Food, Recipes

Quick & Easy: Crab Rangoon Pizza

Ingredients

Crab Rangoon “Sauce”

  • 8 oz Cream Cheese Softened
  • 2 cans Crabmeats (~6 oz each) Well drained or 2 packages {8 oz each} of flake-style imitation crab.
  • 4 Green Onions Finely Chopped
  • 2 Garlic Cloves Pressed
  • 1 teaspoon Worchestershire Sauce
  • ¼-1/4 teaspoon Sesame Oil
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Assembly

  • Pizza Crust(s) of your choice
  • Thinly Sliced Green Onions
  • Grated Cheese We like a mix of Mozzarella, Provolone, and Parmesan for this
  • Sweet Chili Sauce

Instructions

1. Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add in crab meat, green onion, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, and sesame oil, stir well to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste, set aside.

2. Following the baking directions for your pizza crust, assemble the pizza. (Some crusts/crust recipes want you to bake it for a bit before putting toppings on, some don’t. Do whatever is supposed to work for the crust you’re using.)

3. Spread crust(s) with sauce.– Sprinkle generously with sliced green onions, and top with grated cheese.

4. Bake as directed. Remove from oven, drizzle with sweet chili sauce, and serve immediately.

Budget, Food, Recipes

Quick & Easy: Chicken Bruschetta Pizza

Ingredients

1/2 cup sliced green onions

2 medium (2 cups) tomatoes, seeded, coarsely chopped

2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh garlic

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 (8-inch) mini pre-baked pizza crusts  or   1 large pre-baked pizza crust.

2 tablespoons  Butter, melted

1 cup coarsely chopped cooked chicken

1 cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

1/4 cup chopped fresh basil

How to make

  1. STEP 1

    Heat oven to 450 °F.

  2. STEP 2

    Combine green onions, tomatoes, garlic and salt in bowl; set aside.

  3. STEP 3

    Place pizza crusts onto a large, ungreased baking sheet. Brush each crust top with 1 tablespoon melted butter. Bake 3 minutes; remove from oven. Divide chicken and mozzarella cheese evenly among crusts. Top each with half of tomato mixture. Bake 7-9 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

  4. STEP 4

    Immediately sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and basil. Cut into wedges.

Food, Recipes

Quick & Easy: Pizza Soup

Ingredients

  • 1 bag of egg noodles
  • 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) diced tomatoes
  • 1 larage can of hunts tradnional spaghetti sauce
  • 2-1/2 cups water
  • 1 package (3-1/2 ounces) sliced pepperoni, quartered
  • 1 medium sweet red pepper, chopped
  • 1 medium green pepper, chopped
  • 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

  1. In a Dutch oven, bring the egg noodles, tomatoes, spaghetti sauce and water to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the pepperoni, red and green peppers, mushrooms, garlic, sage, basil, oregano, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
  2. Ladle into ovenproof bowls. sprinkle with cheese. Broil 4 in. from the heat until cheese is melted and bubbly.