Hawaiin BBQ Chicken Pizza

I've started making menus for each week to cut grocery costs and so we're not left in a lurch with me not wanting to cook all the time.  I bought a super cute vinyl chalkboard sticker and some plywood and voila- cute menu board!  No, you can't see it yet because it's still lacking a frame so it's kind of naked.  As soon as we rectify that sitch, you can have a gander!

I found this recipe from one of my favorite blogs, 3 Ladies and Their Gent!  Seriously Amber knows her way around a kitchen!  Being a wife, mother to twins, blogger and dietician it's amazing how she always looks so amazing and feeds her family.  I am in serious awe.  You can find her original recipe, here.

Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Pizza

Ingredients:
1 tube Pillsbury Wheat Pizza Crust
1/2 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce (we used Sweet Baby Ray's, Sweet n' Spicy!)
1 (15oz) can pineapple, drained or fresh pineapple
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
2 grilled chicken breasts, or 1/2lb left over chicken- chopped
1-2 cup(s) monterey jack cheese, shredded

Directions:
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.

Grill chicken and let rest until ready to add to pizza.

Roll out the pizza crust dough onto a greased, medium sized rimmed baking sheet, flattening it to fit to the corners.

Place the pizza crust into the oven for 6-9 minutes (or as directed on tube), until slightly puffed and beginning to turn golden brown. Remove from oven.

Spread BBQ sauce evenly over crust.  Sprinkle some of your cheese on top and then add chicken breast.  Next, add the pineapple and onion, as much or as little as you like.

  Top evenly with shredded cheese.

Place back into the heated oven for another 6-8 minutes until the cheese is melted and the crust is golden brown (and delicious!)

What's your favorite quick and healthy meal?

Until next time...

How to upcycle Thanksgiving leftovers!

So I hear you've got this fridge full of food and in about T-minus yesterday you're going to be sick of leftovers?  Well, I've got your back boo!

No one wants that food to go to waste with the starving children everywhere, so I've got some meal and just plain great ideas for you!  Here are some awesome recipes from my "Holidays" Pinterest Board to turn those lemons into lemonade! 

Leftover potatoes?  No problem!  Latkes?  Yes, please! 

Cheesy Leftover Mashed Potato Pancakes

                   

Potato Rings with Homemade Buttermilk Ranch Dip

Rolls got you runnin'?  Make these!

Louisiana Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce

Sweet Ham and Swiss Sliders

Turkey taking over your life?  Try these!

Leftover Turkey Pot Pie with Cheddar Biscuit Crust

The Best Turkey Soup

Cranberry invasion?  Squash that here!

Cranberry Margaritas

White Chocolate Cranberry Fudge

Fruit got ya feeling funky?  Transform it here!

Fruit Parfaits

Smoothies!

Stuffing got you gagging?  Hold on to your knickers!

 

Stuffing Leftover Eggs Benedict

Stuffing Stuffed Mushrooms

Veggie tray worrying you?  Not a problem, outsmart those veggies here!

Orange Chicken & Vegetable Stir fry

 And...

Easy Veggie Pizza

Ingredients
1 can crescent rolls
all leftover veggies  (carrots, brocc, peppers, onion, green onions...etc)
8oz (or more) Chive & Onion Cream Cheese
Garlic Salt & Pepper

Directions
1.  Lightly grease baking sheet.  Roll out crescent rolls on baking sheet and squish together to make crust.  Bake as directed.

2.  Chop up all leftover veggies into small pieces and place in bowl.  Season w/garlic salt & pepper and stir.

3.  Once crescent roll crust has cooled, spread with chive & onion cream cheese.

4.  In one even layer place all of the vegetables on crust.  Push down to ensure adhesion with cream cheese.  Voila, healthy-ish veggie pizza!

You're all set!  Here's to no more wasted leftovers!  Hooray!!

Until next time...

Comfort Food!

Friday, September 20: React to this term: comfort.

 When I think of comfort, I think of food.  Hey, I'm a fat kid at heart and always will be!  Im going to share my latest reformed fat kid recipe as of late!  I've been on the "D" word lately- yes, that's diet.  These little gems are delicious, spicy and not to sinful but very tastey!  These are my take on the traditional armadillo egg!  

This recipe is SO simple and fast!  Who says "fast food" has to come from a corn feed mass produced feed lot in a delicious blanket of a Big Mac?? Not me...  I prefer to know where my food comes from, and plus- I'm a great cook!

 

Mix together onion, ground turkey, S&P, Garlic and other seasonings you would normally put in your "burger".  Divide into 4 equal parts.

Cut the top off of a freshly washed jalapeno and remove seeds.  Stuff it like a Thanksgiving turkey with your favorite cheese!  I used low fat mozzarella.  

Put 1/4 of the meat in your hand and flatten slightly, then place jalapeno in the middle and wrap meat around.  OOhhhh get messy!  Try to shape like an egg and makes sure none of the jalapeno or cheese is hanging out, it'll ruin the surprise!

Grill on a lightly sprayed sheet of tin foil for about 20min or until the meat is cooked.  Enjoy and watch the cheese ooze out... so. delicious.

Until next time...