Sweet Chili Thai Pork Pizza

We cook a lot of meat in our house. Beef, elk, chicken, pork... you name it. My husband is a meat and potatoes kind of guy! However, this usually leaves us with quite a bit of leftovers! I am always looking for new ways to use the extra mea, and this recipe was definitely a winner! It could easily be swapped for chicken, but I used THIS pork recipe, and it turned out SO good! I cant wait to make it again!

 

1 pizza crust ( I use 1/2 of THIS recipe)

2 cups leftover pulled pork

2 cups mozzarella cheese

1/2 cup Chili Sauce *see recipe below

Garnishes: Chopped peanuts, and cilantro

 

Preheat the oven to 400.

Prepare your pizza crust and roll out onto a baking stone (or pizza pan).

Par-bake your crust for about 15 minutes, until the crust is set, but not all the way done.

Remove the crust from the oven and spread the chili sauce over the top. Add pork and cheese and return to the oven.

Bake for another 15-20 minutes until the cheese is melted and bubbly.

when the pizza comes out of the oven, sprinkle with cilantro and peanuts. Just trust me on this one. My husband was weary about both of those, but he loved them!

 

 

 

Chili Sauce:

Recipe from here

1 1/2 tsp dried red pepper flakes
4 cloves garlic
1/2 cup vinegar
2/3 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup water
4 teaspoons cornstarch
4 tablespoons chopped cilantro (optional)

Whole Wheat Pizza Dough

This is a bread machine recipe, but I'm sure you could adapt it and do it by hand... but I'm not the one to ask about that haha!

We LOOVE pizza at our house! In fact, pizza crust is one of the few foods that my picky little guy will eat! I tired this crust recipe and I loved it! I made a BBQ Chicken Pizza with it, and it really went well with the taste of the wheat crust! I will definetly make this again!

 

Whole Wheat Pizza Crust
1 1/4 cups of warm water
2 T. + 1 t. olive oil
1 1/2 cups of Whole wheat flour

2 cups AP flour
1 T. of sugar
1/2 T. of salt
2 1/4 t. of yeast (or one packet)
1 T. Garlic bread seasoning (mix of garlic powder, onion flake, parsley and lots of other seasonings)

Put the wet ingredients in the bread maker
Put the dry ingredients into the bread maker EXCEPT for the yeast and garlic seasoning.
Make a small valley in the center of the dry ingredients and fill with the yeast making sure it does not touch the wet ingredients
Set the bread maker to the dough setting. Let the machine run until it has formed a ball. Add the garlic seasoning and let it run until the seasoning is incorporated and the dough ball is smooth. Stop the bread maker, and place the dough ball into an oiled bowl. cover with plastic wrap and let rise for a little while, until it has about doubled in size. sprinkle the ball with a little flour, pull it out and place on a floured board. Roll into whatever form you want (pizza, bread sticks, calzones) and let the dough rest and rise again for a few minutes before using. Bake at 425 until done (It just depends on what your cooking, anywhere form 15-25 min)

What are your favorite pizza toppings!? I'm always looking for new ideas!

Mini BBQ Chicken Pizza

I love anything mini. :) And I love pizza. So mini pizza? This was right up my alley ;)

You could really do this with any kind of pizza, I just happened to have a hankering for bbq chicken that night.

Mini BBQ Chicken Pizza

makes 4 mini pizzas

Pizza dough (I used this recipe)

2 cups shredded chicken

BBQ sauce

shredded mozzerella cheese

Once you have made your pizza dough, divide into 4 equal portions, roll into cirlces and bake according to recipe directions until crusts are about 3/4 done. (mine took about 10 minutes)

While crusts are cooking, mix chicken and bbq sauce, I didn't put an amount because it depends on how 'saucy' you like it, and how dry your chicken is.

Remove crusts from oven. Spread about 2 TBS of bbq sauce on each crust, and top with 1/2 cup of the chicken. Top with cheese and return to the oven until cheese is melted and crusts are done cooking.



