This was the first time I've ever had this kind of pizza. I've seen it before on Menus, but I've never given it a try. I knew I was going to have to come up with something different for Clay if I was making a Mushroom Garlic Pizza for me! This one sounded perfect, especially because Publix had the crust, cheese and BBQ sauce on sale this week. I think they had the bacon on sale too! Homemade pizza is so much better than frozen or delivery. In fact, the other week I had a headache from you-know-where, so we ordered some pizza. Ella was shocked when she realized that somebody was delivering it to our house. "They're bringing it to our house??" she asked. "Yes, baby, they do that!" was my response :) I would rather have this pizza than Pizza Hut any day. There is a few steps involved but don't let that deter you from making it. Once its in the oven you can forget about it and get the table set. This would be great for "Movie Night" with some friends. You know they will be impressed when you made the pizza! And don't forget about the other pizza I've made, the Hawaiian Chicken Alfredo Pizza. All different, but equally delicious!
1 14-oz. can Pillsbury Pizza Crust
6 slices bacon
1 chicken breast, cooked and shredded
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 medium onion, sliced thin
3/4 cup BBQ sauce
1/4 cup feta cheese
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Spread the dough out over a large baking sheet and bake for 8 minutes. Pull out and set aside.
Heat the oil over medium heat in a skillet. Stir in the onion; cook and stir until the onion until it has softened, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium-low, and continue cooking and stirring until the onion is very tender and dark brown, about 10-15 minutes more.
Meanwhile, slice the bacon into bite-size chunks and cook over medium heat in a large skillet until browned. Remove to a paper towel to drain. Pour off some of the fat the accumulated in the pan- all but about 1 tablespoon. Season the chicken breast with salt and pepper and cook in the pan over medium heat about 5-6 minutes per side, or until no longer pink. Remove from the pan and shred when cool enough to handle.
Spread the BBQ sauce evenly over the crust and sprinkle with the shredded chicken, caramelized onion, bacon and feta cheese. Top the entire pizza with shredded mozzarella. Bake in the oven until the cheese has melted and the pizza is golden brown around the edges, about 15 more minutes.
Enjoy!
(adapted from All Recipes)
Oh. My. Gosh. This pizza was SOOOOO good! I love mushrooms, but Clay can't stand them. That's why I made 2 pizzas tonight. I made the BBQ Chicken Pizza for him and this pizza for me. Yes, all for me! The Worcestershire sauce gives the mushrooms a beefy flavor and I love the combination of the cheeses. This pizza was out-of-this-world good. I'm speechless.
1 14-oz. can Pillsbury Pizza Crust
2 cloves garlic, minced, divided
3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
2 8-oz. containers sliced white mushrooms1/4 cup onion, diced
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
salt and pepper
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese (I used Monterrey Jack)
1/2 cup feta cheese
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spread the pizza dough out to cover a large baking sheet, then brush with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and sprinkle with 1/2 of the minced garlic. Bake for 8 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet. Add onion and garlic and saute for 4 minutes, until onion starts to soften. Add mushrooms. Saute until golden and moisture has evaporated. When they're just about done, add Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Remove from heat.
Sprinkle the baked dough with the Swiss cheese, then the mushroom mixture and the feta cheese. Top the entire pizza with the mozzarella cheese (use more or less to your liking). Return the pizza to the oven and bake until the cheese is golden and melted, about 15 more minutes. Cut into squares and serve.
Enjoy!
(adapted from Rachael Ray)
I don't know if I'm just tired, but I just can't think of an intro for this! This was good, but not fabulous. I enjoyed the Italian Sausage Calzones better. The recipe was pretty basic, so you could use additional ingredients to jazz it up a bit. My husband enjoyed it though. He just likes meat and cheese, so that's how I fixed it. Once I had my piece plated, I added mustard and pickle relish. Now, it really tastes like a cheeseburger! Play around with it, and come up with a version that your family enjoys. And if you haven't already, check out the other calzone recipe too. Yummy!
2 tubes pizza crust (I used thin crust)
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 small onion, finely chopped
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
salt and pepper
4 slices bacon, sliced into 1/2" pieces
1 cup shredded cheese
ketchup
mustard (optional)
pickle relish (optional)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown beef and onion. Drain off excess fat. In a separate skillet, cook bacon until crisp. Drain and combine with the beef mixture. Add the Worcestershire sauce and cheese and mix well. Season with salt and pepper.
Roll out one dough and top one half with half of the meat mixture. Top with additional shredded cheese if desired. Squeeze ketchup over the top (no more than 1/4 cup per calzone) Fold over to seal. Crimp edges with your fingers and transfer to a baking sheet. Repeat with other dough. This could be done carefully on the baking sheet so that the calzones don't have to be transferred (that's what I did).
Cut a slit in each calzone to vent. Brush with olive oil. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
Enjoy!
(adapted from Rachael Ray Magazine)
I came up with this pizza several years ago. It combines two of my favorites: Hawaiian Pizza and Chicken Alfredo Pizza. Even people who are not fans of pineapple on pizza or olives on pizza have LOVED this. The flavor combination is fabulous and all of the ingredients play off of each other. I've made one with and one without olives for my husband. He said he didn't like olives on his pizza. He ended up liking the one with olives better! Give this pizza a try. Leftovers are great the next day too. This is super fun for entertaining too. Your guests will thank you!
