Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Tex-Mex Calzones

I love Mexican food and I love calzones. So when I saw this recipe, I knew that It would satisfy my palate. I loved the flavor combination of this recipe. I also paired it with black beans and corn mixed with fesh salsa as the side dish, yum. The only difficult thing about this recipe was shaping the dough. I think that whenever I make it again, I will use homemae pizza dough instead of can pizza dough. It was way too thin and kept coming apart when I was shaping it.

Source: Cooking Light/ March 2009

Ingredients:
8 oz ground turkey breast
1/2 c chopped onion
1/2 c chopped green and red bell pepper ( I used frozen mized peppers)
3/4 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp chil powder
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 c salsa verde
1 (11 oz) can refrigerated thin crust pizza dough
3/4 c preshredded cheese
Cooking spray
1/4 c fat free sour cream ( I omitted)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees
2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground turkey to pan; cook 3 minutes, stir to crumble. Add onion and the next 5 ingredients and cook untill all the veggies are tender, stirring occasionally. Remove turkey mixture from heat; stir in salsa.
3. Unroll dough; divide into 4 equal portions. Roll each portion into a 6x4 inch rectangle. Working with one rectangle at a time, spoon about 1/2 c turkey mixture on one side of dough. Top with 3 tbsp cheese; fold dough and press edges together with a fork to seal. Place on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Repeat with remaining dough and turkey mixtyre.
Bake at 425 for 12 minutes or until browned. Serve with sour cream.

Serving size: 1 calzone and 1 tbsp sour cream
Calories: 416 Fat: 14.1 g Fiber:2.5 g

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