Chicken & Apple BBQ Flatbread

I've got a new twist on my "go-to" make your own pizza for you today!  The original Make Your Own Pizza is awesome and definitely a staple in our household.  But sometimes, I want something different so I tried this Chicken & Apple BBQ combo and it was deeelish!

Here is the recipe:

Chicken & Apple BBQ Flatbread

Ingredients:

1 Flatout Flatbread (I used Multi-Grain with Flax.)

2 tablespoons (or more) BBQ sauce (I like Sweet Baby Ray's Original.)
1 cooked chicken breast, chopped or thinly sliced
1/4 of an apple, thinly sliced (I like Gala apples the best.)
1/4 cup reduced fat cheddar cheese, shredded
Ranch dressing for drizzle

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Spray a baking sheet with non-stick spray.  Bake just the Flatout for 10 minutes or until crisp.  Take it out and flip it over.  Spread the BBQ sauce on the flatbread.  Next, layer the chicken, apple slices, and top with the shredded cheddar cheese.  I like to put the cheese on last to seal it all together!  Put it back in the oven and bake until cheese is melted, about 10 more minutes.  Serves 1.

I originally tried it with a honey mustard drizzle but it was too tangy with the bite of the barbecue sauce.  So the second time around, I used a ranch drizzle with a much better outcome.  The creaminess of the ranch balanced out the bite of the barbecue sauce for a tasty combination!  If you want a more melted cheese, use regular cheese not a reduced fat version.

Enjoy!

If you like this, you might also like my Ham & Pineapple BBQ Flatbread!

Ham & Pineapple BBQ Flatbread

My husband has been traveling quite a bit lately so I'm cooking for one again.  When I used to have a night alone (before baby), I'd search out a new recipe online and look forward to strolling leisurely through the grocery store finding the ingredients with the anticipation of  what was to come.  At home, I'd pour myself a glass of wine and spend the evening getting lost in the dish I was making.  Now, I look forward to baby in bed at 8:00pm, a quick dinner, a glass of red wine, and the couch with a good book or with my laptop and good show!

For a quick dinner, I love this "go-to" Make Your Own Pizza.  However, one night I decided to spice it up a little with some ingredients I already had on hand.  Check out this delicious new twist on an old staple!

Ham & Pineapple BBQ Flatbread

Ingredients:

1 Flatout Flatbread (I used Multi-Grain with Flax.)

1/4 cup BBQ sauce (I like Sweet Baby Ray's Original.)
1 tablespoon honey
1/4 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
2 tablespoons pineapple, crushed
2 slices deli ham, rolled separately and sliced (I like Boar's Head.)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Spray a baking sheet with non-stick spray.  Bake just the Flatout for 10 minutes or until crisp.  Take it out and flip it over.  Mix the BBQ sauce and honey together.  Top the flatbread with the honey BBQ sauce.  Next, add the shredded mozzarella cheese, ham, and pineapple.  Put it back in the oven and bake until cheese is melted, about 10 more minutes.  Serves 1.

The sweet tangy honey BBQ sauce is the perfect match for the savory ham and juicy pineapple.

Enjoy!

Slow Cooker Bacon-Wrapped Pear bbq Pork

The Slow Cooker Bacon-Wrapped Apple BBQ Chicken was so good that it got me thinking of how a similar preparation would be with pork.  So, I swapped out a few ingredients and changed up the sauce to create this mouth-watering, juicy pork dinner!

The pork had a delicious BBQ flavor and was fork tender!  No knife needed here.  The pears gave it just the right amount of sweetness and the BBQ Dijon mustard malt vinegar sauce was the perfect tangy match.  Here is the recipe!

Slow Cooker Bacon-Wrapped Pear BBQ Pork

Ingredients:

4 pears - peeled, cored, chopped

4 boneless pork chops

8 slices of bacon

1 cup BBQ sauce (I like Sweet Baby Rays Original.)

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1 tablespoon malt vinegar

Directions:

Spray the inside of your slow cooker with non-stick spray.  In a medium-sized bowl, mix the BBQ sauce, brown sugar, Dijon mustard, and malt vinegar.  Add the chopped pears and stir.  Set aside.  Wrap each pork chop with two pieces of bacon.  Lay the wrapped pork chops in a single layer in the bottom of the slow cooker.  Pour the BBQ mixture over the pork chops making sure to cover completely.  Cook on high for 6 hours.  My crock pot setting is "6 hours on high" (not low) but I turned it to "warm" after 5 1/2 hours and the pork came out perfect.  I served it with a side of mashed potatoes and steamed sweet corn.

Enjoy!

Braving My Slow Cooker

I have to admit I have always been scared of my crock pot...until now!

Don't get me wrong.  I've used my slow cooker on occasion...to keep my meatballs or chili warm during football parties!  But, I had never ever made a meal in it.  I don't know why because everyone makes it look and sound so easy.  For some reason, I just had an aversion to it, which I knew I needed to break asap!  So, where did I start?  Pinterest, of course, where I found some delicious and easy crock pot meals!

My first crock pot meal was actually this Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken from Semi Homemade Mom but I forgot to snap some photos of it before my family devoured it.  With one slow cooker meal under my belt, I decided to try this Slow Cooker Bacon-Wrapped Apple BBQ Chicken and it was awesome!  I've actually made it twice in less than a week.  It is that good!

This is how mine turned out but I'll let you visit the link above for the recipe since it's not one of my originals and I didn't alter it.  I even used Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce and Gala apples (my fav!) like she suggested.  I like to give credit where credit is due when I can.  So thank you, Nikki at Chef in Training, for this awesome recipe.  Can't wait to try some of your other slow cooker favorites!

Hope you all enjoy this family-friendly crock pot favorite!

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