Back when I was in college I tried shrimp pizza for the first time. All I remember about that pizza was that it was a traditional red sauce pizza with shrimp and that I liked it. It was also the last time that I ate pizza with shrimp on it; until now.

That pizza has always been in the back of mind, knowing that someday I would have to try my hand at making a shrimp pizza. Well I am happy to say that I finally got around to making one.

I decided to change out the red sauce for a garlic white sauce; I have been playing around with a garlic white sauce for different dishes and thought it would be a yummy way to go with this pizza.

Garlic, Parmesan cheese, shrimp, and a lot of mozzarella turns out to be one delicious pizza. There is no doubt that I love pizza with a red sauce too, but I love this garlic sauce for something different. I have made chicken pizza with a sauce similar to this one and it is oh so good too.

What is your favorite sauce on a pizza? For that matter what is your favorite toppings… have you tried shrimp on pizza yet? If not give it a try… you won’t be sorry that you did.

Garlic Sauce Shrimp Pizza
Ingredients:
1 large pizza crust homemade or buy at the store (I made about a 16-inch pizza)
Garlic sauce-
2 tablespoons butter
3 to 5 cloves of garlic minced
1/4 cup onion finely chopped
2 tablespoons flour
1 1/2 cup milk
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
Pizza topping-
1 pound raw medium to small shrimp
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
4 cups mozzarella cheese
Directions:
Garlic Sauce-
1. Melt butter in a skillet add the garlic and the onion. Saute for a couple of minutes and stir in the flour. After adding the flour stir continuously until the flour is mix in well with the butter and it has become thick.
2. Add the milk to the butter and flour mix until well blended. Add the Italian seasoning and blended. Continue to cook over medium high heat until the mixture is quite thick.
3. Add the Parmesan cheese and mix until well blended.
Assembling the pizza-
1. Spread garlic sauce over the top of your pizza making sure you get to the edges.
2. Top with the cleaned shrimp.
3. Sprinkle the red pepper flakes over top of the shrimp. I used 1/4 teaspoon of the red pepper flakes, but you can use more or less according to your taste.
4. Top with mozzarella cheese.
5. Bake in a preheat 400 degree F oven for 18 to 20 minutes or until cheese is browned and crusted has turned a golden brown.
6. Serve.

Mexican Pizza… great for a quick meal

Saturdays are always a busy day in our house. I work all week, so Saturday is the day that we do our grocery shopping (Mike and I always do the grocery shopping together, I actually look forward to having him along), clean the house, usually go to church, and visit a person that is from our church that is now home bound. After all this most Saturday nights we find ourselves picking up something fast from one of the local restaurants to bring home to eat.

But this last Saturday while waiting in line at the grocery store, I picked up a food magazine that you find at the end of the check-out line and as I looked through it I found a recipe for a Mexican pizza. I knew after seeing the picture that this would be dinner for the evening.

This is a great pizza for a busy night, such as during the week or if you have to make something quick on the weekends. This is great for a family with kids; they can help and throw the things that they like on their pizzas.

We used tortilla shells for the crust, which were fried a bit to crisp them up before adding the topping. Instead of a red sauce we used refried beans on top of that we added chicken that was seasoned with taco seasoning. I add onions, tomatoes, green chilis, and cheddar cheese, but you can decide what you would like to add to your pizza. Then it is placed under the broiler just until the cheese is melted.

This one is going to be on the menu again, probably on another busy Saturday night. We loved it!

Mexican Pizza (I am not sure what magazine this came from)
Ingredients:
Flour tortilla shells
15 ounce can refried beans
1/2 to 1 pound of chicken season with taco seasoning (I cooked this before adding it to the pizza)
Cheddar Cheese
Other pizza toppings, such as chilis, chopped tomatoes, onions…
After it is taken out of the oven you can add salsa, Verde sauce…
Directions:
1. Prepare the chicken by cutting into small chunks, season it with taco seasoning and cook until done, set aside.
2. In a skillet add enough oil just to coat the bottom, add one tortilla shell and heat until just light crisp. You will need to turn it a few times and watch it so not to over crisp.
3. Remove the tortilla from skillet and spread with refried beans to just about the edge. Top with chicken, along with other toppings, and add the cheddar cheese last.
4. Place the pizza on a baking sheet and place under the preheated broiler. Watch carefully so pizza does not burn.
5. Add salsa or whatever toppings you would like to add.

My family loves eating pizza; especially the homemade stuff. There aren’t too many weeks that go by that we don’t have pizza for at least one of our meals for the week.