Calzones


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 14
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 194.2
  • Total Fat: 3.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 6.7 mg
  • Sodium: 145.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 30.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.4 g
  • Protein: 10.6 g

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Introduction

Labor intensive, but nutritious meal either by itself or as part of a complete dinner. Labor intensive, but nutritious meal either by itself or as part of a complete dinner.
Number of Servings: 14

Ingredients

    2 cup whole wheat flour
    1-2/3 cup unbleached flour
    2 tsp salt
    1 cup water
    1 cup cooked oatmeal
    1 packet (tbsp) yeast
    1/2 cup chopped onion
    1/2 cup red bell pepper, chopped
    1/2 cup chopped fresh mushroom
    3-4 cloves of garlic, pressed
    1/2 cup shredded cabbage
    1 tbsp olive oil

    1 cup non fat cottage cheese (or ricotta)
    1 cup mixed shredded Mozarella, cheddar, or provolone
    1/4 cup shredded Parmesan
    10 oz frozen spinach

Directions

Mix up the bread dough portion (flour, water, oats, yeast & salt).
Allow to rise 1 hour.
In the meantime:
Saute', in the olive oil, onions, garlic, mushrooms, red pepper.
Add cabbage at the end for just a few minutes of saute'.
Mix together cottage (or ricotta) cheese with the shredded Mozarella mix, and Parmesan.
Thaw and squeeze extra liquid from spinach and add to cheese mix.
Add vegetable saute to the cheese & spinach mix.
Punch down bread dough.
Separate into 14 pieces.
Roll each piece into a 6" round.
Place 1/2 cup of stuffing mixture into center of dough round, fold the round in half, sealing the edges with a bit of water, and crimping with a fork.
Pierce the top of the 'pocket' several times.
Bake @ 450*F for 15 minutes.
Great for quick lunches, or serve with a marinara sauce and a green salad for a complete dinner.


Number of Servings: 14

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ANNIEHOWELL.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    Incredible!
    4 of 4 people found this review helpful
    Oh how amazingly delicious! Left out mushrooms and cabbage (doubled peppers and onions) this time. The dough was perfectly light and flavorful, crisped well in the oven. Next time might try some artichoke -- so many options. This takes about two hours, but the end result is WORTH IT! - 10/25/08


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    Incredible!
    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
    Fantastic! I ran out of filling about 2/3 of the way through, so make 1.5 times the filling. What a great meal! Served with pasta sauce. Put 1/2 in the fridge and froze the rest. Took me 4 hours total to make a double batch, but totally worth it! I have lunch for a month now. - 8/7/08


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    2 of 3 people found this review helpful
    Going to make this in the next few days. Sounds great for freezing with our new vacuum sealer! :o) Amazing how low-cal it is too. - 7/13/08


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    Incredible!
    1 of 2 people found this review helpful
    Made this recipe for my birthday dinner! It was great! Thanks! - 7/13/08


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    Incredible!
    Loved the dough, loved the flavor, love the convenience of having ready made lunch. So few calories, fat and sodium for such a great meal. Because of comments I increased quantity of some of the vegetables and added a couple more and came up with 12, but the counts are still great! - 3/6/12


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    Good
    The crust was yummy. I added parsley, oregano, black pepper to the filling and left out spinach (hubby doesn't like it). I put some pepperoni in hubby. Put artichokes and spinach in my mine. I used only 1/4 cup of filling and was able to make 11 calzones. Extras will be frozen for lunches. - 2/21/11


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    Incredible!
    Ohh Yummy! These turned out very good, we will definitely make them again. - 1/30/11


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    Incredible!
    Excellent recipe! For those of you wanting to put sauce inside, then it wouldn't be a calzone anymore, it would be stromboli. - 1/25/11


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    Sounds great! Will have to try this one soon! - 1/18/11


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    Intriguing....I wonder how well the recipe divides up.
    14 servings of the same dish is a bit much for moi.
    - 1/17/11


