BBQ Chicken Pizza

I've shared this on my regular blog, My Absent Mind, before. I thought since I've started a food blog I should really post it on here. We do order in pizza occasionally just because it's easy, but more often I make my own. You can make it in less time then making the call and waiting for the delivery, and when you make it yourself you know what you're putting in it and can make it so much healthier. I started making this pizza last fall and it has become our favourite!

For the pizza crust I will usually use a whole wheat or multigrain storebought one, but sometimes I will make my own crust. Whole wheat pita bread also makes fantastic pizza crusts!

1 pizza crust

bbq sauce

1 tomato(it does taste great without the tomato if you don't have one)

1 large onion

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts(you can use thighs if you wish)

water(or chicken broth)

1 tbsp oregano

2 cups shredded cheese of your choice(I use part-skim mozzarella)

1.  Put chicken in a pot and put enough water or chicken broth in to just cover, sprinkle in oregano. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cover, poach chicken for approx 10 minutes until cooked through.

2.  When chicken is cooked shred it using 2 forks. Mix with some bbq sauce.

3.  Slice onion and cook until caramelized.

4.  Put a layer of bbq sauce on your pizza crust, top with sliced tomatoes, follow with a layer of caramelized onions, then your shredded chicken. Top it all with shredded cheese(2 cups is just an estimate, use however much cheese you like on your pizza).

5. Cook for about 10 to 15 minutes at 400*.

 

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Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

I made this for dinner last night, it was inspired by an episode of Chef at Home. I only made a couple small changes from what he did, but next time I want to make it with some Italian Sausage in it, I didn't have any this time to try it. He made it with fennel which I'm really not a fan of the taste of fennel, so I used oregano instead which we love.  The hubby said he preferred it to regular spaghetti sauce, I don't think I really preferred it, but it was definitely a nice change.

 

4 Red Peppers

1 Large Onion

3 Cloves of Garlic(or to taste)

3 tbsp Oregano

milk

olive oil

salt and pepper

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Cut peppers and onions into large chunks. Put them on a baking sheet or pan with garlic cloves, sprinkle with oregano and drizzle with olive oil. Roast in oven for 45 minutes to one hour, until nice and soft.

3. Puree roasted veggies using either blender or immersion blender. Add milk(or cream if you have it) as needed to make it nice and smooth and creamy.

4. Warm on stove while you cook your pasta, adding salt, pepper and more oregano if you wish. Serve on your favorite pasta, I used whole wheat spaghetti as it was all I had in the house.

 

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Guacamole With a Kick

Guacamole is one of my favorite things to eat! There is just something so satisfying about all the flavor in a good guacamole.

I have tried many different recipes for guacamole as well as storebought, but this recipe is probably my favorite. You can adjust for your taste of spiciness, but even my mom who hates things too hot loves this, so while it does have a kick, it's nowhere near extreme. If you like it extreme though just increase the chili powder and/or hot sauce.

Guacamole With a Kick

3 small or 2 medium avocados, mashed
1 tbsp lemon juice(lime juice should be fine if it's all you have)
1 medium onion, diced fine
1 large tomato, diced fine
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp chili powder
1 dash hot sauce

1. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl, adjust chili powder and hot sauce according to person taste and tolerance for 'heat'.
2. Cover and allow to chill for a bit, serve as desired.

*make sure avocados are nice and ripe or it will seriously affect how good your guacamole is.

 

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Jo's doing some cooking!

Well, *usually* I do like to do cooking and baking. Usually it's my tiny ugly kitchen that's a turnoff and makes me not want to sometimes.

I must have got it from my mom who has so many cookbooks I wouldn't even want to guess how many, but I love to try new recipes. I plan on using this blog to share recipes I have tried and love, but also to save and store recipes I come across that I would like to try.

My hubby and I are hoping to lose some weight this year, so I would like to keep my recipes on here relatively healthy and lower fat, but I know there will be some recipes that will sway from that just because they're so darn good LOL.

I will try my best to post as many pics of the things I make as I can, and I will add any changes or opinins I have regarding the recipe.

I rarely follow a recipe exactly as it is, I tend to just use recipes as a guideline and make it my own. My husband has been saying for a while that I should put together my own recipe book, so if I get far enough with this blog maybe it will lead me in that direction.

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