Italian Calzone

Here's how our homemade calzone turned out....yummy!!!! And a winner for all the family, parents, girls and baby son.

Faith was my number 1 kitchen helper as usual (her sister is challenging her for this position though)

When I pointed out that she'd done very chunky mushrooms she said 'that's just the way I want them Mum'

Just before it got 'cheesed' and plaited up. We talked about all the other things that could go on it, pepperoni, capsicum, pineapple, chicken....anything really. Faith suggested tuna and carrot so it could be like a sushi/pizza/calzone. And Ella really wants one with apples in it

I was a bit rough on the plaiting, but you get the idea

We all loved it. The 2 of them were just right for our family. 

And the best thing is that all it took was one batch of pizza dough in the breadmaker. Then top with what you like, plait it up and bake for about 15 minutes. This will be a new regular I think. But next time I'll be more adventurous with the toppings and add some kind of herbs to the dough or sprinkle them in the middle to make it more tasty.

And to my pleasant surprise this is what I found in the washing machine when I'd cleared the clothes out yesterday....score!

Homemade tortillas/Enchiladas

Earlier this week when I was writing my shopping list I was looking through my 'yummy food' board  on Pinterest trying to find new ideas. I pin things all the time and rarely actually make things off it, for dinner at least (I often make yummy/sweet/treat type things though)

So this week I decided I would make pizza in the style of an italian calzone and homemade tortillas for enchiladas.

Enchiladas was on the menu for tonight and I was excited to try out making the tortillas. Then early this morning I got a call to go in to Summerland to work in a Year 2 class. Great!!!! That meant Daddy Joe was on baby duties, kindy duties, washing duties, dinner duties etc. I considered changing the plan so he could make his own thing, which would inevitably be noodles or eggs on toast. But I decided to go ahead with the schedule. We can't have those staple dinners of his every time I work!

So when I got myself sorted in my class this morning I sent the link through for making tortillas and instructions on how to get the mexican mince ready. Turns out I needn't have been worried about it at all. He did a fantastic job, so much so that I don't think we'll ever buy tortillas again. Will save the $5 that I would probably spend on 6 or 8 of them and make them instead (12 tortillas for $2-ish)

 

 

 

 Delicious!!!! (especially with a bit of sour cream on top)

And even better, we've got 6 tortillas leftover so I think every time we have this for dinner I'll cook a roast chicken the next day and we can have chicken/salad wraps. Yeeyah!