doughy and dripping in cheese! Thanks for linking with #freefromfridays.
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Hi Rebecca,
This looks and sounds delicious and so healthy. Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays. Pinned & twitted.
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This is a beautiful creation like an art work!
Haha, thank you!
Hi Rebecca! I hope all is well. I really love making individual pizzas too. Everyone can have what they want and that includes me. My pizza choice always includes lots of veggies………..and olives. I think I’m the only one in my family of 6 who really likes olives. I’m looking forward to the grilled cucumber. That will be new to me. And by the way…………..I’ve never seen a recipe call for a 415 degree oven. Something new. Something different. I love it!
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The cucumber isn’t grilled and how have you never turned your oven to 415F?
Welcome to FF # 74 and thanks for bringing this wonderful gluten-free pizza. The flavors are so fresh and healthy. Pizzas are so versatile aren’t they? The cashews must have added a great crunch. I hope you get to stay awhile and mingle with the other guests. Thank you again, enjoy your weekend.
The cashews are soft, like “cheese”!
This looks really fresh! Yummy.
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Okay. That looks like the most amazing pizza EVER. Thanks so much for sharing with us at the Creative Inspiration Link Party!
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I love meditteranean vegetables and this pizza looks great. Its good to get recipes for gluten intolerants so they can still enjoy. Thanks for sharing with us at #AnythingGoes
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This pie looks fantastic! Love all the veggies and herbs on here!
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Love how easy this is to make and you can’t go wrong with those Mediterranean flavors!
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No you can’t! 😉
Pizza pie is definitely the way to go if you don’t like sweet pies! I love pie, it’s probably one of my favorite kinds of desserts, especially fruit ones. I hardly ever make them though because crust can be such a pain in the a -_-
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Hahaha 😉 Yea, that’s why the one pie I do make is “crustless”!
But pizza, I got that one in the bag!
looks like heaven!!!! Must try this…at least it will be all mine as son and hubby would turn up their noses at it. Stopping by from #TickleMyTastebudTuesday
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Gluten free AND vegan? This is so right up my alley! I will have to try.
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I love making tortilla pizzas! I’m going to have to try these brown rice ones. I’m always looking for a way to make me feel better about splurging on pizza 🙂
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Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-o! This looks SO good!
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I cannot believe I have never tried to make an individual pizza on a gluten free tortilla!!! Can’t wait to try this.
It’s how I always do them! Haha! SOOO easy!
I love mediterranean flavored dishes!
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I’m probably not in the norm here, but I’ve never liked olives! 😡 I’m excited about the cashew “feta” though, because I’m not a fan of regular feta! This is the perfect alternative! 😀
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I’ve always loved good old black olives. The one type I know I don’t care for are GREEN…ugh!
I’ve never even had real feta (and never will), but this is amazing and I can bet 5000000x better 😉
It’s been way too long since I’ve made a tortilla pizza. You may have just inspired my dinner tonight! Or breakfast tomorrow… pizza breakfasts are the best.
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Yum! Delicious and simple! Too bad I can’t get rice tortillas here but I’m not gluten intolerant so wheat will do 🙂
Yes, haha! That’s fine 😉
This looks absolutely amazing, and so simple. Perfect for a weeknight meal!
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This is my kind of pizza! I love cashew cheese and olives too. I don’t even mind the smell of them cooking. Looks good Rebecca!
Tough question, but I’d have to say pizza pie since I like savory better than sweet.
Haha, I have a problem with smells I think 😉
WOOO! My kinda girl 😉
I’m a sucker for all these Mediterranean flavors! I’m also a sucker for real pizza crust, though; I need to try using a tortilla instead!
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As always, YUM! Now I’m hangry for pizza lol.
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I say pizza Monday!
This pizza looks amazing! Love that you served it on a tortilla–great idea!
The only way I do my pizzas!
