MARINATED CHICKEN AND VEGGIE PIZZA

Although we eat vegetarian most days, we like to have chicken or fish a couple of times a week.  This is our favorite pizza recipe.  It's delicious even without cheese!  The original recipe has always been one of our family favorites and called for fewer veggies and cooked roast beef instead of chicken.  When we changed our eating habits, I decided to tweak the recipe a bit and it turned out great!

1/3 cup olive oil

1/4 cup red wine vinegar

3-4 large garlic cloves, minced

3/4 teaspoon salt (opt.)

1/4-1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast

1 large onion, sliced

3-4 cups julienned  red, yellow, and/or green peppers

2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms

1 recipe pizza dough (preferably whole grain--see below)

In a large zipper bag, combine the first five ingredients for marinade.  Add chicken and veggies.  Seal bag and toss to coat.  Chill for 2 hours or more.  Spread dough on a large oiled pizza pan.  (Mine is a 15 1/2 inch pan.)  Drain marinade and arrange chicken and veggie mixture over crust.  Bake at 375 degrees about 40 minutes.  Makes one large pizza.

WHOLE WHEAT PIZZA CRUST (Bread Machine)

1 cup warm water

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 teaspoon agave or honey

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

2 cups whole wheat flour

1 1/2 tablespoons gluten

2 1/4 teaspoons yeast

Place ingredients in bread machine pan in order given and process on dough setting.  Makes enough for one large pizza.