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This veggie lovers gluten free flatbread pizza recipe will forever change your pizza night routine! Making a gluten free pizza can be simple and delicious – all you need are a few ingredients. You can make your own gluten free flatbread with one of my recipes, or use a pre-made gluten free pizza crust to create a thin yet crispy crust! Lightly bake it first, then load up all your favorite veggies and protein of choice. It’s simple, effortless, and ready in 15 minutes.
Hey all! Celiac Awareness Month (May) continues with another one of my FAVORITE go-to gluten free recipes. One of the questions I get asked a lot is how to make gluten free eating stress-free. I know, it’s sound easy, right? And it is if you’ve been doing for a while. But when you’re just starting off on a gluten free diet and trying to feed your whole family, stay sane, etc., it can be overwhelming! The last thing you want to worry about is what to make for dinner.
I get it. I used to over-complicate gluten free meals, which resulted in me feeling defeated. I honestly thought my life would result in eating rice cakes and smoothies. Haha. Thank goodness gluten free and grain free eating has come along way!
So allow me, your gluten free “sherpa guide” to share one of my GLUTEN FREE must-have recipes. And it all begins with the base. The bread. Basic gluten free flatbread! Egg free option. Paleo option. Vegan option. And a quick grab and go option.
What is Flatbread and Can it Be Made Gluten Free?
Flatbread is basically unleavened bread made with flour, water, salt, and unleavened yeast. Flatbread dough is usually rolled out a bit thinner, which makes for a crispier crust than that of regular pizza crust dough. For a busy family, this difference can help get dinner on the table in less than 15 minutes.
And guess what? It’s super easy to make gluten free and grain free.
Here are some of my favorite gluten free flatbread recipes that would be great to use with this veggie loaded pizza!
- Grain Free Naan Flatbread (vegan, paleo)
- Socca flatbread (grain free, vegan) (3 versions)
- Coconut Flour Tortillas/Wraps
- Or if you need a good pizza dough recipe, try this gluten free no yeast pizza dough recipe. All you need to do is roll it out onto a pizza pan and bake!
Need a quick ready-made Gluten Free Flatbread?
I got you covered! A few of my favorite thin crust gluten free flatbread brands you can buy at your local grocer.
Is flatbread healthier than regular bread?
Well, I think so! Flatbreads tend to have more fresh light toppings! Which is why I made this flatbread pizza with extra veggies and no tomato sauce. All fresh tomatoes!
Here’s what you need!
Ingredients to make this Veggie Gluten free Flatbread Pizza
- Flatbread or thin gluten free pizza crust of choice (see above)
- Fresh tomatoes (all kinds!)
- Garlic
- Onion
- Zucchini
- Olive oil
- Salt/pepper
- Feta (or dairy free cheese option)
- Herbs
Other toppings ideas this flatbread pizza!
- Add egg on top!
- Make into a dessert pizza with coconut whip frosting.
- Make a deconstructed pizza bowl or pizza salad!
Veggie Flatbread Pizza Recipe (Gluten Free)
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- Author: Lindsay Cotter
- Total Time: 25 min
- Yield: 3 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
This Veggie lovers flatbread pizza recipe will forever change your pizza night routine! Making a gluten free pizza can be simple and delicious – all you need are the right ingredients. It’s simple, effortless, and ready in 15 minutes.
Ingredients
Units Scale
- 10–12 inch gluten free thin crust pizza or flatbread (homemade gluten free options in notes)
- Olive oil to sauté and to drizzle
- ½ cup sliced red onions
- ¼ teaspoon minced garlic
- ½ cup torn basil or herbs of choice
- ½ – ⅔ cup fresh diced tomatoes or canned tomatoes (drained)
- ½ cup sliced zucchini
- ⅓ to ½ cup sliced yellow squash (or other veggie of choice)
- Shredded leafy greens of choice (arugula, spinach, etc)
- ½ cup (2 ounces) crumbled feta or goat cheese (feel free to sub vegan cheese here too!)
- Cracked black pepper
- Dash sea salt
- Optional crushed red pepper chili flakes to top
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 220°C (425°F). Line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper. Place the flatbread in the oven and lightly toast (dried) for 5 minutes. Remove and set aside.
- Add a few teaspoons of olive oil to a pan and sauté the onions and garlic until tender and fragrant; about 2 minutes.
- Build the pizza! Mix the diced tomatoes with torn herbs and spread evenly on the flatbread. Place the sautéed onions and garlic on top.
- Layer the vegetables on top starting with sliced zucchini, yellow squash, etc. Finish topping with the shredded greens, goat cheese, seasoning, and fresh herbs.
- Place in oven on center rack until edges are crispy and cheese is melted; about 10-15 minutes.
- Remove and top with cracked black pepper, dash of sea salt, and drizzle with olive oil.
