Healthy Pizza Casserole
 
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Recipe type: Dinner
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 1 lb lean ground beef
  • 1 jar of your favourite low calorie pasta sauce (this measurement is based on Compliments Balance Six Vegetable Pasta Sauce - 75 calories/half cup)
  • 3 large garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 green pepper, chopped
  • 1 red pepper, chopped
  • 1 cup of chopped mushrooms
  • ½ red onion, chopped
  • 1 cup chopped spinach
  • Cooking Spray
  • 10 oz refrigerated pizza crust dough (found in the produce section of the grocery store)
  • ¾ cup shredded reduced fat mozzarella
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 425
  2. Brown ground beef in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Stir while cooking until the beef crumbles then drain excess oil.
  3. Add the mushrooms, onion and garlic into the skillet and cook while stirring for 3 minutes.
  4. Pour in the pasta sauce and remaining vegetables, cook until heated.
  5. While that is heating, coat a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray. (or 6 individual baking dishes)
  6. Roll out the pizza crust dough and press into the bottom of your baking dish, bring this halfway up the sides.
  7. Sprinkle half of the cheese over the bottom of the crust.
  8. Pour the meat mixture into the dough and bake uncovered for 13 minutesPull out of the over and top with your remaining cheese, return to the oven for approx 5 minutes. This dish is done when the crust is browned and the cheese is melted.
Recipe by Sober Julie at https://www.soberjulie.com/2014/01/healthy-pizza-casserole-recipe/