Lunch: Tex-Mex Pizza

Entice your palate with this colorful and tasty Tex-Mex-inspired pizza, topped with zesty pepper Jack, salsa, beans, and avocado.

This recipe includes superfoods such as:

Romaine Lettuce

Health benefits of Tex-Mex Pizza

Romaine lettuce contains chromium, which helps maintain normal blood glucose levels by making insulin more efficient. The chromium in romaine lettuce also promotes weight loss due to its ability to help control cravings, reduce hunger, and control fat in the blood.

Ingredients

4 flour tortillas
1 can fat-free refried beans
1/2 tsp. chili powder
1/4 tsp. ground cumin
1 can no-salt-added kidney beans
1 c. shredded pepper Jack cheese
1 avocado
1 c. chunky salsa
3 c. Shredded romaine lettuce
limes

Instructions

Arrange oven racks in top and bottom thirds of oven. Preheat oven to 475 degrees F. Spray 2 large cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray; place 2 tortillas on each.
Combine refried beans, chili powder, and ground cumin; spread on tortillas. Top with kidney beans, shredded pepper Jack cheese, and avocado slices.
Bake 12 minutes or until tortillas are crisp around edges, switching racks halfway through cooking. Top with chunky salsa and shredded romaine lettuce. Serve with limes.

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