Alfredo Chicken Pizza

I tried Janelle's pizza last night and it was good. So I thought I would add one of my favorite pizza recipes. We love this pizza. I am sure any pizza dough recipe will work.

Pizza Dough Recipe:
1 c. and 2 Tbs. Hot tap water
2 Tbs. Olive oil or Vegetable oil
3 c. flour
1 tsp. sugar
3 tsp. salt
2 1/2 tsp. yeast

Make sure you add the hot tap water, yeast, and sugar together. Allow to grow 5 minutes. Then slowly add the flour one cup at a time until each cup has been incorporated, and add the salt after the first cup of flour. You may not need all the flour. Touch dough to make sure it is soft and bouncy. When it is let it rise until it doubles in size. For more italian flavor add basil and garlic powder to the dough.

Alfredo Chicken Pizza:
1 pizza dough recipe
1 c. ranch dressing
1 Tbs garlic cloved, minced
2 tsp. basil
1/2 c. shredded parmesan cheese

Toppings:
Chicken or sausage
Green onions
Vegetables (mushrooms, zucchini, yellow squash, onion, etc)
Tomatoes diced small
Artichokes (optional)
Mozzerella Cheese

Preheat pizza stone at 400 degrees. Roll out crust. Mix ranch, parmesan, basil, and garlic in a bowl. Spread mixture over crust. Saute' meat and vegetables together until soft. Put sauce on dough, put meat on top and then sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake at 400 until golden brown.

I don't have a pizza stone so I just use a regular pizza pan.

Pizza Dough and Sauce

I make homemade pizza quite often. Actually we just got done eating some and thought I should post this recipe. I tried for a long time to get the sauce how I like it but was having a hard time. When I read this recipe, I was intrigued with the use of tomato paste- I had been using tomato sauce to make mine. Anyways- I love this sauce. I put garlic powder and just use Italian Seasoning but everything else I keep the same. Also- I usually just made it with all purpose flour but tonight I made it half wheat and half white and it was better than with just all purpose.

Anyways- hope you enjoy!

Ingredients

PIZZA DOUGH

• 3/4 tablespoon yeast
• 1 1/2 cups warm water
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 4 cups flour (we prefer half white, half wheat)

PIZZA SAUCE

• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste

• 1/2 cup red wine or water (I use water if you couldn't guess)
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or olive oil
• 1-2 tablespoon parmesan cheese

Directions

1. 1

   In a large bowl, sprinkle yeast over warm water (I add a pinch of sugar) and allow to set until it begins to foam, about 5 minutes.

2. 2

   Stir in salt, oil and half of flour. Gradually add remaining flour, mixing well.

3. 3

   Knead 8-10 minutes or until smooth and elastic. Place in greased bowl and let rise until double (1/2-1 hour) Punch down and let rise again until double. Punch down and divide. Pat out on two pizza pans.

4. 4

   Top with pizza sauce & toppings. Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

5. 5

   Pizza Sauce: Mix all ingredients together, blending well. (You can also add a few sprinkles of garlic powder if you want).

6. 6

   Makes enough for two 12 inch pizzas or one 16 inch pizza.

7. 7

   Top with meats, cheese and other toppings.

8. 8

   To freeze, prepared pizza method: double wrap and freeze the prepared pizza (without baking it) on the pizza pan. Unwrap and bake the frozen pizza at 400°F for about 22 minutes.

9. 9

   Alternative freezing method: after first punch down of dough, divide dough and place in a zip-loc bag and place in the freezer. To prepare, remove from freezer and place in a greased bowl. The dough will take about 8-10 hours to thaw and raise slightly. Pat out on grease pizza pan and proceed as directed above. I also freeze half the sauce in a small container for future use.

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Zucchini Bread

I found this recipe when I googled Zucchini Bread and I came up with this link http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Zucchini-Bread-IV/Detail.aspx

INGREDIENTS

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 cups grated zucchini
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F ( 165 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8x4 inch loaf pans.
2. In a large bowl, beat eggs until light and frothy. Mix in oil and sugar. Stir in zucchini and vanilla. Combine flour, cinnamon, soda, baking powder, salt and nuts; stir into the egg mixture. Divide batter into prepared pans.
3. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes, or until done.

I quadrupled the batch when I made this and instead of 4 cups of oil I used 2 and 2 of applesauce.

I didn't add the walnuts.

I think I used about a cup or 2 less of sugar (I guess this works out because of the sweetness of the applesauce?)

Green Beans

Last night I made these green beans- I could have eaten the whole batch. Kaley was asking for more (WHAT?!?!) and Jed- who doesn't like green beans- said they were good. I found this recipe on Recipezaar- go check it out to read reviews or suggested additions. So easy!

Ingredients

• 2 lbs green beans
• 1-2 tablespoon olive oil (or just enough to lightly coat beans)
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt (I just used regular salt)
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 400°F.

2. 2

   Wash, dry well, and trim green beans.

3. 3

   Put green beans on a jelly roll pan.

4. 4

   Drizzle with olive oil.

5. 5

   Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste (I like them salty so I use about 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt and about 8-10 grinds of the pepper mill). *Mrs. Dash may be substituted for salt and pepper as desired.

6. 6

   Use your hands to be sure all the beans are evenly coated and spread them out into 1 layer.

7. 7

   Roast for 20-25 minutes, turning after 15 minutes, until beans are fairly brown in spots and somewhat shriveled.

8. 8

   Serve hot or at room temperature.