- Top with optional crushed red pepper chili flakes.
- Feel free to add in extra herbs on top or cooked diced protein when adding the cheese. Can add the shredded salad last with the cilantro if you rather have the ingredients more crisp!
Notes
- Don’t have fresh tomatoes? No problem! You can use a no sugar added tomato sauce.
- Gluten Free flatbread/Pizza crust recipes – Naan, Socca flatbread or No Yeast Pizza Crust
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Category: main
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 277
- Sugar: 2.6 g
- Sodium: 586.8 mg
- Fat: 9.6 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 37.5 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 9.2 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg
Alright my friends, I hope this recipe helps you feel at ease when it comes to eating gluten free! Sometimes you just need a good base recipe and you can go from there! Ya know?
What’s your go-to gluten free meal?
Let me know!
Cheers!
LC
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Meghan@CleanEatsFastFeets This looks incredible, and I loved that you used all fresh veggies and no sauce. Bring on the tomatoes.
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- Lindsay Cotter
I knew you would approve! Mwah!
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- Toni
This was so good! Such a huge hit at my house!
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- Lindsay Cotter
oh that’s what I like to hear!
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- Tanya Schroeder
This flatbread is as delicious as it looks!
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- Lindsay Cotter
Woohoo! That’s what I like to hear? thanks Tanya!
- Liz
I do love a veggie topping and this pizza fits the bill! It looks incredible!!
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- Lindsay Cotter
Ohhh yeah!? Thanks Liz! Enjoy?
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- Sommer
Love that I can serve this to everyone and not worry about gluten allergies! Super tasty too!
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- Lindsay Cotter
Right? This one is nice too because even people who can tolerate gluten will be big fans?
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- Suzy
Probably my favorite way to eat veggies is on a pizza! Loving the flatbread too.
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- Lindsay Cotter
Yes!! Agreed? Thank ya friend
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- Britt B
This flatbread sounds absolutely fantastic, Lindsay!! I can’t wait to try it! Love the colors too 🙂
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- Lindsay Cotter
Thanks so much Britt!❤️ I’m all for the bright colors this time of year ?
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- Liz S
Definitely puts me at ease! Yay for deliciously colorful pizza.
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- Lindsay Cotter
Sometimes simple recipes are the best. Right?
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- bristol plasterer
Hmm these look delicious, thanks for posting up this recipe, looks quite simple to make.
Simon
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- LCCotter
let me know if you make it Simon!
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- Michelle @ Vitamin Sunshine
Eating gluten free can be really tricky– especially when living outside the US and things like a gluten free pizza crust is not something you can find. I also have a legume allergy — soy, garbanzo beans, and soy flour and chickpea flour are commonly used in gluten free goods 🙁
I rely a lot on sweet potatoes, winter squashes, quinoa for healthy carbs, but here in Asia, that means cooking about 95% of my own meals. Lately I have been pushing it and eating too many things outside my normal diet, and I have been suffering the consequences 🙂
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- LCCotter
oh i bet! i wish i could ship you some udis! hmmm… maybe i can!?
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- Elle
I think the srirarcha is what got me. It looks so good! Lately I’ve been eating flatbread with figs and prosciutto. So satisfying and easy!
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- LCCotter
yes, it’s the icing on the cake… or um.. flatbread. haha. YUM to figs and prosciutto
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- GiGi Eats
Well now this should be in a museum, it’s so nouveau! 😉
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- Arman @ thebigmansworld
Argh, I need to stop pinning before viewing, this is making me hungry! Great tips as always and great recipes as always!
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- caroline
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- LCCotter
xxoo
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- jill conyers
I haven’t been able to find the Udis crust locally. I’ll keep looking! Maybe you could just drop one in the mail for me 🙂
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- LCCotter
oh no! they are ate whole foods here. But I will gladly come drop by with some! hehe
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- Natalie
Yum! I love this – I haven’t had steak in so long! Looks so delicious!
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- [emailprotected]
Lynne and I enjoy an occassional steak on a Friday, and I really like the idea of the flatbread, it would bring a change to tradition for us. Thank Lindsay! 🙂
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- LCCotter
you and lynne would love!
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- Angela @ Eat Spin Run Repeat
I totally agree with your advice to just focus on real food, and I think it’s the single best piece of advice for anyone looking to transition to a healthier eating style, whether that’s gluten-free, being more plant-based, clean eating in general, or a more specific one like paleo, vegan etc. One of the biggest misconceptions I’ve heard comes from people feeling overwhelmed by having to make so many dietary changes. They say they feel restricted by their new way of eating and tend to focus on everything they have to cut out. In reality, there’s a LOT of real foods out there that are 100% a-OK for any of these diets!
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- jennifer f
natch, I love this! mmmm
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- Sonali- The Foodie Physician
Thanks for sharing such great tips! This flatbread is a thing of beauty- the colors are just bursting off my screen!
