Peasant Pizza with Goat Cheese

Peasant Pizza with Goat Cheese (from Better Homes & Gardens, Servings: 6, Total Time: 25 minutes)

Ingredients

·         1 ready-made pizza crust

·         2 oz. fat-free cream cheese (block style), softened

·         2 oz. semisoft goat cheese or feta cheese, crumbled (about 1/4 cup)

·         1 tsp. dried basil, crushed

·         1 clove garlic, minced

·         1/8 tsp. ground black pepper

·         3 plum tomatoes, thinly sliced

·         1 small yellow, orange, or green sweet pepper, cut into thin bite-size strips

Directions

1.      Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2.      Place the pizza crust on a baking sheet.

3.      In a small mixing bowl stir together the cream cheese, goat or feta cheese, dried basil, garlic, and black pepper. Spread over the bread shell. Place the tomato slices and sweet pepper strips over the cheese mixture.

4.      Bake pizza about 12 minutes or until heated through.

This is so easy to make and very good.  I used goat cheese and yellow peppers, but may try the feta and red peppers next time I make it.  The peppers remained crisp after baking (and even upon re-heating for leftovers).  Both the peppers and the tomatoes taste very good with goat and cream cheese mixture.  My husband and I both enjoyed this pizza, finding it filling and scrumptious.  The crust had a little bit of a bite to it too, just a tad crispy.  This is a fairly healthy dish for pizza, and it is easy to reduce calories and fat by using reduced fat goat or feta cheese.  I am looking forward to trying different variations!