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Whole Wheat Calzone with Sausage & Peppers
Turn pizza night into calzone night with a few easy changes. This healthy dinner is bound to become a family favorite.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 8 Servings
Calories: 292 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Italian
Ingredients
- 1 pound turkey or chicken sausage casings removed
- ¾ teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground pepper
- ½ teaspoon olive oil
- 2 red or orange bell peppers sliced
- 1 recipe of my whole wheat pizza dough
- Flour for dusting
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 2 ounces black olives sliced (½ cup)
- ½ cup shredded part-skim mozzarella
- 6 basil leaves thinly sliced
- extra tomato sauce for serving if desired
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F. Lightly coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
- Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the sausage, crumbling with a wooden spoon, until cooked through. Season with oregano, salt and pepper. Transfer to a plate lined with a paper towel.
- Reduce the heat to medium, add olive oil and cook the peppers until tender, 4 to 5 minutes.
- Divide the dough into 4 pieces. Dust the counter with flour and roll each piece of dough into a 9- by 9-inch circle.
- Spread ¼ cup of tomato sauce on one half of each dough circle, leaving a ½-inch border.
- Divide the sausage, peppers, olives cheese and basil evenly between the pizza dough, piling on top of the tomato sauce.
- Fold the other side of the dough over top of the filling and, using a fork or your fingers, seal the edges of the dough.
- Place the calzones on the baking sheet and bake until the dough is golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Let the calzones rest for 5 minutes, than cut in half and serve with extra tomato sauce, if desired.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
0.5Calzone
Calories
292kcal
(15%)
Carbohydrates
36g
(12%)
Protein
17g
(34%)
Fat
10g
(15%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Cholesterol
35mg
(12%)
Sodium
1281mg
(53%)
Potassium
443mg
(13%)
Fiber
7g
(28%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
1225IU
(25%)
Vitamin C
57.3mg
(64%)
Calcium
92mg
(9%)
Iron
7.4mg
(41%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 292
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 0.5Calzone | |
| Calories | 292kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 36g | 12% |
| Protein | 17g | 34% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 35mg | 12% |
| Sodium | 1281mg | 53% |
| Potassium | 443mg | 9% |
| Fiber | 7g | 28% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 1225IU | 25% |
| Vitamin C | 57.3mg | 64% |
| Calcium | 92mg | 9% |
| Iron | 7.4mg | 41% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.