A Weekend Filled Without Plans!

Branden and I finally had a weekend without any plans and it was great! I love the times where we can stay home and do nothing since we are constantly visiting family and friends or busy with activities around the bay. We did a whole lot of nothing this weekend and I loved it!

The highlight of our weekend was making some homemade calzones! This is the first time I've ever done this and it's been a long time since Branden has done it. We went to the store and picked up some pepperoni, mozzarella, fresh salad, sausage, sauce, and some Pillsbury Pizza dough. We already had garlic, basil, and onion at home.

Making the calzones was actually much easier than I thought they would be. We spread sauce on the dough and made sure to only fill half of the dough with our stuffings. Since Branden loves spicy things it worked out that we could each add whatever we wanted since they cook separately.

We cooked didn't follow the Pillsbury directions because it was for pizza. We ended up cooking the calzones at 375 degrees for 20 minutes and then kept checking every 5 minutes or so to make sure we didn't burn it. We wanted to make sure the cheese would melt on the inside but that the dough didn't melt. To get a little extra crisp, we lightly spread olive oil over the top before sticking it in the oven.

Other than making calzones, we just hung out at home and did some reading, tv watching, and cleaning. Even though many may consider it a "boring" weekend, I definitely enjoyed the bit of relaxation before our storm of the next 4 weekends!

I definitely can't wait for this Thursday because we are going houseboating! Be prepared for picture overload next week :-).