Pepperoni Pizza Casserole

My wife has been pinning pepperoni pizza recipes lately to make me. She found this pizza casserole and made it for us this past weekend. I hear it was super easy to make too! You can find the recipe at The Tuckers Take Tennessee.

Here are some specifics from Jana that are not mentioned in the original recipe:

She used a can of Hunt's spaghetti sauce (half on bottom & half over the noodles). She also used Sargento mozzarella cheese over the sauce & noodles so she didn't have to use the shredded to cover the spaghetti. She used a LOT of pepperonis since she knows how much I love them and then sprinkled a little bit of shredded over the top to make it look prettier (her words not mine). She baked hers at 350 for 20 minutes, it didn't technically get bubbly but she was hungry and the cheese had melted :) The other recipe mentions mushrooms & olives which I'm sure Jana would have loved, but she knows that wouldn't have been tasty for me...


And the final product...


How did I like it?

Likes:

• Ingredients. Pepperoni's, cheese, spaghetti, and spaghetti sauce = yum, yum, yum, yum!
• Cost. Very in-expensive dish that tastes as good as anything you will get at a sit down restaurant.
• Good combo. Can't beat two delicious Italian dishes mixed into one!
  

Dislikes:

• Really the only thing I can think of for a dislike is that it didn't really taste like pizza, but then again that can be a good thing.
  

ZPizza

My wife was the first to discover ZPizza. She had seen it tucked away near her office and thought that we should try it out. Sometimes she discovers these little pizza places so that we aren't eating the same one over and over again. I'm fine with the same place over and over again, but I guess she likes to have a variety. If I know that pizza is good than I am pretty content with returning a lot!

Upon entering ZPizza we quickly learned their pizza was healthy in comparison to other pizza joints we try out. They use all natural ingredients, have wheat crust available as well as gluten-free. My wife was happy to know she could eat their pizza and feel a little less guilty about it. This would soon become her guilty pleasure with many stops for lunch! She personally orders the Provence which is served on a wheat crust with organic tomato sauce, homemade roasted garlic sauce, mozzarella, artichoke hearts, capers, tomatoes and fresh basil. It's only available for their special on Thursdays & Sundays so it's the only days we are allowed to go.

Likes?

1. Their combo special of 2 slices & a drink for $5.95! Plenty of food for a great price!
2. Plenty of pepperonis & I didn't even have to order double the pepperonis.
3. Wheat crust. Not a lot of pizza places offer wheat crust as an option, especially wheat crust that tastes good. Big plus!

Dislikes?

1. Overall taste of the pizza. Although I definitely like their pizza, if I had to put it up against some of the other pizza places in my area I would probably choose one of the alternatives.
2. Pizza is not made to order. Sometimes the pizza isn't completely fresh when ordered. (Disclaimer: this only applies to the daily special which is what I get)