Pesto Chicken Pizza

I wish that I could even begin to describe how amazing this pizza was! Even after it was gone, and I was stuffed beyond all belief, I wanted more! Dare I say, I liked it more that traditional pepperoni? Yes, I dare say it. Try this pizza, you will NOT be dissapointed!

Pesto Chicken Pizza

1 pizza crust (I used this recipe)

1 chicken breast

1/2 cup prepared pesto (I used the Knorr mix)

2 cups mozzerella cheese

1/4 cup marinated artichokes (optional)

additional toppings: mushrooms, green olives, onion...

Cook your chicken breast in a skillet with a little oil until the chicken is no longer pink. Shred/chop into chunks.

Bake your pizza crust about 3/4 of the way, just before it starts to brown. Mine took about 15 minutes at 425.

 Once the pizza crust is par-cooked, spread the pesto all over the crust. Add chicken and artichokes, and top with cheese.

Return to the oven for another 5-10 minutes, or until all the cheese is melted.

Want to know the secret to the brown marks on the cheese? Once the cheese is barely melted, turn on the broiler for like 30 seconds, WATCH CLOSELY!!! Turn the oven off and remove the pizza once the top starts to brown.

Here's a little cheese tip.

I used to buy the bags of cheese, you know, the pre-shredded kind? but they never really melted that well, neither did the bricks. I saw this cheese the other day at walmart and noticed that the price per ounce was actually cheaper than the big bricks (I think it was around like $3) so I thought I'd try it.

It melted SO well! It was gooey and soft and SO yummy! I can honestly say that I will never buy an other mozzerella! Kudos to you if you already knew this, but if you didn't I challange you to try it!

Flatbread Pizza

So this isn't as much a recipe as it is an idea for a quick and easy lunch or dinner on the go!

I am still loving these pita flatbreads! I have been using them for everything! Including this lunch! They are a ton faster than making dough, and SO much cheaper than those pre-made crusts!!

Flatbread Pizza

1 pita flatbread

2 TBS pizza sauce

1/4 cup Mozzarella cheese

Pizza Toppings

Oregano

Preheat your oven to 475 and let it get nice and hot! With a long pair of tongs, place your flatbread directly on the hot rack. let it sit for about a minute (watch it closely) and then flip to the other side and let it sit another minute. Repeat this until it's crisp. Remove the flatbread and add your pizza stuff. You know the drill! Sauce... Cheese... Toppings. Then place it on a cookie sheet and pop it back into the oven until the cheese is melted. Now here's my pizza tip. Any time I make pizza, any kind at all, I sprinkle it with a little oregano at the very end. It makes it SO yummy! I also add some crushed red pepper and parmesan cheese, but that's no secret!

Happy Pizza Making!

Grilled BBQ Chicken Pizza {Guest Post by Tasha}

The grill is not just for burgers anymore! For a smokey flavor and crispy crust, grilled pizza is the way to go! 

I got this recipe out of one of my favorite cook books: Goosberry Patch Quick and Easy Family Favorites! We All love recipes that take less then 1-15 minutes to prepare!

Grilled BBQ Chicken Pizza

13.8 oz tube refrigerated pizza dough

2/3 c. BBQ sauce

2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked and cut into strips
8 oz pkg. shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 C. green onions

Spray a baking sheet with no sides with non-stick vegetable spray; roll dough into a 16''x20'' rectangle. Spread sauce over dough; arrange cooked chicken strips on top. Sprinkle with shredded cheese.
Spray cold grill with non stick vegi spray; preheat grill to medium low heat (275 to 325 degrees). Place baking sheet on grill; grill, covered for 3 minutes or until dough begins to set (no longer doughy). Slide dough onto grill and continue grilling , covered, 10 more minutes. Use baking sheet to remove pizza from grill; sprinkle with green onions. Slice into squares.
Serves 4.

