Tortilla Pizzas & How to Make Faux Sausage

Thanks for your comment, Tricia! Here's an idea for your dilemma of needing a quick dinner for teenagers.

Tortilla Pizzas
Take 6-8 flour tortillas and place them on the oven rack at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. Pull them out and place on cookie sheets. Spray the outer edges with cooking spray to get that extra crispness you need when you pick up the pieces later.

Spread jarred spaghetti sauce on the tortillas.

Top with whatever you have around for toppings - minced mushrooms, diced green bell peppers, tomatoes, olives (not a personal fave, but my husband likes them), onions, etc. If you happen to have pepperoni around of have a moment to brown some ground beef*, all the better! (See below for a trick to making regular ground beef taste like sausage.)

Top generously with shredded mozzarella. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until the cheese is slightly browned and melty.

Cut into wedges as you would a pizza and serve. Deee-licious!

Now granted, if you have teenage boys, it may take 3 or 4 of these mini pizzas each to satisfy the hunger. But they're so easy to make they could probably do it themselves. Hey, they could make you dinner!

I've often used this recipe for a quick snack when we have friends over. We've always got tortillas and most of the time I can get away with just putting the sauce and cheese on it. Heath used to be an avid video game player along with several of his friends. It was great to put these little darlings out on the table for the guys to munch while they played.

Oh and don't forget the power of the Crock Pot! If you need dinner in a hurry, there's nothing like coming home and just having to dish it up!

* Making Ground Beef taste like sausage:
It's so easy, you've probably already thought of it! Just begin browning the meat. Add garlic salt, garlic pepper, and "Italian seasonings" (or oregano, basil, thyme, marjoram, rosemary, minced garlic, and crushed red pepper - if you don't have all these, just use the ones that you have - though oregano and basil are key). Brown until all the oil has been mopped up by the cooking meat and it's very dark. I made this once when my mom was in town and she looked at it saying, "I thought you didn't have any sausage!"