Recently I have been on a “all new recipes, all the time” kick and my appetite for new recipes has been insatiable. Despite this, I really wanted to make this great calzone recipe, again and today was the day. Marc was impressed the first time I made this and for me, it’s a perfect Saturday lunch recipe. I start the dough in the morning, run a few errands and then the dough is ready for filling by lunch time. Easy homemade goodness? Now that’s how you start a day.

I came across this recipe on one of my favorite food blogs, BakingandBooks, and Ari has really inspired me to try making yeasted creations. When I first saw her tasty looking recipes, I thought I’d be skipping anything with yeast because who makes their own bread these days? Well, Ari does and she’s a busy lady, so I thought if she can do it, I can do it! This recipe is a great one to start with if you’re dipping your toe into the yeasty waters. Don’t be scared, you can do it, too ! I hope to soon try some of her other bread recipes and I particularly have my eye on Sugared Monkey Bread and Yeasted Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread. Mmmm…must try soon. Thanks, Ari, for the great recipes and the courage to try yeast.

P.S. Ari’s recipe includes a Three Cheese Broccoli filling that I haven’t tried, yet, but it looks great. She also has an instructional video for making the calzones which was very helpful. I filled my calzones with pizza sauce, mozerella, banana peppers and sliced garlic stuffed olives. A tasty combo.