Mexican Pizza

Had a successful dinner last night.  Found this recipe on pinterest and had gotten the ingredients so it was time to try it.  I think this would be a fun one to make everything in advance if I was having friends over and then everyone could assemble their own....

http://www.lifesambrosia.com/2009/02/mexican-pizza-recipe.html

Calzones - which dough is the best?

I used a pizza/calzone dough recipe that I had written down on a scratch sheet of paper. I thought it was the one that Bret was in love with from the last time. Not so much. He gave it a 4. BUT Jasmine gave it a 10 and Alex gave it an 11.

4 teaspoons yeast 2 teaspoons sugar
1 1/2 cups warm water 2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons olive oil 4 cups flour

I looked for a new calzone recipe tonight and found a winner. This requires fresh spinach which Bret wanted instead of canned spinach.

He gave it a 9 out of 10

http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1599617







One thing I did do to change the recipe is I added pizza sauce. Bret loves pizza sauce. On my half of the calzone I just had feta and mozzarella chesse. I would have put more cheese on my end and more sauce. But it was yummy. I also added Italian Seasoning to the crust of the bread before baking.

This was good. Bret liked it - the kids ate it but not sure it was a new fav.

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes.aspx/healthified-homemade-pizza

"Healthified" Homemade Pizza

Crust
1 1/3	cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1	teaspoon baking powder
1/2	teaspoon salt
1/2	cup fat-free (skim) milk
2	tablespoons olive oil
Topping
1 1/2	cups shredded reduced-fat mozzarella cheese (6 oz)
1	can (14.5 oz) Muir Glen® organic diced tomatoes, drained
1	cup fresh baby spinach leaves, coarsely chopped
1	cup yellow or green bell pepper strips
1/4	teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1/4	teaspoon garlic powder
1/8	teaspoon pepper
2	tablespoons freshly shredded Parmesan cheese

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1.	Heat oven to 400°F. In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in milk and oil until soft dough forms. (If dough is dry, stir in 1 to 2 tablespoons additional milk.) On lightly floured surface, knead dough 10 times. Shape dough into ball. Cover with bowl; let stand 10 minutes.
2.	Place dough on ungreased cookie sheet; flatten slightly. Roll out to 12-inch round. Bake 8 minutes.
3.	Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over crust; top with remaining topping ingredients. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until crust is light golden brown and cheese begins to brown. Cut into wedges to serve.

Pizza Puffs

I made these in advance of me being gone for 10 days. They are a favorite in our house but didn't turn out when I tried to make them and have them bake them later.

Calzones, not as good as Grandma Bonnie's but...

I made two calzones for dinner per the request of Bret. His mom makes awesome calzones, pizza, actually everything.
I made a cheese and pepperoni for the kids and a spinach for Bret.