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- LCCotter
the color alone makes me happy! haha eat the PIZZA rainbow! LOL!
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- Sue @ This Mama Runs for Cupcakes
Seriously, where is your cookbook. You have the most amazing recipes. You had me at steak and goat cheese 🙂
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- LCCotter
best combo ever! and yes, i am working on some kind of GF book for athletes. can i freeze time and get it done? LOL!
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- Jen
Completely agree with those tips! Such good ones. My favorite GF go to usually ends up being a trash bowl. Leftover rice, sweet potatoes, all the veggies and whatever protein is in the fridge (usually eggs!). Must try this recipe. The Boy loves steak!
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- Kim
I know that you are an inspiration to many who have had to make changes and go gluten free. I have given your website to a couple local friends as a resource!!!
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- LCCotter
well that means a lot friend. Mwah!
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- Erin @ The Almond Eater
These photos!! So gorgeous lady. I love this… real food is where it’s at!
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- Michele @ paleorunningmomma
Agreed that I think it seems really complicated when you’re new to it! And then once you start thinking “real food” you get into a rhythm and realize what tastes good and what feels good!
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- Megan @ Skinny Fitalicious
Looks amazing!
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- Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table
I’m with you… it’s not so hard to eat good and GF. And I’m not even GF. If you eat a mostly unprocessed diet it comes naturally – at least it does for me!
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- LCCotter
yep, totally! unprocessed is key! ps. are my comment replies going through? tweet me if you get this via email. please bro? xxoo
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- Meghan@CleanEatsFastFeets
This flatbread came out gorgeous. The colors are fantastic and the swirl is perfectly balanced. I love it.
I also love making healthy easy and the best way to do that is with whole foods.
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- She Rocks Fitness
I love heating up your BBQ Lentil Chili and pairing it with a roasted sweet potato…so easy and so GOOD! XOXO
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- Jessica Joy @ the Fit Switch
Lindsay, this was so inspiring. You make gluten free seem like the funnest party. This pizza idea rocks. I made my first zucchini crust pizza last weekend, but need to work on making it crispier, and I am tempted to bake it and then plop pieces in the toaster. Ha! Worth a shot. The 550 degree oven didn’t do it, so it’s worth a try. And, love the toppings! Can’t wait to try a cilantro/basil combo. Thanks for all you do!
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- LCCotter
ohh i am intrigued! zucchini crust is harder, more moisture. But i bet you could try it in a crepe for first? perhaps?
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- Erin @ Erin's Inside Job
This definitely looks great and I want to eat it all. Maybe you can come cook for me?
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- misszippy
Great combo of ingredients!
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- Heather (Where's the Beach)
Sometimes simple is really and truly the way to go isn’t it?
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- Amanda @ .running with spoons.
Looks delicious, Lindsay! I’m all about sticking to REAL food with only one ingredient — that way you don’t have to worry about any allergens hiding in there 😉
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- LCCotter
yes, amen to that! no gluten, peanuts, etc needed to be added.
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- Shashi at RunninSrilankan
I couldn’t agree more “making a meal gluten free can be simple and delicious” – but, I didn’t always think so – when I had to start doing the GF thing for my daughter about a year or so ago, I struggled to figure it out – it wasn’t so simple then nor so delicious! 🙂
But live and learn – right?
I so love spices – and this pizza with chili sauce needs to happen tonight in our house as I am all out of leftovers!Reply
- LCCotter
definitely live and learn! always.
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- Jody - Fit at 57
You are posting the most beautiful pics & great recipes! I am not gluten free as you know so I just eat away! 🙂
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- LCCotter
this is mosts definitely a jody meal, easy but healthy and delicious! xxoo
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- Maureen
Just say yes to real food….and this recipe! 🙂
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- LCCotter
woohoo! not whole30 pizza but close. haha
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- Laura @ Mommy Run FastL
Such a fun idea!! I’m sending my reset group over here for recipe ideas, too!
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- Heather @Fit n Cookies
This looks so so good! While I don’t need to eat Gluten Free, the recipe itself looks delicious. I’m really into meat these days!
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- LCCotter
you and me both! must be the iron. LOVE MEAT
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- SuzLyfe (@suzlyfe)
My protein quinoa powerbowls that I make for Alex for work are super simple, but highly nutritious and completely customizable (not to mention gluten free). As long as you start with real food, and just keep adding, you will never be bored or stressed out when it comes to GF eating!
http://suzlyfe.com/stock-pantry-easy-portable-work-lunch-gluten-free-wiaw/Reply
- Maryea {happy healthy mama}
That is the most gorgeous 15 minute dinner I’ve ever seen! I actually find dinner pretty easy to keep gluten free. It’s the rest of the day, oh and dessert, that is tricky for me! 😉
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