Heart Healthy Buffalo Chicken Pizza

This homemade pizza recipe is fast and easy - and it’s so good that you’ll want to make Buffalo style pizza every time you have leftover chicken. Just combine shredded chicken with blue cheese and hot sauce and spread on a crispy thin crust. The homemade pizza sauce calls for just 3 simple ingredients you probably already have on hand and is diabetic friendly since it is not loaded with sugar like many store-bought sauces. If you like your crust extra-crispy, you may want to bake the crust for a few minutes before adding the other ingredients.

Buffalo chicken pizza may not be the first recipe that comes to mind when you‘re looking for something easy to make for dinner. But if you have cooked chicken breasts or chicken thighs on hand, you can whip up this chicken pizza in minutes. For quick pizza recipes like this, keep whole grain flatbreads in the freezer. In less than 30 minutes, this recipe makes a delicious protein-packed dinner the entire family will enjoy. 

Making flatbread pizza is already a fast way to get dinner on the table. But if you want it to be done even quicker, prepare this healthy Buffalo chicken pizza ahead of time and just pop it in the oven for 10 minutes. It’s faster than ordering take-out!

This Buffalo chicken pizza is healthier than most pizza you can order out. That’s because it has more protein, more fiber and less calories. Here’s how we made it healthier:

1. Use whole grain flatbreads for the crust for a high fiber pizza recipe.
2. Top the pizza with shredded chicken breast for 19 grams of protein. Chicken is not only high in protein but it’s lower in fat than pepperoni or sausage.
3. Use low-fat cheese to lower the fat and calories in this pizza recipe.
4. Add any veggies you want as toppings – they’re low calorie and make this pizza even more flavorful and healthy.