Easy Spinach Calzones
Easy Spinach Calzones are super simple to make using ready-made pizza dough. This fast and easy recipe is kid-friendly and great for a busy weeknight meal.
I love this meatless version dipped in marinara sauce. I make my own sauce or heat up a jar of organic marinara to serve on the side for convenience. You can make the filling a day ahead and assemble these easy spinach calzones very quickly before dinnertime.
How To Make Spinach Calzones With Premade Dough
Ingredients:
8 oz low-fat ricotta cheese
1 egg
3 cups (packed) fresh spinach
1 tbsp dried Italian seasoning
1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 1/2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
½ cup chopped, fresh mushrooms
1/3 sweet onion, finely chopped
2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
salt and pepper to taste
14.1 oz package refrigerated pizza dough
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large sauté pan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onions and mushrooms. Then cook until soft. Add spinach and garlic and cook until all spinach is wilted. Drain, cool, and set aside.
Method
In a large bowl, mix together the ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, egg, Italian seasoning, Parmesan cheese, and salt and pepper. I LOVE my salad shooter for shredding cheese! It takes only a few seconds to shred a whole block of cheese with this thing and my arm doesn’t get tired (like the old fashion graters). This is one of my favorite kitchen gadgets. Add cooled spinach mixture to cheese mixture and blend. Spread a tablespoon of flour onto a large cutting board. Unfold the pizza dough on the cutting board to form a large rectangle (it should be about 16″x10″). You can use a rolling pin to smooth it out, if necessary. Cut the dough into 6 even slices with a pizza cutter. Spoon about ½ cup filling into each square.
Fold over and seal the edges. Place onto a greased cookie sheet or pizza pan sprayed with cooking spray.
Cut a few small slits in each calzone to vent and brush with a little olive oil. Next, bake calzones for 25-30 minutes or until nicely browned on tops and bottoms.
Serve with your favorite marinara sauce for dipping. Kids love to eat their spinach this way!
Recipe Tip
Make sure that you get the refrigerated pizza dough that comes in the sheet, not the ball of dough that you have to roll out. It’s MUCH easier to work with when making these calzones since it’s already precut in the size that you need to slice the squares of dough. This is the dough that I use with fantastic results.
I don’t recommend the pizza dough that comes in the can because it doesn’t hold up well when shaping the calzones. Don’t forget to tag me on Instagram @ameessavorydish if you make them!!
Easy Spinach Calzones
Fresh spinach, mushrooms, and two kinds of cheese are baked inside of French bread dough to create this quick and easy vegetarian calzone recipe.
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Servings: 8
Calories: 294kcal
Ingredients
- 8 oz low-fat ricotta cheese
- 1 large egg
- 1 tbsp dried Italian seasoning
- 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 1/2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3 cups packed fresh spinach
- ½ cup chopped fresh mushrooms
- 1/3 sweet onion finely chopped
- 2 cloves fresh garlic minced
- salt and pepper to taste
- 14.1 oz package refrigerated pizza dough *I use Wewalka European bakery-style pizza crust in the refrigerated section of the grocery store
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large sauté pan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onions and mushrooms and cook until soft. Add spinach and garlic and cook until all spinach is wilted. Drain, cool and set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, egg, Italian seasoning, Parmesan cheese and salt and pepper. Add cooled spinach mixture to cheese mixture and blend.
- Flour a large cutting board and unroll the pizza dough to form a large rectangle. Use a rolling pin to smooth it out, if necessary. Cut into 6 even slices with a pizza cutter. Spoon about ½ cup filling into each square. Fold over and seal the edges with a fork.
- Place calzones onto a greased cookie sheet or pizza pan sprayed with cooking spray. Cut a few small slits in each calzone to vent, and brush with a little olive oil.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until nicely browned on tops and bottoms.
- Serve with your favorite marinara sauce for dipping.
Nutrition
Calories: 294kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 51mg | Sodium: 642mg | Potassium: 173mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1400IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 281mg | Iron: 2mg
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Hi, I'm Amee and I'm completely obsessed with all things fitness, recipe makeovers, and creating tasty, time-saving, recipes. Born and raised in South Carolina, I have a deep love for southern food culture. I am a Certified Personal Trainer, Nutrition Coach, Cancer Exercise Specialist, recipe developer, and freelance content creator. I believe that anyone can be an amazing home cook, and there's nothing better than family time around the table!
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I am not even sure that they still sell Salad Shooters, but it is awesome! My mother-in-law gave it to me because she never used it. Funny, because it is one of my favorite gadgets!! I am glad she didn’t want it. Artichokes would be yummy in these calzones…
They still make the salad shooters and yes they are nice. Margie dela torre
Good to know!
This looks so good, especially for Lent. I don’t like mushrooms, do you think I could sub artichoke hearts? I have some in my pantry I need to use up.
I soooo need one of those salad shooters. It takes me forever to grate a cup of parmesan cheese.
so glad you liked them!! I will have to try freezing them, too. They got eaten too fast in my house! I love artichokes. I bet that was yummy:)
I made the calzones and thought they were great! I did sub the artichokes for mushrooms and that worked really well. I also froze them individually to take to work for lunch and you wouldn’t even know I had reheated it, it was so good.