Healthy Mexican Pizza

Occasionally, we get those cravings for mexican food. Since there is no Taco Bell, we come up with different alternatives for homemade substitutes. This one is definitely a keeper.

4 Azteca flour tortillas (an even healthier option is to replace with homemade whole wheat rotis)
1 cup Santiago dry refried beans
3-4 cloves garlic, crushed
Salt per taste
1 tsp Taco Bell taco seasoning
12 packets of Taco Bell sauce (6 hot;6 mild)
A few jalapenos, chopped lengthwise
1/2 bell pepper, chopped lengthwise
1/2 onion, chopped lengthwise
Shredded cheese per taste

1. First, boil some water. When boiling temperature, add the dry beans into the boiling water. Keep stirring or the beans will stick to bottom of pan.
2. To the beans, add the crushed garlic, salt, taco seasoning, and 4 packets of the sauce.
3. Keep stirring the beans. After a few minutes, reduce heat and let the beans simmer while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
4. Next, heat up a griddle and bake the flour tortillas separately.
5. Assemble mexican pizza as follows: Take one baked tortilla and spread the beans; then stack the second baked tortilla on top. Spread 4 packets of the sauce on it, followed by the chopped veggies. Then, top with the the shredded cheese.
6. Finally, broil the mexican pizza in the oven or microwave for just a few minutes (enough to melt the cheese). The lights happened to go out after the first pizza, so we broiled the second on the stovetop.

Besides the use of cheese, this mexican pizza is the healthier option to fried tortillas. Consider the cheese as your daily dairy intake. This dish is easy and it tastes great.