Cooking with a kitchen - how novel!

The kitchen isn't fully finished (don't get me started), but as of yesterday, it's fully functioning (dishwasher, disposal, oven/stove, microwave, fridge).  We're waiting on a piece of countertop that will go in the bay window area, as well as the backsplash to come in so it can be installed.  The final piece will be the hood. 

In the meantime, I am THOROUGHLY enjoying having a kitchen again and holy cow did I find success with a new recipe last night!  I had to share this easy-peasy, super healthy and crazy tasty pizza recipe (adapted from Fitness magazine)...

Southwestern Pizza

Ingredients
Nonstick cooking spray
1 whole wheat pizza crust (used the Pillsbury Artisan in the tube)
1 cup (or as much as it takes to cover the pizza like sauce) prepared tomato salsa (I used a store brand mild plain salsa)
1 1/4 cups (or a few handfuls) shredded reduced-fat 2 percent mozzarella
1/2 cup (or small handful) of shredded parmesan
1 1/3 cups (or as much as you'd like to cover your pizza) canned black beans, drained
1 small sweet red pepper, seeded and thinly sliced
3 small chicken breast tenders (salt, pepper, garlic powder, chili power, and cumin)
1/2 cup red onion
1/2 an avocado in chunks (optional - I'm OBSESSED with avocado and put it as a garnish on basically everything)

Directions
1. Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Coat a round pizza pan (or baking sheet) with cooking spray. Place crust on sheet and bake for 7 minutes by itself.
2. While the crust is doing its initial bake, cook the chicken in a skillet on the stovetop (your basic cooking spray, cracked pepper, kosher salt, garlic powder, and then in the last couple of minutes before it was finished, I added in some chili powder and cumin).  Remove from heat and set aside.
3. Take out pizza and top with salsa (try to avoid lots of the excess liquid and focus more on the chunks), 1 cup mozzarella, beans, sliced red pepper, cubed chicken and onion. Top with remaining 1/4 cup mozzarella and the parmesan.
4. Place pizza in oven and bake 8 to 10 minutes or until mozzarella is melted (8 on the dot worked perfectly for me). Remove from oven and garnish with avocado if desired. Cut into six slices and serve.

Whoops!
It was so good I forgot to snap a full pie pic!

When the need for pizza strikes this is way better alternative to delivery - and I'm not even kidding - just as delicious. The bonus is I had all of the ingredients (minus the crust) on hand!

*Based on the MyFitnessPal app that I use (and love), this comes out to be 326 calories for one (very hearty, filling) slice. 

Garnished with avocado :)