Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Calzone vs. Pizza


It's wonderful having my husband home. I'm lucky to have found someone who enjoys cooking and experimenting as much as I do. We've been trying to recreate our favorite types of food at home. It saves money and we used healthy ingredients to help our waistlines.

As a kid we typically had "make your own pizza" nights. So in that same spirit we decided to make our own. Somewhere between chopping the onions and pressing the dough my husband decided a calzone would taste better than a pizza. A calzone: in Italian it means "stocking," "drooping sack," "trouser," or "hanging fold." Who wants to eat a hanging fold?

I prefer a pizza piled high with veggies and meats and cheeses.....I'm hungry again.

So as usual a competition ensued. There would be no winner as both judges, my husband and I, were pretty satisfied we had each created the tastiest creation. Nonetheless, we had a great dinner and some friendly competition.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do you have a good dough recipe? Also, try turkey pepperoni... fantastic!

Emily said...

I am still working on my own dough recipe. I am a fan of Betty Crocker's pre-made dough. It's easy at the end of the day because all you need to do is add water and let it rise!