Herb Veg & Queso Flatbread

Trader Joe's garlic and herb pizza dough is simply amazing. It's super easy to work with, tasty, and a lot of fun to experiment with different pizza, flatbread, and breadstick variations.

We roll our flatbread out thin so it bakes up crispy. There's a considerable amount of oil required, but very little cheese, so it balances out the richness. Depending on the fresh ingredients we have, we make a lot of different varieties; this one happened to stress dried herbs because we were out of basil.

We used bell pepper, black olive, 4 different kinds of cheese, fresh garlic and dried herbs.

Ingredients:

--TJ's garlic and herb pizza dough (1/4 per flatbread - 1/2 per recipe)
--4-6 tbsp. olive oil
--2 tsp. each thyme, oregano, and marjoram
--1/4 - 1/2 c. each chopped yellow and orange bell pepper
--1/4 c. sliced banana peppers (they give it just the slightest kick)
--10 black olives, sliced
--4 cloves garlic, chopped or diced (1/2 per flatbread)
--1/2 c. flour (for rolling the dough)
--cheese (we used a little of each: goat, provolone, swiss, and cheddar)

*if you have it, fresh basil does wonders
**sliced cherry tomatoes taste great too


Preheat oven to 400 degrees. With floured or oiled hands, divide the dough ball in half; refrigerate one half and roll the other half out with a rolling pin on a floured surface. For crisp perfection, roll it until it's about 1/8 inch thick (it's totally fine if it's thicker, it'll just be more like thin crust pizza than flatbread). Cut this rolled-out dough in half, placing each on an oiled cookie sheet or baking pan.

Next, drip 2-3 tbsp. of olive oil on each crust and spread with your fingers or a spoon. Sprinkle some herbs on the oil, leaving the rest to put on top of the cheese. Spread half of the chopped garlic, bell pepper, and olives on each crust. Lay cheese, grated or sliced, on top of the veggies. Sprinkle the remainder of the herbs on top of the cheese.

Bake for 8-12 mins. Watch them closely - they crisp up around the edges really fast. They come out perfectly imperfect, delicious and different every time.