Week 62, Recipe 5: Taco Pizza

NOTES

• Recipe modified from Kiddies Corner Deals
• Buy pizza crust or make your own (and freeze extra dough while you're at it)

INGREDIENTS

• Pizza doug (see link above to make your own)
• 3/4 lb lean ground beef
• 2 tbsp taco seasoning (make your own, it's so easy and no preservatives!)
• ¼ cup water
• 4 tablespoon sour cream
• hot sauce -a  few drops
• 1 cup chunky mild salsa
• 1 tablespoon diced jalapenos (optional)
• 2.25 oz black olive rings-drained (optional)
• 1 bunch green onions, chopped
• 1 tomato, diced
• 1½ cups shredded Mexican taco cheese or Monterrey Jack or whatever you have on hand
• lettuce to garnish

Sauce for drizzling - 

• ⅓ cup sour cream
• hot sauce (optional)
• 1 tbsp salsa or taco sauce

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 425 (or whatever you normally cook your pizza at).
2. Brown ground beef, drain. Add water, taco seasoning and 4 tablespoon sour cream to ground beef, cook for a few minutes.
3. Top the crust with salsa then add ground beef mixture, jalapenos (if using), olives (if using), onions, tomatoes and cheese. Bake according to pizza crust directions (see my link above in NOTES for cooking instructions).
4. While pizza bakes, mix ⅓ cup sour cream, a few drops of hot sauce and salsa or taco sauce in a small bowl. 
5. Remove pizza from oven and top with lettuce and drizzle with the sour cream mixture.