have a wonderful weekend

2/21/2015

what are your plans this weekend? here in the midwest we are experiencing a rather snowy weekend. 5 inches last night and it is still snowing. weekend snow days for us include bundling up, grabbing the sleds and snowboards, hopping in the suv with the argentboy and heading to our favorite big hills. afterward, it's hot chocolate, soup and the kids most loved homemade pizza bites.

Pizza Bites

Ingredients

32 oz. can crushed tomatoes

1/2 lb. ground beef

1 T. extra virgin olive oil

1/2 green pepper small dice

1/2 yellow onion small dice

1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning

1 pkg. flour tortillas

1/4 lb. pepperoni small dice

16 oz. bag of shredded cheese

Kosher salt

freshly ground pepper

spray oil

Directions

Brown ground beef, drain, set aside. Over med heat add olive oil to skillet and saute peppers and onions. Once the veg are soft add the crushed tomatoes, garlic powder and Italian seasoning. Turn down heat to med low, give a good stir and cover to simmer and marry flavors for 15 minutes. Add salt and pepper Add beef and set your filling aside for now. Preheat oven to 350F.

Use the spray oil to coat a large mini muffin tin. Using a small round biscuit cutter, cut circles out of the tortillas and press into the muffin tin.