Lightened Taco Bell Mexican Pizza - Copycat

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 lb lean ground beef
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon diced minced onion
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder (spanish is best)
• 2 tablespoons water
• 8 flour tortillas (6-inchinch")
• cooking spray
• 1 (16 ounce) can low fat refried beans
• 1/3 cup diced tomato
• 2/3 cup mild picante sauce
• 1 cup shredded low-fat cheddar cheese
• 1 cup shredded low-fat monterey jack cheese
• 1/4 cup chopped green onion
• 1/4 cup sliced black olives

Recipe

• 1 cook the ground beef over medium heat until brown, then drain.
• 2 return meat to pan and add the salt, onions, paprika, chili powder and water.
• 3 let mixture simmer over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring often.
• 4 pre-heat oven to 400.
• 5 spray both sides of the tortillas with cooking spray and bake until crisp.
• 6 heat refried beans.
• 7 stack each pizza by first spreading 1/3 c beans on one tortilla.
• 8 next add 1/3 c meat, then another tortilla.
• 9 top the second tortilla with 2 t of salsa.
• 10 divide the tomato, cheese, onions and olives evenly and top in that order.
• 11 bake for an additional 8-12 minutes.