Favorite Ingredients Friday (Deep-Dish Chili Pie)

So, I finally decided to take part in this wonderful set of posts that Overwhelmed with Joy puts on, Favorite Ingredients Friday. I know, I am a day late, but it happens!! And, despite the name it is actually healthy. I found this recipe in one of Mom's Weight Watchers' recipe books.

Deep-Dish Chili Pie

1 pound ground round

1 (15 oz.) can seasoned diced tomato sauce for chili (such as Hunt's)

1 (12.8 oz.) can refrigerated pizza crust dough

Cooking spray

1 cup (4 oz.) shredded reduced-fat sharp Cheddar cheese, divided

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

-Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

-Cook beef in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until browned, stirring to crumble. Drain well; return to pan. Add tomato sauce*; cook 1 to 2 minutes or until heated.

-While beef cooks, unroll pizza crust dough, and press into bottom and halfway up sides of a 13x9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese over pizza crust; top with ground beef mixture.

-Bake, uncovered, at 425 degrees for 12 minutes. Top with remaining 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese, and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake an additional 5 minutes or until crust is browned and cheese melts. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Yields: 8 servings

*Or, you could do like I did, write the recipe wrong and leave sauce off when copying the recipe. So, I ended up putting diced tomatoes in there before I realized it was supposed to be tomato sauce. So, I then added tomato sauce too. I'm sure that changed the health values on it, but it sure was great!!

Enjoy!