I’ve really been trying to do more with less lately. We are one income down (mine) and with 1,000 medical bills (my son’s) I’ve been trying so hard to stick to a grocery shopping budget each week. It’s different for me because when both of us were working we had my income as a cushion and we would spend money of food – groceries/eating out – without really thinking about it.
Now that I’m really thinking stressing about it I’m trying to find ways to make more with less and reuse meals. I’ve been making a lot of slow cooker recipes where we reuse the protein, whether it’s dinner a second night or lunch the next day.
When I came up with the Crock-pot Buffalo Chicken, which you can find here, I intended to have it work for more than one meal. We made Buffalo Chicken Quinoa Bowls the first night and then we made this recipe the second night. However, there are so many more things I can do with the chicken that I feel like I’ve hit a recipe goldmine.
We love having pizza on Friday nights, which we used to buy. Now I love the idea of being able to make our own pizzas and flatbreads from leftovers that we have eaten during the week, especially in the summer when I don’t feel like cooking as much. To me slow cooker recipes and easy leftovers means I get to spend more time in the sun with the kids and this one is not only perfect for a Friday night, but it’s also a great recipe to make as an appetizer for sporting events (when football season starts again).
Check out the full recipe below.
Servings: 2
Ingredients:
- Crock-pot Buffalo Chicken
- 4 oz. of cream cheese, softened
- Half a package of dry ranch dressing
- ½ cup of celery
- ½ cup of carrots
- ½ cup of crumbled blue cheese (If you don’t like blue cheese try shredded Monterey Jack cheese or even Pepper Jack.)
- 3 Tbsp. of hot sauce
- 2 green onions, chopped and separate the white bottoms from the green tops
Steps:
1. Cook your flatbread for 2 minutes at 375. You can buy this at the store in the bread area or you can make it on your own. I prefer to purchase it for convenience so if you decide to make your own know to disregard the heating instructions for the bread. If the one you purchase comes with different instructions, please follow those so you don’t end up with burnt or undercooked flatbread.
2. While the flatbread cooks mix together the cream cheese and ranch dressing.
3. When the flatbread finishes, spread the cream cheese mixture across the flatbread. This is the base for your toppings and gives them something to stick to.
4. Layer on your celery, carrots, white parts of your green onion and blue cheese.
5. Put it back in the oven at 375 degrees for another 4 minutes.
6. When it’s done add any additional blue cheese, the green tops of the onions and drizzle on your hot sauce.
Slice and enjoy alone or share with a crowd. Make multiple flatbreads if you are doing this with your whole family.
Happy eating, friends!
Buffalo chicken pizza is in my top 3! I love flatbread pizzas, too – so delicious and easy to make!
I used to make pizzas on Friday nights too! But am totally loving your idea of making it a flatbread AND using up some leftover items/ingredients from the week! And, this looks so yummy! Cant wait to taste it!
I love pizza and I love spicy foods. My husband does too. This looks delicious and easy to make!
This pizza sounds amazing. I haven’t been able to find a gluten-free flatbread style of crust but I bet this will taste delicious on a regular gluten-free crust too.
Can you send me some of this right now because I’d love a slice! haha. This looks truly delicious and I’m bookmarking now to try later!
I love pizza but I have never thought of making my own. I just need to get some flatbread and I already have the quorn chicken so this would be perfect to make yum x
This looks extremely delicious. Can’t wait to try my hands on this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
My son loves anything with buffalo chicken! I definitely need to make this one night for dinner.
You had me at pizza! That looks like a great meal to make to keep me from ordering takeout!
Looks delicious and I am alreayd having the cravings for it.
I love buffalo everything! Buffalo wings, buffalo chicken dip, buffalo chicken pizza, and now buffalo chicken flatbread YUM!
Buffalo chicken is my all time favorite recipe! I love the flavor, the smell and the taste. I want to make this for our dinner!
I love how colorful this flatbread is! We love Buffalo chicken! Looks like a great recipe for our Pizza and a Movie night!
Oh man this looks amazing! I love buffalo chicken so this would be perfect for me. I might have to make this for dinner one night soon.
This would definitely give my dinner an extra kick. I love flatbreads and that buffalo sauce flavor.
That looks to die for. I am a big fan of buffalo chicken and flatbread too! I need to try this recipe.
Yummy! It truly is, like I am staring on the picture for quite a time. Oh no, Im hungry now. I am taking note of the recipe now!
This is such a cool idea and I know that my lot would love this! Flatbread is a great way to add whatever you have from the fridge and turn it into a filling and delicious meal!
I love buffalo chicken! And we actually have a pizza place that does an amazing buffalo chicken pizza. I am definitely going to have to try it as a flat bread though – yum!
OMG! This meal looks amazing ! Chicken is definitely my favorite meat so I will be trying this for my family soon. 🙂
I have never been big on buffalo sauce myself. My husband loves it, though. He would be all about this recipe. It does look very good, I have to admit that. I love all the colorful veggies that you added to it.
Oh wow yum! This looks so amazing! I can’t wait to try it out. My hubby and I love buffalo chicken EVERYTHING!
This is a cool idea. Usually Friday nights is Pizza nights for us and I have often times used leftover flatbreads to make pizza. Always a hit
Omg can we say yum?!?! This flat bread looks absolutely delicious!!! I just love everything and anything buffalo chicken
This looks amazing! I actually just ate a buffalo chicken sandwich from a local restaurant, Wildflower Bread Company, for dinner. It’s so good and I’d love to make this at home!
This flatbread recipe looks delicious. I think it would be the perfect finger food to serve at a sports party.
Omg, this is an amazing recipe and I love that pizza too, I bet my hubby would love the buffalo wings.
What an awesome recipe! My kids would love this and I’ve already pinned this to be part of my meal planner! So excited to try it!
This recipe looks scrumptious. Definitely added to my summer food list.