My least favorites are the BBQ Chicken Pizza and the Chicken Potstickers.

I had the pizza for the first time last night--the crust was a little doughy. I was really hungry and was surprised that the BBQ chicken pizza has to be cooked in an oven unlike the others which can be cooked in the microwave.

Now that I have tried both at least once (as prepared) anyone have an idea how to improve my eating pleasure of these 2 meals?

Thanks!

I make the BBQ Chicken Pizza in the oven on my pizza stone. I let it defrost for a couple of hours before I bake it. This way you can spread out the toppings more evenly. I added more chopped onions, some chopped mushrooms and some lowfat cheese (usually saved from my lunch on the preplanned menu) and bake it until its browned on top. One thing I found is to let the pizza sit for about 5 minutes after you remove it from the oven and before you cut it. This lets the crust set up and the cheese won't spill all over. Here is a link to my blog which has a picture of the finished pizza:

http://jennycraiggourmet.blogspot.com/2008...cken-pizza.html

I have another post I'm planning for the chicken potstickers. I usually purchase a bag of stir fry vegetables and start cooking those in some PAM in a saute pan. Again, I usually let the meal defrost before cooking it. Once the vegetables begin to get tender I add the meal and heat that through. I add about 1 tablespoon of ponzu sauce (lower calories and sodium than soy sauce), some rice wine vinegar and sriracha sauce to spice it up. I found this really mellowed the flavor of the tofu that I didn't enjoy the first time.

I hope you enjoy them both better the second time!

Hi!

Thanks for the ideas--I hadn't thought of defrosting first. I'm going to print out this response--when I saw your blog address it rang a bell! I looked at some of youer ideas last week. DOH!

I am dealing with a broken wrist this past few weeks so now that I am beginning to be able to do some food prep which doesn't rely on a lot of heavy lifting--I have recommitted to the JC plan.

Haven't been on plan since the middle of the summer--and now that I have been off work and wearing polos and sweatpants since I can't get dressed or DO anything with this wrist.....I felt it is time to get reacquainted with the program.

I've been feeling really sloppy.