A Girl's Gotta Eat!

There's no story behind this post...just a recipe we saw in our latest Food Network Magazine that tickled our fancy: Salami-Mozzarella Calzone. As you have probably gathered by now, I'm a sucker for anything with cheese in it; what you may not know is that salami may well be my favorite deli meat (try a grilled cheese and salami sandwich and you'll see what I mean.) Calzones with salami instead of pepperoni? Yummy indeed. Don't be scared by the pickled vegetable ingredient (giardiniera). It comes in a jar and can be found in the pickle and olive aisle of you grocery store. Look in the international aisle near the Italian food if it's not with the pickles. (This week, Publix has Mezzetta brand on sale for $ .99!) I've never made my own calzones before, so I liked that on my first attempt, two factors made it seem easier. 1) The recipe uses store-bought pizza dough. I'm all for fresh, homemade doughs and pastries, but there is a sense of relief is being ...

I plan on trying an actual recipe tomorrow, but for now we'll count this as my test post :) Recently while shopping at Kroger I spotted some fontina cheese on manager's special and ecided I just had to have it. California_Pizza_Kitchen pizzas have chunks of fontina on them, and I always think it's delicious, so why not do it at home! Tonight we had do-it-yourself pizza. No recipe, but super easy and adaptable to whatever your tastes may be. We topped ours with said fontina (cubed, not shredded, to allow for little gooey puddles of goodness), thick-sliced deli salami, quartered artichoke hearts, black olives, and some shredded mozzarella for good measure. Let me just tell you...it was de...li...cious. I haven't decided yet what exactly I'll make next, but I promise more tasty treats. Leave comments with any questions, suggestions, requests, whatever! Oh yeah, and wish me luck on this blog thing!