Super Bowl Pizza-in-a-pan

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 green bell pepper (chopped)
• 1/2 red bell pepper (chopped)
• 1 -2 garlic clove (minced)
• 8 ounces sliced fresh mushrooms (reserve a little for the top)
• 1 1/4 cups elbow macaroni
• 1 (14 ounce) jar pasta sauce or 1 (14 ounce) jar pizza sauce
• 1 (14 ounce) jar water (use pasta sauce jar)
• 1 (2 1/2 ounce) can sliced black olives (drained (reserve a little for the top)
• 1 (8 ounce) package shredded mozzarella cheese (2 cups)
• sliced pepperoni (as much as you want)
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 in a oven-proof skillet, brown hamburg, onion, pepper, garlic, and sliced mushrooms for about 5 minutes until meat is cooked through; drain excess fat.
• 3 add macaroni, pasta sauce, water, and olives.
• 4 cook until it comes to a slow bubble for about 15 minutes, until macaroni is soft.
• 5 if you are doing this according to the note in the description and are going to transfer it to a casserole, you will do it at this point and continue with other steps.
• 6 add the mozzarella cheese and pepperoni on the top.
• 7 garnish with reserved bell pepper, a few sliced mushrooms, and black olives.
• 8 bake in a 400 degree oven for about 15 minutes till cheese is nice and bowned on top.
• 9 serve directly from the pan.
• 10 you could serve it in my recipe for bread bowls that are made ahead of time.