Barbeque Chicken Pizza

This is something I found/adjusted from the dinner spinner app.  We used mom's recipe for dough and just multiplied everything by 1/3 to only make one pizza.

Mom's Dough Recipe:

2 Tbs. yeast
7 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
2 1/2 cups warm water

Mix yeast, 1/2 flour, salt and water at low speed for 1 minute. Then high speed for 3 minutes. Add rest of flour. Let rise 1 hour. Punch down. Makes 3 pizzas. I usually only add 3 cups of flour after mixning. You have to use a mixer with a dough hook. Make sure the water isn't too hot. It will kill the yeast.

After rolling out the dough onto a pizza stone, I prebaked it at 450 degrees for 5 minutes.  Then I added the toppings.

1/2 cup kraft light bbq sauce
2 cups shredded chicken (I used an 11 oz frozen chicken breast and it was a good amount shredded.)
1/2 yellow onion, juliened
1 green bell pepper, juliened
1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cups reduced fat mozerella cheese

Spread bbq sauce on the prebaked crust.  Then lay shredded chicken, then onion and bell pepper, then cheese.  Bake at 450 degrees for 13-14 minutes. (Everyone's oven will be a little different/preference on cheese color/dough crispiness, etc.)

I like the crust crispy so that is how I cooked mine.  It has a crispy crust and a nice light, fresh flavor.  Brad likes more sauce so he just dipped his pizza in bbq sauce, but you could add more to your pizza if you like it that way.  Nothing too novel, but very yummy and pretty healthy.  Plus, we needed mom's dough recipe on here anyway. :)

Nutritional Info (1/4 of the pizza):
Calories: 435
Fat: 7.3 g
Saturated Fat: 3.2 g
Cholesterol: 53.5 mg
Sodium: 941 mg
Carbs: 57.4 g
Fiber: 2.6 g
Sugars: 6.9 g
Protein: 35.1 g

Peanut Butter Bars

These are just like the ones the school used to make, but with chocolate icing instead of peanut butter. If you find a good peanut butter icing recipe and try it with that let me know, I'd love to make it that way sometime but I don't know how to make peanut butter icing. Here's a picture, just for fun.

 

We usually half the recipe and make it in a 9x13 pan but we have made the whole thing on a jelly roll pan as well.

Peanut Butter Bars
1 1/2 c. shortening
1 1/2 c. peanut butter (creamy or chunky)
1 1/2 c. white sugar
1 1/2 c. brown sugar
3 eggs
3/4 t. salt
1 1/2 t. baking soda
1 1/2 t. vanilla
2 1/3 c. flour
3 c. oats (regular or quick)

Cream the shortening, peanut butter, sugars and eggs together until smooth. Add the remaining ingredients and beat until incorporated. Spread into a greased cookie sheet (jelly roll size) until even on all sides (batter will be thick, you may need to use a fork to press down). Bake at 325 for 13 minutes (bar will seem under done, but will firm up as it sits). This recipe makes a large batch, it can be halved and put in a 9x13 pan if you would prefer.
Chocolate Frosting
1 stick butter
1 t. vanilla
Dash of salt
1/2 c. cocoa powder
3 1/2 c. powdered sugar
1/3 c. milk

Beat the butter, cocoa powder, and milk together until smooth and soft. Add the powdered sugar, salt, and vanilla and continue to beat until fluffy and smooth. Spread a thin layer or frosting over the cooled peanut butter bars.

Buffalo Sloppy Joes

We love this recipe. Way lighter and better tasting than normal sloppy joes, especially from the kind with the sauce from a can. It's also spicy, too, which we love. You can make it as mild or spicy as you like, very easy to adjust. It's also a great way to use ground turkey or chicken, which I also love.  Hope you like it!

