Thursday, December 13, 2012

Chicken Bacon Alfredo Pizza



I have been presented with an interesting kitchen challenge. Until little one has been potty trained I will be doing what I can to avoid high acid foods in our meals. Without going into too much detail, foods like tomatoes and citrus hurt his bottom. Avoiding these foods has been a very big challenge for me. Many of my favorite meals include some type of tomato. One of husband’s favorite snacks is clementines and they are finally in season but I feel guilty buying them. I hate eating things in front of little one that he can’t eat.

As difficult as it has been to avoid these foods (and some of my favorite recipes) I have looked at it as a way to branch out and try new recipes or recipes I haven’t tried for a while. This recipe fits into this challenge of mine perfectly. I love love love pizza. Pizza sauce isn’t a good fit in our house right now. I’ve used pesto as our sauce but I needed more variety. I remembered that I had this recipe sitting in the binder and that husband and I enjoyed it years ago. While I am not the biggest fan of Alfredo sauce I remember this pizza being very tasty.

In the interest of time (and serving sizes) I have been keeping personal sized premade pizza crusts in the freezer. My pizza crust recipe makes eight personal sized pizzas. When I make a full sized pizza I make four personal sized pizza crusts as well and pop them in the freezer. Eventually I have enough to make mini pizzas and I haven’t spent additional time making crust again. At dinner time each person gets one pizza and I can adjust toppings if needed.

I didn’t need to make adjustments to this recipe other than brands. I used bacon bits because I had them left over from salads. I would have used turkey bacon if I had it on hand. The chicken was left over from chicken souvlaki so it had an extra punch of flavor.

Enjoy!

1 12 inch ready-to-use baked pizza crust
½ cup Alfredo sauce
8 slices bacon, cooked and cut into one inch pieces
6 oz. roasted chicken breast
1 cup mozzarella, shredded
¼ cup Parmesan
½ tsp. Italian seasoning

Heat oven to 400ºF. Place pizza crust on baking sheet and spread with sauce to within one inch of edge. Top with remaining ingredients. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until cheese is melted and pizza is heated through.

Adapted from http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/bacon-chicken-alfredo-pizza-54493.aspx


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