Aloha Pizza!

Aloha!

I'm just in a little Polynesian/Hawaiian mood!

It's not exactly hot today, but the air feels a little "still".

You know how sometimes you want to cook, but you don't want to cook? You want good food, but you are just feeling a bit lazy?

How about a casual pizza with some chicken, fresh pineapple (since the prices are quite reasonable) and maybe some green pepper for color? And a magic ingredient...barbecue sauce. Aren't you a little intrigued?

If you are a make-your-own-pizza-dough type person...my hat's off to you! I'm not homemade all the time. Pillsbury can be your friend when you want a little homemade, a little convenience.

Aloha Pizza

1 green bell pepper, diced - you could skip this or substitute something else. I just put it in for color
2 pkgs refrigerated pizza crust
1 T olive oil
1 garlic clove, pressed
1/2 C BBQ Sauce
2 C shredded mozzarella cheese
2 C diced cooked chicken (2 average sized boneless skinless breasts)
1 med. pineapple

Preheat oven to 400. Roll out both packages of pizza crust on a large cookie-sheet sized pan. Stoneware will yield better results than metal.

Combine fresh garlic and oil and brush over pizza crust evenly. Then spread half of the BBQ sauce on top of that, using the back of a spoon or a scraper. Sprinkle chicken and cheese over crust. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until crust is golden.

Meanwhite, peel, core and slice fresh pineapple. If you have a pineapple wedger, that's an ideal tool for this job. Dice pineapple and bell pepper. Mix pineapple and bell pepper in a bowl. Spoon evenly over pizza, draining extra liquid against the side of the bowl - this keeps your pizza from getting too soggy.

Then drizzle the remaining BBQ sauce over the whole thing.

Cut into squares and serve!

Enjoy!