Hot Truck P M P Poor Mans Pizza Recipes

HOT TRUCK P M P - POOR MAN'S PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Cut the French bread loaf in half crosswise and then slice them completely open, horizontally. Place the four pieces of bread on a baking sheet.
• Using a ladle or spoon, spread the pizza sauce on all pieces of bread, being sure to cover out to the edges (to prevent burning) and sprinkle with oregano.
• Spread mushrooms across each bottom half of the bread. (This is officially for the "PMP Mush" version - use pepperoni for "PMP Pep").
• Generously cover the mushrooms with mozzarella.
• Bake 8-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the French bread is golden brown. Lay the top halves of the French bread on the bottom halves to make sandwiches. I also tried it in the panini maker which was faster and tasted the same, but the cheese didn't melt quite like the original. Enjoy!

POOR MAN'S PIZZA

Steps:

• Fry hamburger and onion together and drain off fat. Chop the pepperoni and add to hamburger. Add the mushrooms and pizza sauce. Heat all together in medium sauce pan.
• Open 8 hamburger buns up and place on cookie sheet. Top each half with a generous scoop of hamburger mixture. Top with mozzarella cheese.
• Preheat oven to 350 and place meat topped hamburger buns in for 10 minutes, or until buns are warmed through and cheese is melted.

POOR MAN'S PIZZA

Steps:

• Place Ritz cracker salt side down and top with a little ketchup.
• Add cheese and pepperoni.
• Heat in microwave until cheese melts. (usually less than 30 seconds)!

RICH MAN'S POOR MAN'S SOUP

Steps:

• Heat half the oil in a large wide, pan.
• Once hot (but not smoking) add the (optional) pancetta, followed a couple of minutes later by the onion, carrot, garlic, and parsley. Give it a good stir.
• Put a lid on it and cook slowly for 20-30 minutes, stirring regularly.
• Tip half the beans in with the veggies and mash the other half with a potato masher before stirring them in too.
• Pour in the tinned tomatoes and the stock, and chuck in any old rind of Parmesan (it's wise to keep these, as they are a great source of flavour).
• When the soup has come to the boil, stir in the roughly chopped cabbage leaves and turn down to the lowest heat.
• Season well, stir in the chunks of bread and put the lid back on the pan. Don't play with it too much, as you want nice chunks of bread.
• After 10 minutes, turn off the heat, pour in another healthy glug of olive oil and let it sit with the lid on for a good 5 minutes before serving with yet more oil and some grated Parmesan.

POOR MAN'S PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Crush Doritos- put in bottom of a rectangular baking dish- I use a lasagna pan.
• Brown ground beef with salt, pepper, and garlic powder- DO NOT DRAIN OFF FAT!
• Spread cooked beef and all juices over the Doritos.
• Sprinkle all of the cheese over beef.
• Bake for about 20 minutes or until cheese is completely melted.
• While it is in the oven, cut lettuce into shreds and dice tomatoes.
• Toss with Italian dressing.
• Place a mound of the salad on the plate.
• Cut "pizza" into lasagna like squares and put it directly on the salad mixture.

SHELLS AND PEAS (POOR MAN'S PASTA SAUCE)

Steps:

• Bring a stick pot of heavily salted water to a boil and add pasta. Cook until al dente; about 6-mins.
• In the meantime, heat oil in large skillet. Add garlic slices, stirring constantly so they don't burn. Once a light-golden brown, spoon out garlic and set aside.
• Slowly, add tomato sauce to pan, taking care not to splatter yourself with the popping hot oil. Add, peas with their liquid, herbs and salt and pepper to taste; stirring occasionally. Cook for about 6-mins.
• Once pasta is cooked to perfection, scoop out of water and transfer directly into sauce. Fold pasta into sauce. Remove from heat. Fold in about half the cheese.
• Garnish with additional cheese.
• Enjoy!