Campus Cooking

Glad to be back in school and ready to indulge in some ramen noodles, cafeteria food and the occasional fast food Chinese meal? Yeah right! Make your momma proud and your stomach happy this year by creating some simple, inexpensive yet delicious food. All you will need is some spare change, a couple of commercial breaks and a hungry appetite.

Back to School Calzones

Serves: 2-4

Ingredients:

1 10 oz.-roll of pizza dough

1 cup of marinara or pizza sauce

½ cup of toppings (Anything in your fridge: pepperoni, sausage, ground beef, ham, turkey, onions, mushrooms, pineapples, olives, etc.)

1 cup of shredded cheese

2 tablespoons oregano or parsley (optional)

1 tablespoon of garlic salt

1 tablespoon of butter or margarine

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

2. Unroll dough evenly onto a well-greased cooking sheet.

3. Cut dough into 3-4 rectangles. Set aside.

3. Mix together cheese, sauce, toppings and oregano or parsley in a separate mixing bowl

4. Scoop out mixture onto the middle of the dough rectangles.

5. Fold dough over so it meets corner to corner.

6. Pinch or crimp together sides of dough.

7. Brush top with butter and sprinkle with garlic salt.

8. Cut two small slits in the top of the dough with a knife.

9. Bake for 10 minutes or until calzone is golden brown.

*Hungry Hint: Cooked too much food and you can't eat it all? Don't throw it out. Separate the food into single meal portions and freeze it. This way, next time you get hungry and don't feel like making a mess, you can pop a ready-to-go meal in the microwave and enjoy.