Chili Pizza

Saw something similar to this in a magazine once. Decided to replicate it in my own way. There will be *s for different variations you can do. I've made this many times so just add things you think sound good! This recipe is 6 PP for 1/8 of the pizza.

Ingredients:

9 oz 90% lean ground beef
1 small onion, chopped*
1/2 bell pepper, chopped*
1/2 tsp chili powder*
1/4 tsp ground cumin*
1 can diced tomatoes in chili sauce (or no salt added diced tomatoes and add chili powder)
1 package refrigerated pizza dough
1 cup reduced fat shredded mexican blend (I use weight watchers 4 cheese blend)
1/4 cup reduced fat parmesan cheese (Kraft)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees
Brown ground beef in skillet with onion and bell pepper
Drain mixture of grease and excess liquid
Return meat and vegetables to skillet and add chili powder and cumin
Once combined, mix in diced tomatoes
Heat through
While heating, press dough across bottom and halfway up sides of a 9 x 13 dish coated with cooking spray
Sprinkle 1/2 cup shredded cheese across dough
Cover cheese with meat and tomato mixture
Bake for 15 minutes
Remove and sprinkle with remaining cheeses
Bake for an additional 5 minutes

**Another variation is to add beans in chili sauce to meat mixture. If you do this be sure to rinse the beans because the extra liquid will make the dish too difficult to serve

**You can also use a cornmeal mixture such as jiffy cornbread instead of pizza dough (need 2-3 boxes depending on how thick you prefer the crust--bake halfway according to package directions before adding meat mixture)