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Tomato & Spinach Pizza Toast 🍕🍅🌿
A quick savory breakfast made with bread, pizza sauce, melted cheese, tomato and spinach. An easy option for toddlers who enjoy savory mornings.
A simple savory breakfast with bread, tomato, spinach and melted cheese. Keep the toast tender and the toppings soft for younger toddlers.
Ingredients
- 1 slice bread
- 2 tbsp pizza sauce
- ¼ cup shredded cheese
- 2 cherry tomatoes
- 1 tbsp spinach, finely shredded
Instructions
- Preheat the oven, toaster oven or air fryer to 400°F (200°C).
- Lightly toast the bread first if desired. Avoid making it overly hard or crisp when serving a younger toddler.
- Spread 2 tablespoons pizza sauce over the bread.
- Add the cherry tomatoes and finely shredded spinach.
- Sprinkle the shredded cheese over the top.
- Bake for approximately 10 minutes, until the cheese is melted and bubbling.
- Alternatively, air fry at 400°F (200°C) for about 6 minutes.
- Allow the pizza toast to cool well before serving.
Toddler Serving Guide
12–23 months: Keep the bread tender rather than heavily toasted or hard.
Prepare the cherry tomatoes so that no whole or round pieces remain. They can be finely chopped or flattened before being added to the toast.
Choose soft toppings and cut the finished pizza toast into manageable strips or smaller pieces depending on your toddler's feeding skills.
Let the toast cool thoroughly before serving, as melted cheese and tomato sauce can stay hot longer than the bread.
Toddler-Friendly Tips
- Tomatoes: Do not serve cherry tomatoes whole or in round pieces.
- Sodium: Choose a no-added-salt or lower-sodium pizza sauce when possible.
- Cheese: A lower-sodium cheese can be helpful for younger toddlers.
- Bread: Avoid bread with very hard crusts or large, hard seeds.
- Dairy: Cheese contains milk, a common food allergen.
- Wheat: Regular bread contains wheat.
- Always serve your toddler seated upright and under adult supervision.
Recipe Tips
- Any bread your family enjoys can be used.
- Shredded cheese, tasty cheese or fresh mozzarella can be used.
- Store-bought or homemade pizza sauce both work.
- Keep additional toppings soft and appropriate for your toddler's age.
- Avoid salty processed meat toppings for younger toddlers.
Storage
- Freezer: Assemble the pizza toast before baking and freeze for later.
- It can be cooked directly from frozen without thawing first.
- The original source does not provide a specific freezer storage duration, so no duration is listed here.