Yay I love that we both went the savoury route with pizza! Pizza is totally a pie. I love pizza. I love proper dessert pie, too, but PIZZAAAA. Love the mediterranean toppings! My favourite pizza is definitely classic tomato sauce, but sometimes I like to mix it up with a white mushroom pizza topped with an egg. Kale and sweet potato are good toppings too!
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I always love changing it up, but yea, sometimes the classic is all that will do!
I love cashews and I used to love feta, so double thumbs up for cashew feta! I do pizza sauce the same super-quick way you do: paste + seasonings. Someone recently asked me for a tomato sauce recipe and I was like um…buy a can of sauce and season it with Italian seasoning! haha Nothing fancy here 😉
And even though you can probably already guess my answer: DESSERT PIES!!!!!!
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I know right! Hahaha! All my pizza recipe just use the paste so it’s super tomatoey and I can use a little since it’s a personal pizza!
Shoulda made a dessert pie in a cast iron 😉
Roasted veggies are the best! I love that you used them on this pizza. I can’t get enough of mediterranean flavours at the moment and they’re of course perfect for this recipe – what a delicious and healthy dish! It looks incredible! Just my kind of recipe – that base looks so amazing too, I love using wraps!
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It’s the best way to make a single serve pizza! Just a big old tortilla!
This looks great! I’d just leave the cashews off as I’m not a huge nut fan. I can’t wait to try it though. Trying Vegan dishes are sometimes intimidating to me! Thanks for the awesome recipe. Pinning for later! (:
You’d be surprised with the cashews here.
Omg YUMMMM! This looks so yummy! It reminds me a bit of a mediterranean flatbreak that is at YardHouse! But this looks way healthier!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe! I’ll have to make it for my husband 🙂 he’d love it!
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I don’t know what that is, haha, but I’m sure this is better 😉
I hope you guys can try it!
Visiting from the Recipe Swap. This pizza looks great! I love the toppings.
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Oh I bet this tastes as good as it looks…. amazing!
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It does taste good 😉
Wow, this looks so neat. I would never think to try something like this but it looks amazing!
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This is such a simple and delicious looking meal! Mediterranean flavors are my absolute favorite. Also, I love the idea of using soaked and chopped cashews for the feta – genius!
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mmmm this sounds yummy! i love Mediterranean flavors!
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Loving anything Mediterranean, including this pizza! So easy but delicious. Cashew cheese is one of my many obsessions. I’m not a huge pie person either, only on special occasions.
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Cashew cheese is a must! But everything cashew is!
Haha, non-pie people unite!
I love the fresh flavors here! It looks great.
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Tortilla pizza for the win! And I love that you have a second rockstar recipe for the link-up today. Totally agree that the oven does amazing things to any and all vegetables (and a lot of fruits, too). Thanks for sharing this recipe today, too! Have a wonderful Monday.
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Baked fruit pizza next? Maybe 😉
I love all the ingredients you have on this!
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I’m usually a pizza traditionalist, even in my vegan versions, but I love the idea of adding cashews. Though I’d have to skip the green pepper. So NOT a fan 🙂
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You’ve never put cashew cheese on you’re “vegan” pizza? That’s weird. The cheese is always cashew or nooch for me! What do you use then?
I’ll use Daiya usually. I want to try cashew cheese though. Much healthier I’m sure.
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cashews – yum!!! i do make pizza with non traditional crust using naan bread or flat bread but this is also a wonderful idea!
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Gluten-free naan would be wonderful!
I will overlook the fact that you are not a dessert person as that crustless pumpkin pie was pretty epic! And – as far as pizzas go – dang – cashews on one is such a great flavor and textural contrast! Love it!
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Cashew FETA! 😉
Ooooh I love adding cashews to a pizza, great idea!!!! Very clever! I would need about 6 of these to fill me up, so think I will be tripling the recipe haha, but love the combination of flavors, veggie pizzas are amazing!
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Yea, sure, thanks.