Whole Wheat Chicken-Feta Pizza (From Scratch) with Spinach-Mushroom Salad

Don't turn your back on this whole wheat pizza because it didn't taste like cardboard, for sure. The crust is prepared from a mix of wheat flour and APF. Also, i have added few dried herbs to the flour to make the crust even more flavorful. These days everybody is trying to sneak in some healthy stuff into their favorite dishes and one such dish is my pizza. For topping, use the real cheese, but in moderation and skip the low-fat ones. This way, you will feel full and satisfied and also escape from cravings. My next pizza will be 'all WWF, no APF'. I guess so...

Ingredients:

2 cups Whole Wheat Flour

1 1/2 cups All purpose flour (Maida), divided

1 1/2 cups Warm Water

1 tbsp Active Dry Yeast

1/2tsp Italian Seasoning (optional)

1/2tsp Pizza Seasoning (optional)

1tbsp Olive oil, more for greasing 

1tsp Sugar

1tsp Salt

How to:

Dough:

• Dissolve the sugar and yeast in the warm water and let sit for 10 mins, until foamy.

• In a big bowl, mix together the whole wheat flour, 1 cup APF, seasonings and salt.

• Add the olive oil to the flour mixture and mix it well.

• Now pour the yeast mixture to the flour mixture and mix until dough starts to come together.

• Transfer the dough to a floured flat surface and start kneading by slowly adding the remaining 1/2 cup APF and prepare a smooth dough. Knead for 10 mins.

• Now transfer the kneaded dough to a clean oiled bowl, wrap it with a kitchen towel and place it inside the microwave oven. (Do not switch on the oven.)

• Let it rest for an hour, until doubled.

• Once doubled, gently knead the dough for a min getting the air out of the dough.
• Divide the dough into equal halves and let rest for another 45 mins in the same warm place.

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees and grease a cookie sheet/ baking pan.
• Transfer one dough ball onto the greased sheet/pan, gently press with your hands to make desired shape of equal thickness. (You can make 2 thin crust pizzas.)

Toppings:

Pizza Sauce (see the recipe here)

1/2 small Green Bell Pepper (thinly sliced)

1/2 small Red Onion (thinly sliced)

1/2 cup Shredded chicken (already cooked)

1/4 cup Crumbled Feta Cheese

2 Fresh Mozzarella balls (sliced and cubed)

Baking:

• Spread the sauce over the dough leaving 1/2 to 1 inch from the sides.

• Top it with pepper, onion, chicken the cheeses.

• Bake for 18 mins, until the crust is golden brown and the cheeses are all melted.

• Slice it up and devour. 

Spinach-Mushroom Salad:

Ingredients:

2 handfuls Fresh Baby Spinach

2 White Button Mushrooms (thinly sliced)

1/4 Red onion (thinly sliced)

1tbsp Crumbled Feta Cheese

1tbsp Olive Oil

1tbsp Red Wine Vinegar

1tsp low sodium Soy Sauce

1/4tsp Ground Black Pepper

How to:

• Toss together the spinach, mushroom, red onion and feta.

• In a small bowl, mix the olive oil, vinegar, soy sauce and black pepper.

• Pour the dressing over the spinach and mushroom and give it a gentle mix.

• Serve as a side with pizza.

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Thanks for tagging me to this 7 links game, Shobha. It was really fun to pick the post and reviewing my blog from both reader's and blogger's prospective.

Guest post at Nithu's Kitchen

Hi friends, find me today as a guest in Nithu's Kitchen. Thanking her for the opportunity to let everybody know more about me and my blog.

My featured recipe was Hot Peppery Mushroom Fry. I request you to check it and recommend to try it out sometime. Hope you will enjoy the post and the fry.

Mushroom Fried Rice

Ingredients:

3/4 cup Basmati Rice (cooked)

6oz Button mushrooms (thinly sliced)

1 Yellow onion (diced)

3/4 cup Green bell pepper (finely diced)

3/4 cup Carrot (finely chopped)

1 green Chilli (finely chopped)

3 Garlic pods (minced)

1tsp Ginger (minced)

2 Scallions (finely chopped)

1 1/2tsp Soya sauce

1tsp White Vinegar

1tbsp Chilli Garlic sauce

1 Egg (optional)

1/2tsp Cumin seeds

2 small Cloves

1 Cinnamon stick (1/2")

1tbsp Oil

Salt

How to:

• Heat oil in a skillet, add cumin seeds, cloves and cinnamon.

• Then add ginger and garlic and saute until raw smell disappears.

• Now add carrot and cook for 3-4 mins, stirring continuously.

• Add onions, scallions and green chilli and saute until tender.

• Add bell peppers and cook for another min.

• Add mushrooms along with little salt and cook in a medium flame until tender.

• Then add soya sauce, vinegar and chilli garlic sauce and mix well.

• Move the vegetables aside, carefully break an egg and scramble it.

• Now toss the cooked rice into the skillet, also add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.

• Reduce the flame and keep stirring until rice gets the heat.

• Switch off and garnish with the remaining scallions and chopped cilantro.

Serve with hot sauce and a curry.

Tandoori Mushroom Masala

Ingredients:

8oz Button Mushrooms (Quartered)

1 Yellow onions (diced)

3 small green chilli (chopped)

1 1/2tsp Garlic (minced)

1 1/2tsp Ginger (minced)

5-6 Curry leaves

1/4tsp Turmeric powder

2tsp Coriander Powder

1 1/2tsp Tandoori Chicken powder

1/2tsp Cumin seeds

2 Cloves

1 Cinnamon stick (1/2")

Salt

Oil

How to:

• Heat oil in a skillet, add cumin seeds, cloves and cinnamon stick.

• Add onions along with salt and saute until tender.

• Then add garlic, ginger and green chillies and saute until the raw smell disappears.

• Add turmeric powder and saute until onions turn slightly brown.

• Then add coriander powder and tandoori powder and cook for a min.

• Add the mushrooms, mix well and cook in a medium flame.

• As the mushrooms gets the heat, it releases water and let it cook until tender. 

• When the water is all evaporated, add the curry leaves, reduce the flame and cook until the mushrooms turn slightly brown.

Serve hot with steamed rice, chapathi, anything.