Mexican Pizza

Every once in a while when you're tired of doing the same-old, same-old meals it is nice to just have something hearty and, well to be honest, not so healthy but amazingly delicious!  Z and I were thinking just that when I suggested a Mexican or Nacho pizza to him.  Definitely an easy and yummy recipe to try today!

(Serves 1-2)

Ingredients per pizza (~10"):

1 can refrigerated pizza crust dough (I used Pillsbury Pizza Crust Classic but you can use any kind)

1 can Nalley Chili con carne with beans

1/2-1 C grated pizza mix cheese (you can use any type of cheese that you prefer!)

1 roma tomato

2 handfulls of tortilla chips

10 olives, from a can

1 dollop of sour cream

Flour

Preheat oven to desired temperature as dictated on the can of pizza crust.  Prepare a clean flat surface or get out a rolling mat and sprinkle a little flour over the surface to reduce sticking.  Take the dough out of the can and using rolling pin roll out into desired shape and size. 

Next place the dough onto a nonstick or Pampered Chef stoneware.  Spoon out out the chili over the pizza, using enough to cover the surface but leaving a ~1" edge around the whole crust. You will not need to use the whole can! Next sprinkle the cheese until you have covered all of the chili on the pizza.  Cook in the oven for 13-17 minutes (depending on how crispy you want the crust to be).

Pull the pizza out of the oven.  Take the tortilla chips and break them into slightly smaller pieces, then stick into the melted cheese -- the best thing about this recipe is that it can be adjusted to your tastes for toppings, it doesn't really matter what/how much you add to it.  Next add some extra chili on the top.  Cook in the oven for an additional 5 minutes.

While it is cooking for the last 5 minutes, cut up the tomato and olives into small pieces.  Once it has baked pull it out and add the remaining toppings.  Experiment until you find which toppings you like most and enjoy!

** If you would like to add a little extra zing to your pizza base, in a separate pan saute chopping onions, minced garlic, mushrooms, and a pinch of paprika to add some flavor.  Then mix into the canned chili before spreading it over the pizza dough.