Do you sometimes get a craving for pizza, but you don’t have one in the fridge or freezer? Plus, you are too lazy to make one and you can’t justify the expense of ordering takeaway? I have you covered with this lazy toast pizza recipe that only takes 5 minutes to make!
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Using Toast as a Pizza Base
Admittedly these mini toast pizzas are not quite the same as the ‘real thing’. As the name suggests, this recipe uses toast as a substitute base. But pizza base is basically cooked bread, right? For this recipe, all you have to do is toast a couple of pieces of bread, and you have a makeshift pizza base ready to add your toppings to. It’s the quickest pizza you will ever make!
I drizzle my toast with olive oil to make it into a more realistic pizza base. But if you prefer, you can simply butter it as you would normally butter toast. The purpose of the oil or butter is to soften the toast as well as to give it more flavour.
Pizza Sauce and Toppings
For the tomato sauce, you can either use a jar of purpose-made pizza sauce, or a pasta sauce will do equally well. If you don’t have a ready-made sauce, you can use tinned chopped tomatoes and add a spoonful of sun-dried tomato paste or herbs to give it more flavour.
To make these quick and easy pizzas, I suggest using toppings that are already cooked and only need heating up. Examples are tinned sweetcorn, olives, roasted peppers from a jar, or fresh spinach as this only needs minimal cooking. You could also use pre-cooked frozen vegetables.
Hint: You can of course use other toppings that require cooking first, but this will take longer.
This recipe is easily adaptable to any diet. For example, you can make it vegan by only using vegan toppings and vegan cheese, and you can make it gluten-free by using gluten-free bread.
Ingredients
Serves 1
- Bread (suggested: 2 slices) White bread will make a more realistic pizza base.
- Olive oil, butter, margarine
- Tomato sauce (either ready-made pizza sauce, pasta sauce or chopped tomatoes)
- Sun-dried tomato paste (optional)
- Pizza toppings of your choice, that need minimal or no cooking. Suggestions: sweetcorn, olives, spinach, roasted peppers, red onion, capers, sultanas.
- Cheese or vegan cheese
- Salt, pepper and herbs (optional)
Method
- Put the bread in the toaster.
- Pour the tomato sauce into a pan and add the toppings such as sweetcorn, spinach, peppers, etc. Heat gently and stir occasionally.
- When the toast pops up, drizzle it with olive oil or spread it with butter or margarine.
- When the sauce and toppings are hot, pour them out onto the toast and use a knife to spread them out evenly.
- Sprinkle or grate cheese on top – it should melt a little if the sauce is nice and hot.
- Season with salt, pepper and herbs if desired.
- Eat and enjoy!
Put 2 slices of bread in the toaster. 
Chop any toppings that need chopping. 
Add tomato sauce (and paste if using) and toppings to a pan. 
Heat gently and stir. 
This time, I used sweetcorn, spinach, peppers, olives and red onions. 
Lay your toast out on a plate. 
Drizzle olive oil onto the toast. 
Pour toppings onto the toast and spread evenly. 
Add cheese and season with salt, pepper and herbs.
Hint: If you want the cheese to melt more, you can put it under the grill for a few minutes. I personally prefer not to use the microwave because I worry about the health effects and I’ve heard it can de-nature the nutrients in the food.
Hopefully, the result will be close enough to a proper pizza that it will satisfy your pizza cravings! I really enjoy making mini toast pizzas, they are a fun, easy and versatile meal, and a brilliant way to get a substantial meal even when you are pushed for time.
If you like the sound of these mini toast pizzas, you might also like my recipe for Simple and Satisfying Peanut Butter Pasta which is another quick and easy meal.
Will you try making mini toast pizzas?
Have you ever made pizzas using toast before? Are you tempted to try out this recipe? If so, I would love to hear how it goes – let me know in the comments!
This recipe looks delicious. I am definitely going to give this a try. I bet my kids will love it!
Ooh yes, it would be a great one for kids! I hope you (and they) enjoy it if you do try it!
Quick and delicious snack, thank you
Thank you for reading, I definitely recommend making this snack!
This looks so simple. I’ve never considered using toast as a pizza base. That being said, it’s the perfect option for someone that’s craving pizza but doesn’t want to deal with more food than they can consume themselves. I could totally see myself doing this the next time that my husband is away for one of his guys fishing weekends.
It’s definitely a good way to control the portion size because you can choose how many slices of toast to use, whereas pizzas are usually quite large!
What a great recipe. I need some more things that are quick to do but also aren’t really bland! This is genius!
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I think you’d really like this then – it’s so quick to make but you can customise it to your tastes!
Oh my gosh, this looks absolutely delicious and so simple to make! I’d love to give this receipe a try, thank you for sharing!
It’s so quick and easy to make – I hope you get a chance to try it! 🙂
What a great idea! Such a quick and simple snack to make – and healthy too!
Thank you! It is so much easier to make than normal pizza!
I’ve never thought to use toast as a pizza base but this sounds and looks SO delicious! Will definitely have to try it really soon x
It’s not quite the same as normal pizza but it’s still delicious, and so much easier to make! I hope you get a chance to try it x
Oooh…I love this recipe. It’s quick, easy to make, and budget-friendly. Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome! It’s definitely quick and easy to make, and delicious too 🙂
Love how detailed you made this recipe! Looks amazing and I have done this on a bagel and I love it! Thanks for sharing xo
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Ooh I bet it’s amazing on a bagel, I will have to try that! xx
I adore pizza toasts – they are so yummy <3 I've never thought of adding toppings but it's such a great idea, I've bookmarked this page so I can have a look back on when I next make them xx
I love them too! Thank you for bookmarking the page – I hope you enjoy making them with toppings! xx
I love things like this quick and easy! Especially when I am busy but don’t want to snack on crisps or anything. Thank you for sharing this Sophie.
I love quick and easy meals too! I hope you get a chance to try this 🙂
Thank you lovely! I would need to go shopping first 🙈 but avoiding going outside as much as possible right now x
That’s definitely sensible! Stay safe xx
Everyone deserves a five-minute toast pizza. Thank you for sharing the recipe. Your slice looks awesome!
Thank you! It’s such a good recipe for when you want an easy but satisfying meal 🙂
Oh wow, these look right up my street! How yummy!
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They are so yummy, I hope you enjoy them if you get a chance to try them! x
We tried this during the first lockdown. Called it Breadizza! 😀
Breadizza is such a great name for it! 😀