Quick and easy Pizza Crust

Usually i make a healthier, whole wheat pizza crust but my family loves when I bust out the white flour with this delicious recipe!!

Ingredients

30 m8 servings189 cals

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• 1 (.25 ounceor 2 1/4t) package active dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
  
  
• 1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)

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• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Add all ingredients 

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1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). In a medium bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
2. Stir in flour, salt and oil. Beat until smooth. Let rest for 5 minutes.
3. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pat or roll into a round. Transfer crust to a lightly greased pizza pan or baker's peel dusted with cornmeal. Spread with desired toppings and bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Let baked pizza cool for 5 minutes before serving.

Bacon wrapped Chicken

Author: Divas Can Cook

Recipe type: Main

Ingredients

• 1 lbs. chicken tenders (about 10 chicken tenders)
• 10 strips bacon, sliced in half length-wise (I used turkey bacon)
• ½ -1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• ½ teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• ⅔ cup light brown sugar, packed
• 2 tablespoons chili powder

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Mix together salt, paprika, black pepper, onion powder,italian seasoning, and garlic powder.
3. Sprinkle mixture evenly over chicken tenders, (top and bottom) completely coating them generously in the spices.
4. Wrap two sliced bacon strips around the chicken tender. Tuck in and loose ends.
5. Mix together brown sugar and chili powder.
6. Sprinkle this mixture generously over bacon wrapped chicken, top and bottom. Press the sugar mixture into the chicken to pack it on.
7. Place the chicken on a greased grill pan.
8. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until chicken is done and bacon is crisp. You can broil for the last few minutes if desired to crisp up the bacon more.
9. Serve piping hot! Garnish with parsley if desired.

Cheese Fondue

I experimented a lot with fondue recipes at first and many had cheeses I'd never heard of and were expensive then I found my favorite go to cheese fondue that's loved by ALL! We have it every Christmas Eve, Valentines and any other time I feel like it! ENJOY! (I actually usually only make half of this recipe for our family and still have some left over)

 

1 1/2 C whole milk
1 1/2 C Shredded parmesean Cheese
2  8oz pkgs of cream cheese
1/2t garlic salt

Dippers
-Bacon wraped chicken
-cubed meat (Chicken, steak)
-Veggies broiled in oven (broccoli, cauliflower, Asparagus, diced potatoes)
-french bread cut into squares
-lil' smokies

Pulled Chipotle Chicken with Cilantro Slaw

Really not sure why most recipes aren't just crock pot?? Again I changed this to make it a crockpot recipe. It was super fast, easy and most importantly delicious!! I just ate it how it looks on the picture but my  family enjoyed it with toasted bread (like a bbq chicken slaw sandwich) and it would be great in corn tortillas too. of course!Original recipe used mayo but I substituted for greek yogurt and some honey

Yield: 4 servings, about ¾ cup chicken and ¾ cup slaw each

Ingredients:
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar, divided use
7 tsp. olive oil mayonnaise (greek yogurt, and a touch of olive oil)
2 Tbsp. finely chopped fresh cilantro
2 tsp. raw honey
½ tsp. celery seed (didn't have so I choped up celery leaves and it did the job)
4 cups shredded cabbage (or half a small cabbage)

Chicken Ingredients:

1/4 C Apple cider vinegar
1 tsp. olive oil

½ medium onion, finely chopped

1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 Can diced green chili peppers 

1 Tbs Chipotle sauce
½ cup barbeque sauce, no sugar added
2 frozen chicken breasts (or if your in a hurry 2 cans of chicken)

Preparation:

Slaw directions:

1. Combine ¼ cup vinegar, mayonnaise, cilantro, honey, and celery seed in a large bowl; mix well.
2. Add cabbage; mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 20 minutes.

Then throw the rest of the ingredients into crockpot on low for 6 hours or so

Carne Asadas!!

I;m Obsessed with these!! They are so flavorful and the meat just melts in your mouth, you won't want to stop eating!! I changed the recipe so I can do it the "lazy" way. Pick up Carne Asada meat and throw everything into a crockpot! I actually prefer it to be a shredded meat anyway. It's delicious with some homemade pico de gillo in corn tortillas!! A-MAZ-ING!!!
 

Ingredients

• 3-4 pounds flank steak (or roast OR CarneAsada meat, lately I just use Pork Roast cause it's cheap and still so good!!)

Mix these then pour over meat in crockpot and cook on low for 8 hours

• 1/3 cup white vinegar
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 limes, juiced
• 1T olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon paprika

• Then add 1/4 C chopped cilantro before serving

Salsa:

• 1/2 white onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 lime, juiced
• 1 lg tomato
• 1t minced garlic
• 1 jalapeno
• Salt
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• Cook up corn or flour tortilla with cheese and add meat and salsa. Yumm

Chicken ChowMEIN

INGREDIENTS

• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed
• 2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
• 2 (5.6-ounce) packages refrigerated Yaki-Soba, seasoning sauce packets discarded*
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 3 stalks celery, sliced diagonally
• 2 cups shredded cabbage

INSTRUCTIONS

• In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, garlic, brown sugar, ginger and white pepper; set aside.
• In a large pot of boiling water, add Yaki-Soba until loosened, about 1-2 minutes; drain well.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add onion and celery, and cook, stirring often, until tender, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in cabbage until heated through, about 1 minute.
• Stir in Yaki-Soba and soy sauce mixture until well combined, about 2 minutes.
• Serve immediately.

NOTES

*Yaki-Soba is ramen-style noodles and can be found in the refrigerated aisle of your local grocery store.

Adapted from Favorite Family Recipes

Loved this ESP when added chicken to be more filling! This is 4 servings

Chicken Veggie bowls!

Ingredients (Makes 8 Meals)

• 16 ounces cooked quinoa
• 16 ounces cooked brown rice
• 4 cups/32 ounces roasted asparagus, chopped
• 4 cups/32 ounces roasted broccoli florets
• 4 cups/32 ounces roasted cauliflower florets
• 32 ounces prepared Grilled Taco Lime Chicken, cubed

Optional (would replace any of the vegetables above)

• 4 cups haricot verts
• 4 cups roasted brussel sprouts
• 4 cups charred corn

Directions

1. To prepare your bowls, we used THESE tupperware containers for all 8 of our bowls. They are 3-cup To Go snack containers. Place 1/4 cup brown rice and 1/4 cup quinoa into each container. Top with a total of 1 1/2 cups of your cooked vegetables. Mix up the type of vegetables for each bowl so you have a variety each day.  Add 4 ounces or 1/2 cup of your cubed chicken. We added salsa or hot sauce to season to our liking after we reheated the bowl in the microwave.  A low fat dressing would work as well.  Store these in the refrigerator and when you are ready microwave until heated through.

Note: To roast vegetables, place them onto a large baking sheet, drizzle lightly with olive oil, and season with kosher salt and pepper. Cook in oven at 375 degrees until fork tender. Time will vary depending on vegetable.

Makes 8 Meals