Beefy One Pot Dinner

This is the slacker sister here! I have been doing some good cooking and am ready to share some new recipes with you so I hope you're excited! You are? Great! This is one that I dug out of a magazine I had been saving since 2007. Wow! I really do save way too much junk. Anywho. It's quick. It's easy. It's quick and easy! My favorite kind of dinner. And it's good to boot. So here we go.

(Photo found here)

Beefy One-Pot Dinner

1 lb. lean ground beef

1 large onion, chopped

2 carrots, thinly sliced

1 Yukon gold potato (about 6 oz.), finely chopped

1 cup water

1 can (14 oz.) baked beans

1/2 cup KRAFT Original Barbecue Sauce

1 cup KRAFT Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Brown meat in large nonstick skillet; drain. Add next 3 ingredients; cook 5 min., stirring occasionally. Stir in water; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 10 min. or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally. Add beans and barbecue sauce; mix well. Cook 5 min. or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Top with cheese.

That's it! We had a garden salad and called it a meal. You really should try it when you need something fast. I promise you'll like it.

Taco Pizza

 (Image from here)

Oh, Pinterest! How I love thee! Actually it's sort of a love/hate relationship. I love all the FABULOUS ideas that are on there, but  HATE that I will never have time to do even one gazillionth of the things I have pinned. Sigh.... 

However, today I actually did it. I pinned this taco pizza awhile ago (from here) with great intentions of making it. Now, months later I actually got up the nerve to try something new and interesting and it was a hit--okay the kids wouldn't even try it but Matt and I really liked it!

The original recipe is found here, how I made it is like so:

Pizza Crust (their recipe called for Pillsbury Crescent Rolls)

(You can use whatever is your favorite, I am always looking for quick and easy way so I resort to the Martha White or Great Value packets found near the spaghetti and pizza sauce at the store. They are under a buck, are actually pretty good, only call for hot water, and are ready in 5 minutes!! I know, I'm totally lame!)

1 can of Refried Beans

1 lb. ground beef--browned

1 pkg. Taco Seasoning--mix with beef as directed

1 can of olives--sliced

1 tomato--chopped

green onions (optional)

Shredded cheese (Mexican blend, or I used half mozzarella and half cheddar)

Salsa--optional 

(We made half with a layer of salsa and half without and decided we liked the salsa side better!)

**Make your pizza crust, I always prick mine with a fork and bake it for 5 minutes before adding the toppings. Spread the refried beans on the crust, if you like salsa add the salsa next, then layer the ground beef, tomatoes, olives, green onions, and cheese. 

My simple little crust recommends baking the pizza for 9-11 minutes on 475 so that's what I did and it was perfect!

Let me know what you think!!