Recipe: Tasty Pizza casserole on a bed of lettuce

Pizza casserole on a bed of lettuce. This recipe takes all the good things we love on pizza and combines them with egg noodles to form a great, one-dish casserole to feed your family. Most importantly, this is a great casserole for making ahead ~ as with many pasta dishes, the flavor gets better the longer it sits. Overall this is a great base.

Pizza casserole is one of those recipes that every mom should have in her stash. It's an easy go-to, family meal when you need something that everyone will enjoy. The ease of this pizza casserole is pretty amazing, but it's the taste that gets everyone. You can have Pizza casserole on a bed of lettuce using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Pizza casserole on a bed of lettuce

1. Prepare 29 ounces of tomato puree.
2. It's 1/2 of large onion.
3. You need 1-1/2 cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
4. Prepare 1/2 cup of sugar.
5. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of whole leaf oregano.
6. It's 1/3 cup of bacon crumbles.
7. You need 1 teaspoon of basil.
8. You need 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
9. Prepare 1/4 cup of chopped parsley flakes.
10. You need 1 pound of bulk sausage, i used Odoms Tennessee Pride brand.
11. You need 1 pound of ground meat i used beef 75/25.
12. It's 1/2 cup of chopped multicolored sweet peppers.
13. You need 1 of large tomato.
14. It's 1 head of iceberg lettuce.
15. You need 2/3 cup of chunked colby cheddar Monterrey jack cheese.
16. You need 3 ounces of sliced pepperoni.
17. It's 1 teaspoon of granulated garlic powder.
18. You need 1/2 cup of sliced green olives.

We're pretty sure there is not one person on the planet that will not fall in love with this dish. You will need just three basics: Pillsbury™ pizza dough, pizza sauce and cheese. You can customize it to your liking by. This SUPER Easy Pizza Casserole only uses a few ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry.

Pizza casserole on a bed of lettuce instructions

1. Finely chop the onion and peppers.
2. Brown the meat. leave the drippings,but remove the meat and set aside. add sausage,peppers,onions, and sliced olives. Brown the sausage cooking the olives, peppers, and onions. adding in the salt and garlic to the meat you set aside..
3. Mix the tomato puree, sugar, spices, and Parmesan cheese. Simmer 15 minutes. Then add the meat, sausage mixture..
4. When its all incorporated in slice the tomato very thinly. add the bacon, the tomato slices, chunked cheese,and pepperoni slices.
5. Put into oven then turn it on to 400 degrees Fahrenheit let bake 30-40 minutes from on time till finished. more time can be added for crispier top..
6. Chop the lettuce finely and serve casserole atop the lettuce. I hope you enjoy!.

It's a totally adaptable, quick and easy weeknight meal! I don't know about you but sometimes dinner planning is just TOO much. Pizza casserole: That doesn't sound too healthy when you first hear it. But if you're a pizza fan, you're going to really love this low-carb meal. Josh Axe is on a mission to provide you and your family with the highest quality nutrition tips and healthy recipes in the world.