Pizza Beans

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

If you’re craving pizza, simplicity, and good nutrition, all on your budget, Pizza Beans is the perfect recipe for you. 

This Pizza Beans blends creamy canelli beans in marinara sauce with your favorite pizza parlor toppings. 

Hate recipe sites that waste your time with a lot of babble, when you just want to see the flippin’ recipe? Me, too! So, here’s the Pizza Beans recipe (a more compact, printable version appears below):

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Pizza Beans Recipe: Ingredients

  • 1/4lb. stick pepperoni, divided
  • 3 cans Cannellini beans, 15 oz. size, drained and rinsed 
  • 1 can mushrooms, drained
  • 2T. green pepper, chopped
  • 2T. onion, chopped 
  • 1 small can sliced black olives
  • 1qt. jar spaghetti sauce
  • 2c. shredded mozzarella cheese

How to Make Pizza Beans

  • Place oblong glass casserole dish into oven, and preheat to 350 degrees. 
  • Cut pepperoni stick in half. Cut one half of it into thin slices and set aside. Dice the other half into 1/4” cubes. 
  • Remove hot oblong glass casserole dish from oven and put the pepperoni cubes into it. When they release some of their fat, use a small piece of paper towel to grease the dish with it. 
  • Add all of the vegetables to the casserole, stirring to blend. 
  • Top with cheese. 
  • Arrange pepperoni slices over the cheese. 
  • Bake at 350, until brown and bubbly, about 25 minutes. 

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Pizza Beans

This Pizza Beans blends creamy canelli beans in marinara sauce with your favorite pizza parlor toppings. 
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: first course, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: American, Italian
Keyword: baked beans on toast, bean dishes, pizza beans
Servings: 8
Calories: 425kcal
Cost: $8.25

Ingredients

  • ¼ lb. stick pepperoni, divided
  • 3 cans Cannellini beans 15 oz. size, drained and rinsed 
  • 1 can mushrooms drained
  • 2 T. green pepper, chopped
  • 2 T. onion chopped
  • 1 4 oz. can sliced black olives
  • 1 qt. jar spaghetti sauce
  • 2 c. shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions

  • Place oblong glass casserole dish into oven, and preheat to 350 degrees. 
  • Cut pepperoni stick in half. Cut one half of it into thin slices and set aside. Dice the other half into 1/4” cubes. 
  • Remove hot, oblong, glass casserole dish from oven and put the pepperoni cubes into it. When they release some of their fat, use a small piece of paper towel to grease the dish with it. 
  • Add all of the vegetables to the casserole, stirring to blend. 
  • Top with cheese.  Arrange pepperoni slices over the cheese. 
  • Bake at 350, until brown and bubbly, about 25 minutes. 

Pizza Beans Tips for Success

  • You can speed up this recipe by heating the bean and sauce mixture before topping. This can be done in a pot on the stovetop, or you can even just zap the casserole in the microwave before topping. That cuts the baking time in half. 
  • This recipe works equally well with any favorite pizza topping. The only caveat is that any meat you use should be cooked first. 
  • For more pizza flavor, top with seasonings before baking, or set them out with the salt and pepper. Pizza parlor seasonings would be oregano, red pepper flakes, garlic salt, and spaghetti cheese. 
  • The perfect potluck is at your fingertips with this American-made bake-and-take set (view here). 
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By Gail McGaffigan

Gail was raised in a traditional, one-income family. She and her family have been living happily on one income since 2004.