Mediterranean Fare

When I browse cookbooks, food magazines or allrecipes.com, one of the things I look for are simple recipes that require less time to prepare and cook than a typical weekday meal. My plan for meals includes a couple of simpler meals over the weekend.

Depending on when Matt is home, it may be Saturday lunch; depending on evening plans/date nights, it may be Friday or Saturday night; but always on Sunday nights I plan one of these simpler meals. At this point, I limit myself to 2 meals per week of the simpler kind. 

It may be grilling hamburgers or brats with a side of fries, making grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup, making deli sandwiches with chips or something else along those lines. Recently I found this recipe and thought I'd add it to the mix: 

Grilled Chicken Flatbread Pizza

TIME: Prep: 20 min. Cook: 12 min.

Ingredients:

• 1 pound frozen pizza dough, thawed
• 1 (10 ounce) tub PHILADELPHIA Reduced Fat Savory Garlic Cooking Creme
• 1 (6 ounce) boneless skinless chicken breast, grilled, sliced
• 1/2 cup roasted red pepper strips
• 1 cup sliced drained canned artichoke hearts
• 1 cup KRAFT Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
• 2 tablespoons KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese
• 2 tablespoons sliced fresh basil (Substitute 2 teaspoons dried basil)
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Heat oven to 425 degrees F.

Pat pizza dough into 16x12-inch rectangle on lightly floured baking sheet. Bake 10 min.

Spread crust with cooking creme; top with chicken, peppers, artichokes, basil, salt, pepper and cheeses.

Bake 10 to 12 min. or until mozzarella is melted and crust is golden brown. Top with basil. Yield: 8 servings. 

Even though artichokes are not a favorite of Matt's, he liked this. If you like Mediterranean fare, you should try it.