Meatball Calzones

Thursdays are a mess. I get off work at 7am after a 12 hour nightshift, try to nap a few hours (not happening with a 4 year old) and head to a 1:00 pharmacology class. 9 times out of 10 we "junk it" on Thursdays. Today: I planned ahead. *brushes shoulders off*

I put my favorite pizza dough recipe in my bread machine on dough cycle before I headed to class. By the time I got home from class and picking the twins up from school it was gaw-geous. (that's southern for "gorgeous" in case you don't read southern twang)

I'm super cheap and bought this marinara last week when it was on sale for $.89 (actually I bought 3 cans..... cheap is cheap- right?) 

The meatballs were also on hardcore sale (BOGO free and I had $1 off coupons, so I paid $1 and some change per bag).   The cheese- semi sale....but oh wells.

 

So I pinched a good bit of dough off, rolled it out and put the fixins on.  This pic is from the ones I made for the boys.  Big Daddy's calzone had sauteed onions and bell peppers on his.

Mine: vegetarian style....sauteed zucchini (did I spell that right? I'll spell check later) I got from the farmer's market last Friday.

I folded the top over, pinched the sides and got fancy.  I brushed olive oil, sprinkled Italian seasoning and the 5 cheese Italian blend on top.  Bake and devour.

 

Recipe Roundup:

Pizza Dough

2 1/2 cups flour
1 Tbs yeast
1 Cup warm water
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
2 Tbs oil

Mix together and let rise in a warm area. (I put mine on dough cycle in the bread machine)

Calzone
(Preheat oven to 450)

Roll out pizza dough.  Spread marinara leaving a small border to pinch sides together once folded. Put whatever else your little heart desires in the middle. Today I put Italian meatballs (cut in bite size pieces) sauteed onions, bell peppers and cheese. Fold the top over and starting at one end, pinch sides over each other all the way around.  Brush olive oil lightly on top, sprinkle with Italian seasoning and a little bit of cheese.

Bake at 450 degrees for 12 minutes (depending on size) Keep an eye on it, the cheese started browning quickly and after 12 minutes the dough wasn't quite finished so I covered the pan with tin foil and cooked another 5 minutes. You could omit the cheese on top (I just did it to be fancy shmancy)