*Side note: You can also Broil it if you dont have a grill or dont want to grill. Broiling in the oven is pretty much the same thing, just cooks from the top to bottom instead the other way around. It is still Yummy!

Enjoy your Pizza!
Tasha B!

Chopped Pizza Muffins

Talk about a 5 minute lunch! These were so quick and fun to make! And they are very versitile! You could add sausage, mushrooms, ham, olives or even switch up the pizza ingredients for eggs and sausage! (which I may try!)

You need...

1 can Jumbo Biscuits

Pizza toppings (I used pepperonis and bell pepper)

cheese

That's it!!

Then all you do it take a biscuit, throw some of the  toppings on top and chop away until the biscuit is in bite size chunks, it's all combined! Fill each muffin tin with 1/2 of a biscuit/filling,  then bake according to directions on the biscuit package.

BBQ Beef Pizza

This is honestly my new FAVORTIE pizza! It was so simple too!

BBQ Beef Pizza

1 1/2 cups shredded beef

3/4 cup BBQ sauce (I used Kraft Honey Mustard BBQ Sauce and that TOTALLY made the dish!)

1/4tsp onion powder

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1/4tsp (or more) Franks Red Hot Sauce

Pizza Crust (I used the recipe here)

Shredded Cheese

Shredded purple cabbage (optional)

Bake your Pizza crust about 3/4 or the way, just before it starts to brown, I'd say it was about 8-10 min.

While the crust is cooking, mix the shredded beef (mine, again, was leftover roast) BBQ sauce, onion and garlic powder, and hot sauce. Pull your crust out of the oven, and spread the beef mixture over the top. Cover with as much cheese as your family likes, and put it back into the oven to resume baking. Bake for about another 10-15 min. or until the cheese is bubbly and the crust is browned. Pull the pizza out of the oven and top with the shredded cabbage.

This was REALLY good reheated the next day too! 

Taco Pizza. {yum}

taco pizza.
-dough, homemade OR you know those french breads they sell at the grocery store, well...if you ask for the dough they make them with they will give it to you, for a buck fifty. yummy dough.
-black beans crushed up with some taco seasoning, making the base {'sauce'}
-we put cooked ground turkey, or keep it vegetarian with just the beans. {or add whatever meat}
-tomatoes
-cheese
-lettuce
-fried tortillas for chips on top
-sour cream, like half a cup, mixed with cholula sauce for drizzles on top.
-cilantro
-onions
-any other desired veggies or yumminess.


--put the bean 'sauce' on, then the meat, and then cheese. Cook at 375, for about 15 minutes.
When it's out and a little bit cooled add the lettuce, tomatoes, veggies, etc..then put the chips on top
and drizzle the sour cream mixture on it.

This is super easy, cheap, and FAST. it was like a navajo taco, just times 10. :)


found at The Pioneer Woman.

LOVE HER STUFF!

homemade frozen pizzas

I am NOT a fan of frozen pizza. My husband on the other hand... can't get enough. I however do love the convenience of it, so after seeing this idea a few places online, I decided to try it for myself! and guess what... IT WORKS! like REALLY well! Here's what I did-

Crust:
I used this pizza dough recipe 3 times, making 6 crusts, but Im sure you can use whatever recipe you want and it would work fine. I split the dough into 6 balls, let 'em rise, and stretched them into a pizza shape. Then I baked them on a pizza stone at 450 degrees for 3 minutes. NO longer! It wont look done, it will be doughy, but thats OK! then I layed that one out on a towel to cool and proceeded with the next dough ball. Once the par-baked crust had cooled, I double wrapped it in plastic wrap and placed it flat in the freezer to freeze solid.

Sauce:
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

1 TBS garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

1TB tomato paste

1 32-ounce can pureed tomatoes
Salt and pepper
1 TBS italian seasoning
Add the olive oil to a large pot over medium heat. Add the garlic powder and crushed pepper, then add the tomato paste, cook for a minute, then stir in the crushed tomatoes. Season the sauce with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning. Cook on LOW for about an hour and a half , it will get think and sweet and yummy!

