BBQ Chicken Pizza and White Pizza

We had friends come over for lunch last Monday (MLK day) and decided to make a variety of pizzas and a garden salad for lunch.  It was fun trying to come up with different pizzas and they were all pretty easy to make.  We took the dough out early in the morning which my husband said made it much easier to roll out. We highly recommend using a pizza stone, to give your pizza a nice, evenly cooked, crunchy crust.  If you don't have one (and we only have one stone, so only 2 of our pizzas were cooked on the stone!) it's fine, the bottom just was a bit soggy. Will definitely be making some of these again when we're not in the mood for the same old cheese pizza! The kids just had plain pizza, which I know they like, and which also left more leftovers for us!  Our friends loved all of the pizzas as much as we did, so they are all getting two thumbs up!

BBQ Chicken Pizza
By The Busy Mom and The Weekend Chef (us!)

Ingredients:
1 store pizza dough
flour as needed
1 tsp. olive oil
1 chicken breast, cut into bite-sized chunks
1/2 red onion, sliced
1/4 cup bbq sauce of your choice (we used Wanda's All in One Sauce (hot) that my parents brought back to us from a trip to North Carolina)
3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:
1. Heat pizza stone in oven preheated to 450 degrees F.

2.  Place oil in frying pan on medium heat.  Cook chicken pieces until browned, approximately 3-4 minutes.

3. While chicken is cooking, roll out dough to the shape/thickness of your preference, using flour as needed.
3.  Spread the bbq sauce out on the crust.  Sprinkle the cooked chicken, sliced red onion, and cheddar cheese on top.

4.  Place on stone in oven and cook for 10-12 minutes until crust is crispy.

Adult Rating: two thumbs up!

White Pizza
by The Busy Mom and The Weekend Chef (us!)

Ingredients:
1 store bought pizza dough
flour as needed
1 cup part-skim ricotta
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tsp. olive oil
3/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions:
1. Heat pizza stone in oven preheated to 450 degrees F.

2. Roll out pizza dough, using flour as needed, to shape and thickness of your preference.

3.  Heat olive oil in small frying pan on medium-low heat.  Add the minced garlic and saute approximately 2-3 minutes until golden. 

4.  Mix the minced garlic with the ricotta.  Spread on the pizza dough.  Sprinkle the shredded mozzarella on top.

5.  Cook for 10-12 minutes until crust is crispy.

Family Rating: two thumbs up.