Recipe: Yummy Pizza casserole on a bed of lettuce

Pizza casserole on a bed of lettuce. This crowd pleaser includes tender penne pasta, browned meat, pepperoni, olives, bell peppers, and cheese smothered in marinara sauce. 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.

Anything you normally put on a pizza (think peppers, onion, more sausage, olives. I love how this pizza casserole has all the flavors and is just as tasty as a pizza pie, but is actually good for you. Try this recipe on your next pizza night. 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. You need 29 ounces of tomato puree.
2. Prepare 1/2 of large onion.
3. It's 1-1/2 cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
4. You need 1/2 cup of sugar.
5. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of whole leaf oregano.
6. Prepare 1/3 cup of bacon crumbles.
7. Prepare 1 teaspoon of basil.
8. It's 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
9. It's 1/4 cup of chopped parsley flakes.
10. It's 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. It's 1 of large tomato.
14. It's 1 head of iceberg lettuce.
15. It's 2/3 cup of chunked colby cheddar Monterrey jack cheese.
16. Prepare 3 ounces of sliced pepperoni.
17. You need 1 teaspoon of granulated garlic powder.
18. You need 1/2 cup of sliced green olives.

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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!.

The ease of this pizza casserole is pretty amazing, but it's the taste that gets everyone. 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. Make pizza night extra fun with this Pizza Casserole!