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Taco & Pepper Pita Pizza

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Third times a charm?  Good thing I’ve had 5 workouts in 4 days to make myself feel better about these pizza experiments.  This will be the last pizza submission for this week as I am getting pizza’d out.  However having said that I have at least 4 more ideas spinning through my head for pizzas based on leftovers.

Leftover taco meat can be used many ways.  On a pizza for a quick lunch or supper is a quick meal for a busy family.  I love hot peppers and used pickled jalapeno’s in this recipe.  I also used regular peppers (orange, yellow & green) both sliced and diced.

Options are endless.  What I enjoy on a taco or taco salad is what I put on this pizza.  I did not use exact quantities below as some people may prefer more of a topping, others less.  You decide.

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Taco & Pepper Pita Pizza
 
Ingredients
  • 1 whole wheat pita
  • ¼-1/2 cup taco meat
  • ¼ cup peppers (cut into rings, or diced)
  • 1-2 tbsp salsa (or taco sauce)
  • 1 tbsp pickled jalapeno peppers (or banana peppers)
  • ¼ cup diced tomatoes
  • ½-1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese or monterey jack
  • ½ cup sliced lettuce (romaine)
Instructions
  1. Spread salsa on your pita with a spoon, knife or pastry brush.
  2. Next layer on your peppers, tomatoes and taco meat. Finally spread your cheese all over. I admittedly added a light dusting of shredded parmesan on top.
  3. Broil in oven for about 2-3 minutes or until cheese melted and bubbling. I bake mine on a pizza stone but a cookie sheet or pizza pan works just as well.
  4. Remove from oven, let sit for a few minutes before slicing. I sprinkled fresh lettuce on top. Outstanding.

 

Tandoori Chicken Naan Pizza

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Everyone in our house loves pizza.  But our pizza likes are as individual as our personalities and this is why the Tandoori Chicken Naan Pizza is a pizza just for me.

Hubs is meat & mushrooms and doesn’t stray far from it.  Kids vary between ham/pineapple, pepperoni with a few veggies or olives thrown on depending on their mood & the alignment of the sun, moon & the stars.  Me I prefer mostly veggie style pizzas with a variety of ingredients including chicken.  I also love to experiment and try new variations. So we tend to make pizza more often than we order them in as this enables us to make our pizzas to our individual tastes.

With pizza on the lunch agenda this week I decided to jump the gun after trying some delicious Tandoori Naan Bread last night and have pizza for lunch today.   Inspiration Struck.  The Tandoori Naan bread has Tandoori (curry) spices in the bread and it is seriously delicious.

I calorie counted this more for curiosity sake, not because I am calorie counting.  It comes in under 500 calories for the entire pizza….if you can finish it that is.

For those wondering about the Naan bread, here in Calgary I purchased it at the Co-op Grocery Store.  Remember when you make pizzas you do not have to use just pizza sauce…instead try tomato, BBQ, pesto…..experimentation is the name of the game.

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Tandoori Chicken Naan Pizza
Recipe type: Appetizers, Chicken, Dinner, Food For One, Kid Friendly, Lunch, Pizza, Quick Meals, Sides, Snacks
 
Ingredients
  • 1 piece Tandoori Naan bread
  • 1 tbsp mango chutney
  • ¼-1/2 cup leftover roast chicken, shredded or cut up
  • ⅓ cup grated pizza cheese or straight mozzarella
  • ¼ of a pepper (yellow, red, orange), sliced or diced
  • Handful of cilantro, torn
Instructions
  1. Spread your mango chutney all over your naan bread. If you need more use more but your calorie count goes up 40 calories per tbsp of mango chutney used.
  2. Next layer on your chicken and peppers. You can sprinkle on some cilantro and then add your cheese.
  3. Broil in oven for about 2-3 minutes or until cheese melted and bubbling. I bake mine on a pizza stone but a cookie sheet or pizza pan works just as well.
  4. Remove from oven, let sit for a few minutes before slicing. Since I love cilantro I add fresh on top. If you do not like cilantro, flat leaf parsley will work too.
  5. Hmmm…next time I may sprinkle on some spanish/purple onions.
  6. Simply delicious!