Chicken Philly Pizza on Whole Wheat Crust

I am a huge fan of bell peppers and onions. We probably cook with them at least 5 or 6 days a week. I am also a huge fan of pizza. We don't ever order it anymore because I have found that homemade is just so much tastier and healthier. This is my version of a chicken philly sandwich, except on a pizza instead of a sub sandwich. Pizza is great because the choices of toppings are endless and you can sort of become an artist and create exactly the pizza you like. This is one of my favorite kinds of pizza.

For the pizza dough, you can make the recipe I will provide or you can use your favorite pizza dough. I know they have some pretty decent whole wheat dough's at the store these days. Try to use whole wheat though for the whole grains. This is what will make pizza a healtheir choice for supper.

Chicken Philly Pizza on Whole Wheat Crust

For the Pizza Dough: Enough for 2 very large thin crust pizzas
(You will need a breadmaker for this recipe)

1 tablespoon honey
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 tablespoon active dry yeast
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon italian seasoning
3 1/4 cups white whole wheat flour

-Bake bread according to your breadmaker instructions.
-For our breadmaker, you add the liquid ingredients first, then the dry ingredients, and the yeast goes last. You make a little hole at the top of the ingredients and pour the yeast in that.
-My breadmaker takes about 1 1/2 hrs to make the pizza dough.
-When the dough is done, you will divide the dough into 2 equal portions.
-Using a silicone dough mat or another nonstick surface, place some cornmeal on the surface and roll out your dough with a rolling pin. You can make it as thin or thick as you prefer.

*tip:
You can freeze pizza dough. I usually make a large batch of dough and then freeze several smaller portions in separate bags in the freezer for later use.

Pizza:

Ingredients:
8 oz fat free or reduced fat cream cheese
1 pound/16 oz grilled chicken breast strips (you can buy these already cooked from the store or cook up some fresh chicken strips)
1 cup diced green bell pepper
1 cup diced red onion
1/2 cup diced mushrooms - optional
1 bag/2 cups shredded low fat mozzarella or provolone cheese

Directions:
-Preheat oven to 500 degrees
-Place rolled out pizza dough onto a pizza stone or a nonstick baking sheet (make sure to coat your baking sheet with some nonstick cooking spray and cornmeal for easy removal once pizza is done)
-Bake pizza crust for 5 minutes without any toppings on it
-Remove pizza crust from the oven
-Spread cream cheese on pizza crust. You can slather it on there or use just enough to cover the crust with a thin coat of cream cheese.
-Top pizza with chicken, bell pepper, onion, mushrooms, and then top with cheese.
-Bake an additional 10-15 minutes.
-Crust will be light brown and cheese will be melted.

A side salad or some fresh fruit would compliment this pizza.

Enjoy! :)