What do you do when a pizza craving hits, but you don’t want to make a crust from scratch? Thanks to Romina, from Vegan Eating for One, I now know the answer– you use a tortilla! Italian meets Mexican for the perfect meal.
The guests at my tortilla-pizza fiesta included mushrooms, spinach, Hunts tomato sauce, basil, a little garlic powder, and nutritional yeast. Party on a plate! Joining the party– a crisp Gala apple, some Blue Diamond almonds, and a tall glass of water.
The lunch was quick, easy, and tasty, which is exactly how I like my meals to be.
Vaala says
I wish I could help you on your dilemma but all I can say is to follow what your heart says is right. I tend to feel too overwhelmed when these issues and disasters happen but it is too much to try and help everyone. I would find the one that touches you the most and go with that. You have a beautiful heart 🙂
ChocolateCoveredVegan says
Becky—
Ugh, I completely agree about the celebrities! I mean, yes there are many celebs who do great charity work… but then there are others who parade around with their $500 bags and $1000 shoes and all they do in their lives is go clubbing and steal each others’ boyfriends!
Hmmm, my pizza didn’t get watery. But if it does for you, maybe you could try adding raw spinach to the pizza after you cook it; that way the spinach wouldn’t release any water. The tortilla I used was a whole wheat one by La Tortilla Factory. It was the first time I’d ever bought that brand, and they taste pretty good.
Funny story about the glue—at first I tried to use spray-on adhesive… NOT a good idea, as the stuff got all over me! It was on my hands, on my face, in my HAIR! Oh it was just awful! So after that, I went with good ole Elmer’s Glue All. I’m sure there’s something that would’ve worked better, but, just like you, I’m not knowledgeable enough about artsy stuff to know what it would be. I just make things up as I go along!
Danielle says
i know exactly what you mean. it’s always so tough having to choose bc i feel like everyone deserves to be helped. just know that you are only one human being and that even little steps in a variety of causes can make a huge difference. best of luck, enjoy your bake sale!
Rural Vegan says
If even a quarter of the people in the world were as caring as you, every organization that needed volunteers would have plenty. As for how I decide, I attended a lecture once where the speaker said he chose by finding the group helping individuals who needed it the most. And he felt those who needed it most were the ones who had no voice and could absolutely not help themselves in any way. That’s still a fairly broad field, but I always lean towards those who cannot speak out, those who cannot mobilize, and those who are utterly dependent on us to be their voice.
Vegan_Noodle says
Tortilla pizzas!! I loved these as a kid. Must bring them back…
Oh and you are so incredibly amazing for putting together a bakesale for the victims of Myanmar! I can’t believe these two tragedies occurred so close together. I feel so helpless sitting here at my desk. It’s very inspiring to see you getting out there and doing something about it!
Cookiemouse says
What a cool idea to use a tortilla to make pizza! So simple and obvious and it looks delicious. You could start a trend here. Your bakesale for Burma is wonderful!
Cookiemouse says
How to choose who to help? Perhaps one way would be to stick with one cause that one cares about, where you trust the organization that you support. For example one could support a children’s aid programme that responds to disasters as they happen. Or one could support a project directly in the good and bad times. When a lot happens at once it is hard to decide.
Lisa J. says
Your pizza looked awesome! I’m always a little wary of tortillas because of the “lard” factor, but vegan ones are out there obviously.
Sometimes at the grocery store you can find balls of dough in the deli or bakery. Ask at the bakery counter, they can help!! I also have a simple pizza dough recipe that I make in my food processor believe it or not!!
As for charities… We have the ones we give to on a regular basis. Other than that, it becomes too overwhelming to pick just one or to try to give to every single cause. When we used to belong to a church, we trusted in the knowledge they were giving to different charities each time.
Green Eyes, Green Heart says
Hey girl,
Since your blog gets way more hits than my baby blog, I wanted to tell you about this website called FreeRice.com. It’s through the U.N. World Food Program, and all you do is play a vocabulary game, and for every answer you get right, they will donate 20 grains of rice to help end hunger.
The grains really add up if you play for a while (and I’m a sucker for vocab games anyway!), plus it’s a great excuse to fool around on the computer! 😉
Have a great day!