Garlic bread Pizza

1 loaf french bread sliced in half length wise
3 tbsp butter softened
3 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp ranch dressing powder mix
1 Cup mushrooms chopped
1 jar pizza sauce
4 cups shredded mozzarella

Additional toppings
Bell peppers
Spinach

Set oven to low broil. Spread melted butter on cut side of bread. Sprinkle with the garlic salt and ranch powder. Put under broiler until edges begin to brown. Remove from oven and top with pizza sauce and spread evenly. Add 1/2 of the cheese, trying to cover the whole surface so the edges wont burn while cooking. Top cheese with your favorite toppings. Cover with remaining cheese and place back in oven on low broil. When the cheese gets golden and bubbly you are ready. If your edges start to get too dark during the second broil, cover loosely with foil until the very end.

The reason I have you broil it the first time is so the bread gets extra crispy and it can withstand the sauce with out getting soggy during cooking. You might not believe it but the garlic powder kicks ass, who knew garlic bread would make excellent pizzas!

White Chicken Pizza

INGREDIENTS
1 prepared pizza crust
½ cup Alfredo sauce
olive oil
garlic powder
rosemary
1 cup cooked chicken, cut into 1 inch pieces
1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
½ cup roasted red bell peppers, chopped
¼ red onion, chopped

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Roll out pizza dough and place onto a pizza stone or baking sheet. Brush crust with olive oil, then lightly season with garlic powder and rosemary. Bake for 8 minutes or until the crust just begins to brown.
2. Remove the crust from the oven. Spread Alfredo sauce over the pizza. Top with half of the cheese, then chicken, bell peppers, onions then remaining half of cheese.
3. Return to the pizza to the oven and cook for 10 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted.

Low calorie Pita Pizza

1 whole wheat pita- halved (I prefer to find the smaller ones that look like the one in the picture and halve them all the way around as if you were turning them into two slices of bread)
1 small can tomato sauce
Mushrooms- diced small
Bell peppers- diced small (use a variety of colors if you like)
Olives- diced small
Turkey pepperoni-sliced small
Shredded mozzarella cheese (I go full fat on this since you use such a small amount getting the flavor is nice)
Pepper

Halve pitas and place in preheated 350 degree oven for about 1 minute to crisp up some. Add small amount of sauce and then pile with veggies and pepper, and top with about 1.5 Tbsp shredded cheese. Bake it until the cheese is melted and bubbly. Since pitas calories are measured by a whole pita breaking it in half makes it seem like a bigger meal while still consuming the same amount of calories, plus you can load up on double the veggies this way which is extra good when you are dieting. Veggies tend to be pretty low calorie so you can pretty much throw anything you like on top of this. Dicing it small allows the veggies to cook through in such a short cooking time. This will really taste fresh and yummy when you are on a diet and needing something familiar. Olives are slightly high calorie but you only need about two whole olives chopped for this so it ends up being a small amount!

Your pizzas will look similar to this only you will have two and they will be on pita halves!!! Mmmm tasty!