After I let the sauce cool down, pour 1 cup portions into baggies, seal and lay flat to freeze.

 

When a night comes along that you are in need of a quick dinner, heat your oven to 450 degrees and take out a crust and sauce. Unwrap you crust and put it on your pizza stone. Remove your sauce, place in a bowl and thaw. Spread the sauce over the frozen crust, top with cheese and toppings. Bake at 450 for about 15 min or until the crust is golden brown.

 

I always keep pizza toppings on hand, here's what I have...

in the freezer- pepperoni, diced bell pepper, diced ham, shredded chicken, crumbled bacon and mozzarella cheese.

in the pantry- olives, pineapple (get the lunch packs they work GREAT!) and BBQ sauce.

This is a SUPER quick easy and yummy meal! It will save you in a pinch!

Bread Machine Pizza Dough

One of my new years resolutions was to perfect my perfect pizza dough recipe, well I think I've done it! My mother in law bought me a breadmaker awhile back, and I was stumped at how to use it. Well the other week I dusted it off and made some bread. It was glorious! So now I have been using it for everything! It's so easy just to throw everything in there and press start and let it run! No mixing, no kneading, no mess! I've made pizza and breadsticks 3 times in the past week!
Basic Pizza Crust
1 1/4 cups of warm water
2 T. + 1 t. olive oil
3 1/2 cups of flour
1 T. of sugar
1/2 T. of salt
2 1/4 t. of yeast (or one packet)
1 T. Garlic bread seasoning (mix of garlic powder, onion flake, parsley and lots of other seasonings)

Put the wet ingredients in the bread maker
Put the dry ingredients into the bread maker EXCEPT for the yeast and garlic seasoning.
Make a small valley in the center of the dry ingredients and fill with the yeast making sure it does not touch the wet ingredients
Set the bread maker to the dough setting. Let the machine run until it has formed a ball. Add the garlic seasoning and let it run until the seasoning is incorporated and the dough ball is smooth. Stop the bread maker, and place the dough ball into an oiled bowl. cover with plastic wrap and let rise for a little while, until it has about doubled in size. sprinkle the ball with a little flour, pull it out and place on a floured board. Roll into whatever form you want (pizza, bread sticks, calzones) and let the dough rest and rise again for a few minutes before using. Bake at 425 until done (It just depends on what your cooking, anywhere form 15-25 min)
This pizza was pineapple and Canadian bacon with, get this... HOMEMADE Canadian bacon! Beau's step dad made us some, and it was AMAZING!! sorry this isn't the best picture, we keep eating it all before i can get over there with a camera! At least that tells ya its good!

Pizza in a Pinch

In today's world everyone is in a Pinch. Well today for lunch was no different. My 2 year old wanted pizza. Usually that's not a problem with the stock piles of Totino's pizzas in the freezer. I haven't been grocery shopping in a while, so no pizzas were to be found! So I improvised……I toasted some whole wheat bread, spread a lil pizza sauce on and topped with cheese and olives (like I said, haven't been grocery shopping in a while… lol).

SUCCESS!! I call it Pizza in a Pinch.

Veggie Pizza

1 can crescent rolls
1/2 block of cream cheese
A few tablespoons of dry ranch mix (depending on how 'ranchy' you like it)
Veggie toppings, like carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc.
Other toppings, like ham/turkey, kidney beans, olives etc.
press 1 can (i use 1/2 can if it's just me) of crescent rolls flat onto a cookie sheet and cook until golden brown and crisp. (like 11 minutes) set it aside and let it cool. Mix 1/2 block of cream cheese with some with the dry ranch mix. chop your veggies. once the crescent rolls have cooled, spread cream cheese mixture on top and throw on your veggies! YUM YUM YUM!!!! i could eat this every day! and i use fat free crescent rolls and reduced fat cream cheese, so its pretty healthy!