Grilled BBQ Chicken Pizza and a Let's Celebrate Summer Giveaway

***Giveaway is now closed. Good luck to all who entered***

First of all, I am so excited to announce that I've been chosen by Mom Central Canada and General Mills Canada, as the latest Canadian blogger, to be part of their Life Made Delicious Connector program.

This means that I will be able to try some great General Mills products, share in some great discussions on cooking, meal planning and just about everything related to food. Of course that also means that I will have many opportunities to share wonderful and easy recipes with all of you! Make sure you take the time to visit!

What a better way to celebrate my special news with you all, then to host a giveaway! The wonderful and generous people at Life Made Delicious - General Mills Canada have provided a special treat for you.

One lucky winner will be receiving

• Barbecue Utensil Set
• Paper Plates
• Colourful Napkins
• General Mills goodies from:

                     -Old El Paso
                     -Cheerios (including Chocolate Cheerios!)
                     -Fibre 1
                     -Betty Crocker
                     -Nature Valley

The “Celebrate Summer Giveaway” pack is valued at approximately $100 and is open to Canadian residents only.  This giveaway will run until midnight July 7th 2011. I will then choose a winner at random, on Friday morning, July 8th, 2011.

To enter all you have to do is share their favourite Summer recipe from Lifemadedelicious.ca . Easy isn't it!! Please include your email address, in [dot] com form, so I can contact you if you win. For an additional entry, simply

Like Life Made Delcious on Facebook and leave me a seperate message as well.

 “Disclosure: I am part of the Life Made Delicious Blogger program and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.”

Speaking of easy recipes, this one is great! I know that with the warmer weather finally making an appearance, the last thing I want to do, is fire up the oven. But even in the summer, I like to enjoy some oven baked meals. So, I was super excited when I found this recipe for Grilled BBQ pizza and many other yummy BBQ recipes over on the Life Made Delicious site.

This one couldn't be easier and the results are so sensational. There is just something about BBQ sauce on pizza, that really appeals to me. I'm not sure if it's the sweet and savory, together, but I sure do love it. The crust was crispy and the topping were a mix of sweet and salty. My nephew really enjoyed this one, since we LOVE BBQ sauce and pizza. You could even use this method to make any version of pizza you prefer. But I highly recommend trying this version first!

Grilled Barbecue Chicken Pizza
LifeMadeDelicious.ca

Ingredients:

1 pkg (283 g) Pillsbury* Italian Pizza Crust
1/4 cup (50 mL) barbecue sauce
3/4 cup (175 mL) chopped cooked chicken
1 tbsp (15 mL) chopped red onion
1 cup (250 mL) shredded mozzarella cheese
6 grape tomatoes, thinly sliced

Method:

Heat coals or gas grill on medium high for indirect heat. If using charcoal grill, arrange coals around edge of firebox.
Spray a 12-inch (30 cm) pizza pan with non-stick cooking spray. Unroll dough; place in pizza pan; starting at center, press dough out, forming a 1/2-inch (1 cm) rim. Grill pizza base over center of charcoal grill or over unheated side of gas grill. Cover and grill 10-12 minutes or until crust is firm. Rotate pizza occasionally.

Remove pizza from grill. Spread with barbecue sauce. Top with chicken, onion, cheese and tomatoes.

Return to grill; grill over unheated side of grill 8-12 minutes. Rotate pizza occasionally. For a crisp, brown crust, place pizza pan over direct heat for 30 seconds or longer. Gently lift corner of pizza from pan to test for crisping and browning.
Cut into wedges.

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