Convenience Chicken?

I decided to make a BBQ pulled chicken sandwich for dinner tonight!

I bought one of those rotisserie chickens from the market the other day figuring that I could pull the meat and use it for dinner the next few days.  So I portioned it into four servings and froze the others.  I mixed in some spicey chipotle BBQ sauce with my favorite milder smokey BBQ sauce and some mayo to cut the heat down.  Because the chicken had been cold when I pulled it, I popped the mixture in the microwave to heat it up and then mixed it all together.  I got a wonderful farmer’s loaf from Whole Foods the other day so went with an open-faced sandwich and topped it with some shredded mozzerella before putting it in the toaster oven.  Very tasty!

The only thing I’m questioning at this point is why I bought a pre-cooked chicken?!?… it didn’t really save much time since it took forever to pull… but that could be partly due to my germophobia and need to get every bloody, veiny, fatty bit out.  Still, it was overcooked, greasy, and lacked flavor.  I don’t think I’ll do it again.

-Kate

Spoonbread Pizza

I’m not sure what possessed me, but tonight I decided to try and make a polenta pizza dough.  Now bear in mind that since I was doing Nutrisystem its been a while since I’ve thoroughly reviewed my fridge and tonight found it quite lacking.  Several things I intended to put on the pizza had to be scrapped if their expiration date was any warning of their viability… I’m not sure what the greenage that ended up on the pizza was because it came in my Fresh Picks grab-bag and I had thought it was spinach until I saw the little spidery pinkish stalks it clung to.

I underestimated the stubbornness of the polenta.  To make the “crust” I ended up breaking it down and heating it in a pot with water, olive oil, milk, margarine, salt, pepper, garlic powder and other seasonings.  When it became mushy I added in some asiago cheese and some flour.  I then realized that this would never be a dough since I hadn’t added any eggs or anything that would hold it together.  So I decided to make it a “spoonbread” pizza!  I spooned the resultant mixture into a greased pan and covered it with asiago and browned the cheese in the oven.  I figured that every pizza needs a hard crust of some kind, so this one would be cheese!  When this came out it looked insanely delicious.  I kind of wish I had just stopped here…

Cheesy Spoonbread

After that cooled I added BBQ sauce, the freaky greens greens, and mozzerella.  Now I know y’all are thinking this isn’t very healthy.  I should have added some sort of chicken or turkey or something!  In fact, tomatoes or artichokes on this pizza would be amaaazing… but alas, my cupboards are bare *sniffle*

Finished Product!

If I did this recipe again, I would like to get a better brown crust on both sides of the polenta.