Taco Pizza - Review

Since we have pizza night EVERY Friday, we have to get a little creative with the pizza so as to keep it fun and not dread it. My husband had the idea to try taco pizza, which is where this recipe comes in.

from allrecipes.com

This one was pretty good. It is definitely filling, to be sure. To make the "right before dinner" prep a little easier, I got the different layers mixed and ready (tomato paste mix & refried bean mix), and got the beef ready to go. I followed the advice of some of the people who left comments and, once the beef was cooked and drained, cooked the onions in there with it instead of putting the onions in the refried bean mix. I thought that was a good move.

The crust recipe that I used was our normal, easy crust recipe, not the one on the link so I can't comment on that. And, of course, being me I totally forgot to buy sour cream to put on top of the pizza when serving. It was pretty spicy (it takes taco seasoning AND chili powder AND cayenne pepper), and I think the sour cream and lettuce would have helped to tone it down a bit. I think if we made it again, I would probably not put in the cayenne pepper, and maybe even cut the chili powder down. Also, we had to cook the pizza for much longer than usual due to the thickness of the layers. Just a heads' up there for timing.

Family Rating: ****
My Rating: ***
Cost: $$ (around $7ish)
Difficulty: Medium. There were enough steps that it isn't something you can "throw" together, but splitting the prep up made it much easier.