*We cut the recipe in half. Jared's cousin shared it with us and she has 5 kids so she cooks bigger batches than we need.*

Buffalo Sloppy Sliders
2 T. olive oil
1/2 onion, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
2 lbs. lean ground turkey or ground chicken (I used 1 lb. of each)
Dice the celery, onions and green bell pepper into small pieces. Place vegetables in a large saute pan with the olive oil and cook until the vegetables are slightly tender. Add to the vegetables the ground turkey or chicken and brown the meat until it is broken up and browned. Once the meat is cooked, drain the excess juices from the pan. Add the following ingredients to the meat and vegetable mixture:
1 c. Franks Hot Sauce (if you don't like your sliders so spicy, use more tomato sauce and less hot sauce)
1/2 c. tomato sauce
1/4 c. brown sugar
2 T. ketchup
1 T. Worcestershire sauce
1 T. red wine vinegar
1 t. salt
1/2 t. black pepper
1/2 t. garlic powder (or 2 cloves freshly minced garlic)
Simmer meat mixture until the flavors have combined and you are ready to serve the sliders.

If you half the recipe and use ground turkey and garlic powder (not minced garlic) you get:

752 calories total

assuming you get 6 servings (I think you get at least 6, maybe even 8) that makes:
125 calories per serving (not including hamburger buns, which we eat it with)

Peanut Butter Coconut Bars

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups rice krispies
2 cups oats
1/2 cup sweetened coconut flakes
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup water
1 Tbs honey
2/3 cup natural creamy peanut butter
1 Tbs vanilla

Steps

1. Combine cereal, oats, and coconut in large bowl.
2. In a sauce pan, combine brown sugar, water, and honey with a whisk. Cook on medium heat until just boiling. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla until smooth.
3. Pour wet ingredients over dry and mix thoroughly.
4. Pour into a greased 9x13 pan and flatten with back of spoon. Allow to cool and cut into squares.

Nutritional Info (1/20th of pan):
Calories: 127
Fat: 5.6 g
Saturated Fat: 1.8 g
Sodium: 59.7 mg
Carbs: 17 g
Fiber: 1.5 g
Sugar: 7.9 g
Protein: 3g

Oat and Honey Muffins

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups oats
1 cup flour
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 egg
2/3 cup + 1 Tbs milk
1/3 cup pumpkin (or applesauce)
1/4 cup honey

Directions:
Mix oats, flour, brown sugar, salt, baking powder, nutmeg, and cinnamon in large bowl.  In separate bowl, mix egg, milk, pumpkin, and honey.  Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients and mix just until moistened.  (Let sit for a few minutes if you want bigger muffin tops.)  Makes 12 muffins (We just already ate half before I got the picture!).  Bake at 400 degrees for 15-18 minutes. (My perfect bake time is about 16 minutes using paper baking cups.)  Let sit 5 minutes in pan on cooling rack before removing muffins from pan.

Nutritional Info (with pumpkin, 1% milk, and large egg):
Calories: 126
Total Fat: 1.2 g
Saturated Fat: 0.2 g
Cholesterol: 18.5 mg
Sodium: 222 mg
Potassium: 78.4 mg
Carbs: 28.6 g
Fiber: 0.3 g
Sugars: 10.4 g
Protein: 3.4 g

Only 5.3 g of sugar are from the brown sugar.  The rest is from the honey and pumpkin which is all natural so dig in!

Chili (normal)

Veggie Chili - South Beach Diet
*mom sometimes leaves out the soy meat, we sometimes add ground beef


Ingredients
2 bell peppers (red, yellow, or green), diced
1 medium onion, chopped
2 teaspoons olive oil
12 ounces soy/meat alternative crumbles
1 tablespoon chili powder (or more to taste)
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 4-ounce can chopped green chilies, drained
1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes
1 15-ounce can black beans, drained
1 15-ounce can kidney beans, drained
1 15-ounce can tomato sauce
Instructions
Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the peppers, onion, and garlic and heat until they soften. Add remaining ingredients. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat. Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Makes 8 (1-cup) servings

209 calories per serving using ground soy meat
327 calories per serving using ground beef

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