Spinach and Meatball Calzones

When making this recipe you will have to reference this one.

Ingredients:
olive oil
10 oz. baby spinach
coarse salt and pepper
flour, for work surface
1 lb. store bought pizza dough, or frozen bread dough thawed, cut into 4 equal pieces
8 meatballs, halved and 1 1/2 c. sauced reserved (from this recipe)
8 oz. fresh mozzarella, torn into pieces
1/2 t. red pepper flakes

Directions:
Preheat oven to 450. Lightly oil a rimmed baking sheet. In a large saucepan, bring 1/2 c. water to a simmer. Add spinach and season with salt; cover and cook until wilted, about 2 minutes. Transfer spinach to a fine mesh sieve and drain, pressing with a rubber spatula to release as much liquid as possible. Transfer spinach to a cutting board and roughly chop.
On a lightly floured work surface, roll each piece of dough into an 8 inch round. In a medium bowl, stir together spinach, reserved meatballs and sauce, cheese and red pepper flakes (if using). Season with salt and pepper. With a slotted spoon, divide mixture among bottom halves of dough rounds, leaving a 1 inch border.
Fold top half of each round over filling and roll and pinch edges to seal. Carefully transfer calzones to baking sheet. Brush tops lightly with oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake until calzones are golden brown, 15-18 minutes.

Makes 4 servings. Total time 30 minutes.

Verdict:
These were better than I was expecting. I left out the spinach because mine had gone bad but I was OK with that. I think Blake was OK with that too. We also added pepperoni because we like it. I used Rhodes frozen bread and it worked great. These were big though, so keep that in mind.

BBQ Chicken Pizza

For the topping:
1/2 rotisserie chicken, shredded
1/2 c. BBQ sauce (I like sweet baby rays)
2 c. Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
1 small red onion, halved and thinly sliced

For the crust:
1 frozen bread dough

Making the Pizza:
Thaw bread dough.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Spray pizza pan with pam. Roll out dough and place on pizza pan.
Mix together BBQ sauce and chicken. Spread chicken mixture evenly around dough making sure that you keep the chicken mixture in the middle to a minimum otherwise it will not cook through.
Sprinkle cheese on top of chicken.
Add onions.
Season with kosher salt and pepper.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until crust is golden and cheese is melted.

Makes 4 servings. Total time 40 minutes.

Verdict:
I hate to toot my own horn but I have never had anyone say that they did not love this. Actually I have had people tell me this is the best pizza they have ever had. So there you have it.

side note: even if you don't like onions I still recommend that you add them and then remove them before you eat the pizza. I have made it before with out onions and it just isn't as good.

Breakfast Pizza

For the pizza:
8 large eggs
1/4 c. milk
1 Tbsp. butter
1 c. chopped ham
1 c. picante sauce
1 c. shredded cheddar and monterey jack cheese
pizza crust
(you can use Boboli pizza crust or you can use a frozen raw dough bread loaf that has been thawed and rolled out. I used the dough.)

Preheat oven to 425
Roll out dough and place on pizza pan.
Cook dough until it is a light brown color and looks to be cooked through all the way.
Whisk together eggs and milk in bowl. Melt butter in large skillet and saute ham for 3-4 min. Add egg mixture and let set until you can pull the eggs away from the sides of pan. Using a spatula pull all sides into the middle. Do not mix. Then as the eggs cook some more pull sides in again. Continue to do this until you have a big egg pile in the middle of the pan. Some of the eggs will still be a little under cooked. Remove from heat.
Spread picante sauce on cooked crust. (We used pace.)
Top pizza with egg and ham mixture and then cheese.
Cook pizza in oven for 8-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and bubbling and the crust is the color that you like it.

Makes 1 pizza. Total time 20 min.

Verdict:
Eggs on pizza? That was my first thought. I have seen a recipe like this in a couple of different places so I thought, why not try it? It was good. Really good. It was like breakfast burritos except instead of the tortilla you have yummy pizza crust. I also liked that most of these ingredients I have on hand almost all the time. Blake loved it too and we both had leftovers the next day. Laney and Gavin both picked theirs apart and ate it separately. Baby steps.

Picture and recipe from Cuisine at Home grilling