Slow-Cooker Pizza

By angielaine

I use ground turkey and fresh mushrooms. I have never tried the variation, but look forward to doing so.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef or Italian sausage
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• half a box rigatoni, cooked
• 7 oz. jar sliced mushrooms, drained
• 3 oz sliced pepperoni
• 16 oz jar pizza sauce
• 10 oz mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 10 oz cheddar cheese, shredded

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

Brown ground beef and onions in saucepan. Drain. Layer half of each of the following in the order given, in slow cooker: ground beef and onions, green pepper, noodles, mushrooms, pepperoni, pizza sauce, cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers. Cover. Cook on low 3-4 hours.

Note: keep rigatoni covered with sauce so they don’t become dry and crunch.

Variation: Add a 10 ¾ oz can cream of mushroom soup to the mix, putting half of it in as a layer after the first time the noodles appear, and the other half after the second layer of noodles.