It's a Good Day to Eat Pizza!

Yesterday was Valentine's Day.  We played it pretty casual this year with some homemade pizza and some Die Hard 5!

The movie sure had it's share of car chases, fires, and Bruce Willis, which you might enjoy if you are into those things.  I thought the movie was pretty good, but I much better enjoyed the pizza.

We made our own since we can't seem to find a pizza store that makes gluten free & dairy free pizza.  And even if we did, I still think it is much cheaper to make my own.

Yesterday I tried Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Pizza Crust and am happy to report that it is pretty good.  I can be made with our without eggs.  The most important thing is that it was pretty good too!

At first I was concerned because it didn't rise.  It also didn't spread using water as instructed.  But with a small glass used as a rolling pin and some extra flour, it rolled out just fine.  It cooked great too.  I confess that I ate 2/3 of the pan...don't judge me!

For any recipe needing cheese, i use my go-to dairy free cheese, Daiya Cheese.  It melts really nicely and I don't notice the taste.  True Cheese lovers might not like it a lot, but if it's a choice between Daiya or Soya Cheese or nothing, I would choose Daiya any day.

You should be able to find both the crust mix and cheese at your local grocery store.  Both around $5.

Once you have your crust and cheese, the possibilities are endless!  My choice Pizza is BBQ Chicken Pizza.  But you could do Greek, Pepperoni, Greek, Meat Lovers, Vegetarian, Hawaiian, Buffalo Chicken... anything really!

I imagine most of you have made pizza before, but just in case you haven't below is how I make it.  I freeze the leftovers and can enjoy it for days to come.  Unless I eat most of it the first night!

Gluten Free & Dairy Free BBQ Chicken Pizza

*Can be made egg free too!

Ingredients:

• 1 package of Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix
• Gluten Free BBQ Sauce
• Chicken Pieces
• 2-3 slices of Bacon
• Red Peppers
• 1 Bag of Daiya Mozzarella Style Shreds

Instructions:

1. Prepare pizza crust as per instructions. 2/3 of the dough made one 9 x 13 pan with a bit leftover (perhaps to make cinnamon rolls with!)
2. While pizza crust is rising & cooking (about 30 minutes), marinate chicken pieces in BBQ sauce and cook in oven/fry in pan, depending on time.  When cooked, cut in small pieces and stir in with enough sauce to lightly coat the chicken.
3. Cut Bacon into small pieces and partially fry
4. In the following order, add to the pizza crust:

• A thin layer of BBQ Sauce mixed with 1-3 tbsp brown sugar.
• A thin layer of cheese
• Chicken, Bacon, & Peppers
• More Cheese

Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes.