BLT Pizza -Bacon Lettuce and Tomato Pizza

I was having a dinner time dilemma.  I had two hungry/tired kids, one grumpy husband and I was rushing to get dinner on the table after coming home from piano lessons.  I had nothing really planned so I decided to just wing it and make this BLT Pizza.  It came together surprisingly fast and I know I had it done before I could order pizza.  What a fun dinner.  My son is not a fan of tomatoes (except in sauce form) so I was able to even accommodate him by just making him a bacon and lettuce pizza.  One dish, 4 happy people and only 1 baking tray and cutting board to really wash up.  Yes, now that's my kind of dinner.



 Ingredients:
1 bunch of romaine lettuce shredded
1 pint of grape tomatoes sliced
4oz Philadelphia Chive & Onion Cream Cheese (see note)
Pizza base (see note)
8-10 slices of bacon crumbled
Salt and Pepper to taste


Notes:  Chive flavored cream cheese is a key ingredient giving this pizza some extra pizazz.  If you cannot find this, you can try to make your own by mixing plain cream cheese with 1/2 tsp of onion powder and 2Tbs of minced fresh chives.  I also like the texture of the "whipped cream cheese because it spreads much easier.

Notes:  You can use any pita, naan, boboli style pizza crust or afghan bread for your pizza crust.  If you decide to use pizza dough, pre-bake your pizza crust before making this pizza. 

Directions:

You will need to first get your bacon cooked.  The easiest way to make bacon is to bake it in the oven.  You will get perfectly crispy bacon and you don't have to do anything but let it bake.  Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.  You will need a baking tray and some cooling racks placed on top of it or you can use your broiler pan that is slotted with a drip pan.  Lay your bacon across the cooling racks.  Place them in the oven for 15 minutes or until the bacon is fully cooked and ready to crumble.  The bacon will be crispy, perfectly straight and all the oil will have dripped to the lower tray.  I love this method. 


Yummy BACON!!




While your bacon is baking, you can also crisp up your pizza base.  I used this great Afghan bread that makes perfect pizza crust.  But any of your favorite pizza bases that are pre-baked and heated are perfectly fine.   Once the pizza base is heated (but not too hot) apply the chive and onion cream cheese all over the base. 
 


Next layer the shredded romaine lettuce, sliced grape tomatoes, salt and pepper and bacon.

 
Enjoy.

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