Chick Pizzas

          So we had pizza night. Lance always decides what goes on the pizzas! Not lastnight, I made chick pizzas! If there is such a thing? Were always stuck with Lances 20 ingredient pizzas. His puts so much meat on it we have mini heart attacks after dinner. Well let me share the perfect "chick Pizzas" that even your hubby will love.

The first one was a simple feta and spinach, Make some pizza dough and roll it out. Top it with some tomato sauce (not too much) add thinly sliced Swiss cheese, yes i said Swiss, believe me! Then add a handful of fresh baby spinach leaves, top with 5 oz of crumbled feta. Place the pizza in the middle of the oven and bake at 450 for 20-30 minutes.

 The second Pizza:

Make a pizza dough and roll it out, top with tomato sauce (again not to much), shredded mozzarella cheese, precooked Italian sausage, small handfuls of each spinach and basil, sliced mushrooms (like 2), and handful of grape tomatoes. These are the ones from Costco. Its a mixed medley, so yummy :)

Again bake at 450 for 20-35 minutes.

Pizza is so easy to make at home, there's no excuse! Make sure you don't pile your ingredients to high. We learned this the hard way. We added so much veggies and meat that it took an hour to cook. Less is more people! Although Lance still makes his pizzas this way. Hes a dork!

BBQ Dry Rub

So my husband thinks hes the BBQ master. Hes always trying out new BBQ sauces, he will throw everything but the kitchen sink into his recipe. I on the other hand don't know the first thing about BBqing, so when he said he was coming home late, I thought maybe I could marinate some pork spareribs so they would be ready for him to cook when he got home. I couldn't find any BBq sauce so I tried my hand at a dry rub. It came out great, surprisingly the husband loved it too!The sugar make a sweet crust on top and the hot sauce adds a kick. If you don't want the hot sauce then add 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes to the mix. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

2/3 cups brown sugar

1 Tablespoon smoked paprika

1 Tablespoon cayenne pepper

2 Teaspoons garlic powder

1 Tablespoon salt

1 Teaspoon dry mustard

Sriracha hot sauce (optional) Add to taste.

Directions:

Mix all except hot sauce in a bowl and rub on to ribs. I added a couple tablespoons of hot sauce just on the top. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2-4 hours.

Sausage, Beans and Rice

Ingredients

Cooked brown rice

2-3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1 pkg (14 oz) smoked sausage

1 can red beans

Creole Seasoning or Cajun spice

Directions

Thinly slice the sausage and drain the juice from the beans.

Add 2-3 tbsp olive oil to to a large skillet and heat over medium heat.

Add the sausage and a healthy amount of creole seasoning . Stir occasionally for about 7 mins until the sausage is done.

Add the red beans and stir until warmed through.(Don't over cook or the beans will be mushy.)

Serve over rice.

You can add more seasonings late if you want. Don't add salt without tasting it because the Carole is salty enough.