Five-Cheese Spinach Calzones |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Calzones are easy to make, taste great, and pack a lot of calcium. Serve them with fresh fruit for a complete meal. Ingredients:
3/4 cup 1% low-fat cottage cheese |
1/2 cup light sour cream |
1/4 cup (2 ounces) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese |
3 tablespoons grated fresh parmesan cheese |
1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained, and squeezed dry |
1 (12-ounce) bottle roasted red bell peppers, drained and chopped |
1 teaspoon garlic powder |
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper |
1 (13.8-ounce) can refrigerated pizza crust dough |
cooking spray |
1/4 cup (1 ounce) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese |
1/4 cup (1 ounce) shredded reduced-fat sharp cheddar cheese |
1 1/2 cups bottled tomato-basil pasta sauce (optional) |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 425°.
2. Combine first 4 ingredients; beat with a mixer at medium speed 1 minute or until well blended. Stir in spinach and next 3 ingredients.
3. Unroll pizza dough onto a baking sheet coated with cooking spray; pat into a 14 x 10inch rectangle. Spread spinach mixture over half of crust, leaving a 1-inch border. Sprinkle mozzarella and cheddar cheeses over spinach mixture. Fold dough over filling; press edges together to seal.
4. Bake at 425° for 17 minutes or until browned. Cool on a wire rack 5 minutes. Heat pasta sauce in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cut calzone into 6 portions, and serve with pasta sauce, if desired.
5. let your toddler help by: Patting the dough into a rectangle. Sprinkling the mozzarella and cheddar cheeses over the spinach mixture.
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