HUMMUS PIZZA by NancyC                                           

Makes about 6 servings

• 1 ready-made thin pizza crust (like Rustic Crust or Boboli) or use 4 mini pizza crusts (you can also substitute flatbread for the pizza crust)
• 1 cup of your favorite hummus (or one 8-ounce container)
• 1 cup thinly sliced cucumber slices
• 1 (12-ounce) jar quartered marinated artichoke hearts, drained, and quarters cut in half
• 1/2 cup pitted and sliced or halved kalamata olives (measure after olives have been sliced)
• 1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes, cut into halves or thirds (measure after tomatoes have been cut)
• 1/3 cup chopped green onion stems (or use chopped red onion)
• 1/4 cup feta cheese
• 1/2 Tablespoon olive oil
• Optional: salt and pepper, to taste

Preheat oven to 350˚F. Place ready-made pizza crust  on an ungreased baking sheet or pizza pan and heat for 5 minutes, until very lightly toasted (if crust is too crispy, it will be hard to cut). Remove from oven, let cool slightly, and transfer to a large round serving plate, or keep on pizza pan.

Spread hummus evenly over crust, then arrange cucumber slices, artichokes, olives, tomatoes, and green onion over the hummus (you can arrange these ingredients any way you like—I put the cucumber slices down first, around the rim of the pizza. then I arrange the artichokes inward and slightly over the cucumber slices; then I put the olive slices and tomato halves or slices in the center; after that, I sprinkle the green onion over everything).

Top everything with a sprinkle of feta cheese, then drizzle with olive oil. Add salt and pepper to taste, if desired. Cut into slices with a pizza cutter and serve.

Note: You can follow the same directions making mini individual-sized pizzas; just divide the ingredients and toppings among 4 individual-sized crusts.

Recipe from NancyC | nancy-c.com