Goode Goodeness: Deep Dish Pizza

We have almost made a complete rotation of FREEZE-O-RAMA meals.

Truth be told, we have had one of everything but the Beef Stroganoff which seems to have hidden itself somewhere in the deep freeze. Rest assure Mr. Stroganoff... I am coming for ya and there will be no where to hide...

Anyhoo, to celebrate the completion of one FREEZE-O-RAMA rotation, we took a little break and whipped up our family's  Deep Dish Pizza with some of our frozen seasoned ground beef and frozen chopped bell pepper--which made an easy dish even easier! Mommy score!

So, I started by putting some Jiffy in bowl.

I heart Jiffy pizza crust.

I used one box for this batch to keep it on the lighter fare side. Which isn't really a deep dish crust, but it helps keep me and my skinny jeans talkin'.

However, when I am making it for guests or craving some carbs-- I always use 2 boxes.

Prepare the mix as instructed on the box.

Mix'er up

Toss 'er in the sprayed pan... Patty-cake style

This is where the 2 box recipe would have come in handy. But if you are determined you can make one box...

S-T-R-E-T-C-H

Two-boxers should push the dough about half-way up the sides of the pan.

Now it is time to grab a fork and take out your aggressions on the dough. 

Go ahead... stab it. It's ok. I promise. Then pop 'er in the oven for a quick 5 minutes.

In the meantime, grab your toppings.

NOTE: If you don't have your beef already ready in your freezer, then you should prepare it before your crust. I doll mine up with 1 small onion and a couple cloves of garlic.

Now quick, pull out your crust... you could say in a jiffy ;)

Then pour on the sauce. As little or as much as you'd like.

BUT be careful to not burn yourself while operating a camera while making a pizza or this is what you will get.

1 boxers should spread sauce to the edge.

2 boxers should really put their gloves away... seriously, I can not watch boxing. I know it is a sport and all...but there really has to be a better way...

Ahem... I mean 2 boxers should just spread the sauce to the inside portion but not up the sides.

Add your burger

Then your 'shrooms and 1/4 cup bell pepper.

As you can see we LOVE mushrooms, so I use 2 jars.

Then some olives.

I am on an olive kick.

Then top with 2 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese and bake 'er up until the cheese is bubbly.

(About 20-25 minutes)

Yummo! Enjoy!