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    Calzones are a favorite in our house. Will definitely give this a try! - 1/17/11


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    Incredible!
    sounds good - 1/17/11


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    Incredible!
    Delicious with the mushrooms - 1/17/11


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    Very Good
    This sounds scrumptious, I'm definitely going to try it. I think I'll add some diced chicken and leave out the mushrooms(allergic) - 1/17/11


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    Very Good
    really good--and yes, worth the work-- - 1/17/11


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    love these, the filling is delicious without the fat and sodium of traditional restaurant calzones. - 1/17/11


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    It sounds wonderful!!! I will try it asap. - 1/17/11


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    Sounds really good, will try it - 1/17/11


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    Has anyone put tomato sauce inside the calzone? It would taste good but would it make the whole thing too soggy?

    - 1/17/11


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    Very Good
    Calzones for UNDER 200 CALORIES, mateys! How good can it get?!? - 1/17/11


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    When making my recipe for calzone, to save time and energy, I usually make 1 large calzone on a baking sheet and cut into individual servings. With 5 kids, that's just easier for me. We already had calzones on the menu for this week, so if nothing else, I'm going to make the dough this way! - 1/17/11


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    0 of 3 people found this review helpful
    Sounds good, but too much work for me to try. - 4/5/09


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I've made this before but without the oatmeal. Interesting addition. - 1/15/09


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    Absolutely wonderful! Will definately keep some frozen for quick dinners - 1/15/09


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    Going to try this. WOuld be wonderful to have some to freeze for lunches at work! - 7/11/08


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    I will try this - it sounds wonderful...I will use all whole wheat flour, even though it may be a bit heavier I prefer all whole wheat. Using the cooked oats in the dough sounds brilliant! - 7/6/08


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    Very Good
    what's with the cabbage'? fiber maybe. will make w/out it. - 7/6/08


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    Incredible!
    This was a yummy dinner treat. I was afraid they would be too small, but they were filling. We just didn't use the cabbage or cottage cheese, but again they were very good! And we have lots to freeze and eat again and again. - 7/6/08


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    Good
    What a creative recipe! We frequently make calzones on the quick with convenient products, but I am as much a person who cooks from scratch, and I love the wholesome ingredients in this recipe. I'm gonna try this. - 7/6/08


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    This sounds wonderful. Will have to cut recipe in half. Definatly going to try it, probably next week. - 7/6/08


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    I can't wait to try this recipe. It sounds great!! - 7/6/08


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    Very Good
    I love making Calzone, I do have my own recipe but will try this one. Thanks. - 7/6/08


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    Good
    I have a similiar recipe with the spinach but have never used the cabbage (which I LOVE) the combo sounds delish! I am stymied about how you can divied the dough into 14 pieces but since I see above how others have tried it I guess it can be done? Will definitely give it a go. - 7/6/08


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    I love calzone. Didn't think I could have it anymore. But this is just the ticket. Sounds great. I'll definetly try it. - 7/6/08


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I will try this and will add cut up turkey pepperoni. Anna - 7/6/08


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    Incredible!
    Sounds like a great way to get DH (or children) to eat vegs and whole grains! - 7/6/08


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    Am putting this on my 'to do' list. Sounds great - 7/6/08


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    we used to make these back in college and fill them with broccoli or spinach, maybe add some diced chicken... I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed them :) - 7/6/08


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    Really different than a traditional calzone, which is made with thinly sliced ham and no spinach. - 7/6/08


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    GONNA TRY THIS - 7/6/08


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    Very Good
    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I am going to put this on my "to try this week" list! Sounds good! - 7/6/08


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    Very Good
    It's a lot of work but in the end it was amazing. I had it for dinner and then re-heated one for lunch the next day and it was still great! I cut the recipe to make less and combined some dough to make bigger ones....over-all a delicious dish you don't feel guilty about eating! - 1/4/08


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    Incredible!
    This is worth the work. Thank you. I will make this again. - 11/10/07