2 Pizza Crusts (Standard Size)
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cooked and sliced
3/4 cup Classico Sun-Dried Tomato Alfredo Sauce
16 oz. pineapple tidbits (or cut pineapple chunks)
1/2 cup sliced olives
1 cup sliced canadian bacon (or sliced ham)
4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Parmesan Cheese
**I halved this recipe and used 1 Mama Mary's 3-pk Mini Crusts
Divide alfredo sauce evenly among pizza crusts. Top with ham, sliced chicken, pineapple and sliced olives. Top with shredded cheese. Bake in a 450 degree oven for 12-15 minutes or until golden on top. Serve with Parmesan cheese.
Enjoy!
I love it when things turn out better than expected. Expectations usually equal disappointment for me. Not this morning! The idea for these pizzas has been brewing in my head and finally came together this morning. I knew I didn't want to use tomatoes or regular pizza sauce. I use the Sun-dried Tomato Alfredo for another pizza I do, so I thought I try it with this version. The result was fabulous! The english muffins make a nice crisp crust, and the scrambled eggs are creamy dotted with smoky bacon. Perfection. These are great for a weekend breakfast, but could also be served for brunch with company. There is a great coupon on Coupons & Things by Dede for Free Classico pasta sauce WYB Classico Alfredo. That's a great site to order clipped coupons and whole inserts. Regardless of the coupon, the alfredo sauce is $1.98 at Wal-mart so get some and make these at your house!
4 English Muffins, halved
6 eggs
2 tablespoons milk
salt and pepper
4 strips bacon, cooked and chopped
1 cup shredded cheese
1/2 cup Sun-Dried Tomato Alfredo Sauce (Classico brand)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Half English Muffins with a fork and lay on a baking sheet. Place baking sheet in the oven to allow English Muffins to crisp slightly while the eggs are cooking (about 8 minutes).
Meanwhile, cook bacon in microwave. When done chop and set aside.
In a bowl, beat 6 eggs with 2 tablespoons of milk. Add salt and pepper to taste. Scramble in a large skillet over medium heat until done. Add in chopped bacon. Take English Muffins out of the oven and spread 1 tablespoon alfredo on each half. Evenly distribute the egg mixture on the 8 halves. Top with the shredded cheese. Bake in the 400 degree oven for 15 minutes, or until tops are golden brown.
Enjoy!
Today was Cook-For-Kids-Day at my house! Yogurt Cups for breakfast and Pizza Pockets for dinner. This was super simple, and like the yogurt cups, could also be changed up with your favorites. Next time I'm going to add mushrooms to my pocket. Olives would be good too. You could leave out the hot dogs all together and do sausage or pepperoni. My husband really liked this one. I used the leftover pizza sauce I had for the Italian Sausage Calzones, but you could certainly use some spaghetti sauce if you had some on-hand.
1 Pillsbury Thin Crust Pizza Dough
3 hot dogs, sliced lengthwise into half-moons
1/4 cup pizza sauce
1 cup shredded mozarella cheese
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Roll out the pizza dough to form a rectangle on the baking sheet (if you're using the regular pizza dough, not the thin crust, you'll want to roll it out to about a 10 X 14 rectangle). Using a pizza wheel or a knife, cut into four 5-by-7-inch rectangles.
Spoon one-quarter of the chopped hot dog onto the center of each rectangle, leaving a 1-inch border around the filling. Top the hot dogs with 1 tablespoon sauce and 3 tablespoons shredded cheese. Fold the rectangle in half lengthwise over the filling, wrapping the dough around. Pinch and fold the edges together to secure. Repeat with all the rectangles. Cut 2 or 3 small vents in the top of each pocket. Bake until browned and bubbling, about 15 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
Serve with green beans or celery sticks.
Enjoy!
(adapted from Rachael Ray Magazine)
We made this recipe a while back at a Pampered Chef party we had at my sister-in-law's. I've been wanting to make it ever since, and just never did. It was so easy and so yummy! This week Publix had the Pillsbury Pizza Crusts and the Johnsonville Italian Sausage on sale. Everything else I had in my stockpile. This recipe makes two side-by-side calzones. I cut each one into 6 slices. One and half did me right! Pizza is something that is really good to make at home yourself. You can add the things that your family likes. And I just hate to pay for pizza. I cringe when I have to write the $20 or more check for the pizza guy. The ones from home just taste so much better! I have a really awesome pizza recipe that I came up with a while back, but we'll just have to wait for that one! Here's how you do the calzones...
**I completely forgot to add the sauce in the sausage mixture! We just dipped it instead :)
1 lb. Italian sausage
1/2 cup onion, diced
1/2 cup green pepper, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 can olives, sliced
1 8-oz. jar pizza sauce (more for dipping)
2 tubes refrigerated pizza crust (I used the thin crust)
1 8-oz. block mozzarella cheese, shredded
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Cook sausage in a medium skillet until browned, breaking up the chunks with a wooden spoon. Drain off excess fat. Return to pan and add onion, garlic and pepper. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until the vegetables soften. Stir in pizza sauce and sliced olives.
Unroll one package of pizza dough across the entire rectangular baking sheet or baking stone (I used my large rectangular baking stone from Pampered Chef). Sprinkle half of the cheese in two rows on the dough with about 2-inches in between (remember you're making two long calzones). Top cheese with the meat mixture, dividing evenly between the two rows. Top each row with the remaining cheese.
Unroll second package of pizza dough and stretch to cover the top of the first. Press along the edges to seal. Press down the center creating the two calzones. Use a pizza cutter to cut down the center of the dough, making two separate calzones. Press the seam to seal. Lightly brush with olive oil and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cut five two-inch slits in top of each calzone to vent.
Bake 22-25 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with extra sauce for dipping.
Enjoy!
(adapted from Pampered Chef)
