Spicy Sausage Pizza

from Cooking Light, JUNE 2004

• 1 (10-ounce) Italian cheese-flavored thin pizza crust (such as Boboli) -- I used a plain thin crust
• 1/2 cup pizza sauce or marinara sauce
• 3 (1/8-inch-thick) slices sweet or red onion, separated into rings
• 1 yellow bell pepper, thinly sliced into rings -- I just used slices
• 3 ounces chicken sausage with habanero chiles and tequila, chopped (such as Gerhard's) --I used Trader Joe's chicken & jalapeno sausage
• 1 cup (4 ounces) preshredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil -- I omitted

Preheat oven to 425°. Place crust on a baking sheet. Spread sauce evenly over crust, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Arrange onion and bell pepper evenly over sauce. Top with sausage; sprinkle with cheese. Bake 10 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly. Remove from heat, and sprinkle with basil.

Yield: 4 servings

CALORIES 314 (30% from fat); FAT 10.4g (sat 4.7g,mono 2.9g,poly 0.8g); IRON 2.3mg; CHOLESTEROL 32mg; CALCIUM 396mg; CARBOHYDRATE 37.4g; SODIUM 703mg; PROTEIN 17.5g; FIBER 1.9g

My Review: This is a five-star recipe, for sure. It was absolutely delicious! I loved the yellow pepper and the spiciness of the sausage. If you have more than 2 people (and one of the 2 has a very healthy appetite), I would double the recipe and make more than one pizza. We polished off the whole thing -- although, I went with the recommended serving size as I have a wedding dress to fit my booty into.