Homemade Pizza Friday: Hawaiian Pizza

I doubled the dough recipe for this pizza because we had guests over, but I think I may regularly do it so that we have more leftovers as hubs and I battle over who gets the pizza leftovers on Saturday...this way we both can have them!

Ingredients:

Homemade pizza dough *recipe doubled* (.60)

1/2 can pineapple (1.00)

1/2 cup of cubed ham (.70)

1/2 can of tomato sauce (.26)

1 cup of moz. cheese (.94)

*Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Step 1: Roll out your dough and place it on your cooking sheet (I use a pizza stone and it is incredible!)
Step 2: Spread sauce, cheese and then pineapple and ham onto the pizza. Stick it in the oven for about 20 minutes. (eyeball it, if the cheese starts to get dark then it's done and you need to get that sucker out of there!)
Step 3: Pull the pizza out, let it cool a bit and cut it up.
You're ready to eat now!! Enjoy!
Total cost of meal: $3.50

Homemade Pizza Friday: BBQ Chicken Pizza

So, Friday rolls around and what does the family usually want for dinner? Pizza! Unfortunately, if we order pizza we would most definitely exceed the $5 meal limit. The solution? Homemade pizza Fridays! Every Friday I will feature a different kind of pizza that I make from the comfort of my very own kitchen...for $5 or less.

Ingredients:

1 Chicken Breast (1.61)

Homemade Pizza Dough (.30)

1 Cup BBQ Sauce (.36)

1/2 Red Onion (.16)

1 Cup Mozzarella Cheese (.60)

Step 1:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cube your chicken and add 1/2 cup of BBQ sauce. Stick it in the fridge and let it marinade for about 30 minutes.

Step 2:

While your chicken is marinading, take your pizza dough and roll it out onto your pizza stone.

Step 3:

Take the chicken out and cook it on the stove.
Step 4:

Throw your onions into a frying pan and sautee them until they are an opaque color. When they hit that color, throw the chicken in with it to mix the flavors for about 2 minutes.
Step 5:

Pour 1/2 cup of BBQ sauce onto the pizza and spread it out--this will serve as your pizza sauce.

Step 6: Add the chicken and onions.
Step 7:

Pour a cup of cheese on top of the chicken/onion mixture.
Step 8:

Put it in your pre-heated oven and let it cook for 15-17 minutes and then pull it out.
You're ready to serve!

Total cost of meal: $3.03

Homemade Pizza Dough

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of water

1 tablespoon of vegetable oil

1 1/2 cups of bread flour

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1/4 teaspoon of sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons of bread machine yeast

Mix ingredients in order according to what is recommended by the manufacturer of your bread machine (for example, mine has me mix the wet ingredients, then the dry and add the yeast last).
Set your machine to the dough cycle (note that it does take about an hour and a half so plan accordingly) and you're done!

Total cost for a ball of homemade pizza dough: .30