Recipe of the Week

DEEP DISH PIZZA CASSEROLE

1 pound ground round
1 15oz. can chunky Italian-style tomato sauce
cooking spray
1 10 oz. can refrigerated pizza crust dough
6 1oz. slices part-skim mozzarella cheese --divided

Cook meat in a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until brown. Add tomato sauce, and cook until heated. While meat cooks, oat a 13x9 baking dish with cooking spray. Unroll pizza crust dough, and press into bottom and halfway up sides of dish. Line bottom of pizza crust with 3 slices of cheese. Top with meat mixture. Bake, uncovered at 425 degrees for 12 minutes. Top with remaining 3 slices of cheese and bake 5 additional minutes or until crust is browned and cheese melts. Cool for 5 minutes before serving.

NOTES: You can add spinach, red peppers, and/or mushrooms to this recipe as well.

RECIPE OF THE WEEK:

SKIRT STEAK SANDWICHES ON BACON WAFFLE BREAD!


Ingredients:

* 6 tablespoons mayonnaise
* 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
* 3 tablespoons dijon mustard
* Salt and pepper
* 1 1/2 pounds skirt steak, cut into 6 pieces
* Extra-virgin olive oil, for brushing
* 6 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
* 3 cups pancake mix (gluten-free, if desired), prepared according to package directions
* Cooking spray
* 6 leaves iceberg lettuce
* 3 tomatoes, thinly sliced

Directions:

1.In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, lemon juice and 1 1/2 tablespoons mustard. Season with salt; refrigerate.
2.Preheat a grill or grill pan to high. Brush the skirt steak with olive oil, season with salt and pepper and grill, turning once, for about 8 minutes for medium-rare; let sit. Thinly slice against the grain.
3.Meanwhile, preheat a waffle iron to medium-high. In a large bowl, stir the bacon and the remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons mustard into the prepared pancake batter.
4.Grease the waffle iron with cooking spray and, working in batches, pour in enough batter to barely fill each square; close and cook according to manufacturer’s instructions until golden. Spread each waffle with some of the lemon mayonnaise. Top with a lettuce leaf, tomato slices, steak slices and another waffle bread slice, mayo side down.

This one I have not actually tried yet!!! This is on my list next of things to try!!! How fun does the bacon waffle bread sound! :) SO Excited to try this!
If you try this be sure to comment on how you and your family liked it! :)