BBQ Chicken Pita Pizza

I had forgotten how much I love these, and how easy they are!

I haven't made them for a while!

4-5 Pitas

2 cups shredded, cooked chicken

BBQ sauce (I prefer Sweet Baby Ray's brand)

8 oz. shredded Monterey Jack cheese

1 zucchini, thinly sliced

1 small red onion, thinly sliced

A few fresh basil leaves, washed and cut into shreds

Preheat oven to 400º.

Combine the chicken and a little BBQ sauce. Leaving a 1/2 inch border, spread each pita with a small amount of BBQ sauce. Sprinkle with cheese, zucchini, onion, and basil. Season generously with salt and pepper and spoon chicken onto pita. Bake on a baking sheet until golden and cheese is melted, 5-10 minutes. Serve immediately.

I used some of my friend Courtney's canned chicken and it was perfect! I prefer Sweet Baby Ray's brand of BBQ sauce, it's my favorite! Just the right amount of "tang". And, I like my veggies as thinly sliced as I can get them because they get a little bit crispy in the oven!

Monkey Bread

This bread is super yummy and is also great because it feeds a large crowd. I think it is a lot easier than making a bunch of homemade rolls.

2 c. warm water
1/2 c. sugar
2 tsp. salt
1 tbs. yeast
2 eggs (beaten)
5 1/2-6 c. flour
4 tbs. vegetable oil
1 cube butter

Combine warm water, sugar, salt and yeast. Let stand for a few minutes. Add beaten eggs and 3 cups flour. Stir, do not beat. Add oil and rest of flour, dough will be sticky. Cover and let rise until double in size. Knead and roll on a flour surface. Cut out circles with the mouth of a cup. Melt butter, put half in bundt pan. Line up circles around bundt pan until all dough is used. Pour rest of butter over top. Let rise again about 20 minutes. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Turn bundt pan upside down on plate. Bread will just pull apart for you to enjoy.

hawaiian banana bread

i totally made 4 mini loaves and gave them to some friends to thank them for helping me out babysitting my kids. {p.s. i just bought the cheap throw-away mini loaf pans and wash them} my mom got this recipe from a gal in her ward who is from hawaii...this is the real thing! {and super easy...yes, A, you could make this! i made it while holding super baby in one arm the whole time}

ingredients:
*3 ripe bananas, smashed
*1/3 C melted butter
*2-3 Tbs milk
*1 C sugar
*1 egg, beaten
*1 tsp vanilla
*1 tsp baking soda
*pinch of salt
*1 & 1/2 C flour
*2 handfuls coconut flakes
*2 handfuls of macadamia nuts
*2 handfuls milk chocolate chips

instructions:
*no need for a mixer for this recipe
*preheat oven to 350 degrees
*mix butter into the mashed bananas in large mixing bowl
*mix in milk
*mix in sugar, egg, and vanilla
*sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. add the flour last, mix.
*pour mixture into 1 buttered 4/8 loaf pan or 4 mini loaf pans.
*add the coconut, macadamia nuts, & chocolate chips to the top and "fork-whirl" it around
*for large loaf, bake 1 hour & 15 min - 1 hour & 30 min
*for mini loafs, bake 30 min -50 min
*the bread should slightly crack at the top, and coconut will be dark brown...make sure you can stick a toothpick in and pull it out with nothing on it.
*cool for 15-20 min
*remove from pan and drizzle icing on top

icing:
*1/2 C - 3/4 C powdered sugar
*3-4 cap fulls of milk
*mix two together until the consistency is bright white and runs slowly off the spoon. add more powdered sugar or milk to reach desired consistency. Make sure it's not too runny b/c it won't stick to the bread.