• 1. Make pizza dough (or use frozen bread loaf). Measure water into mixing bowl and add the yeast to the warm (almost hot but not too hot) water. Let it dissolve for a couple of minutes (it should form a froth on the surface).
• 2. Add the sugar, salt and about 2-3 cups of the flour and whisk together. If you’re using a mixer, put it to no more than about speed 2. At this point your mixture will be smooth and resemble somewhat of a batter more than a dough.
• 3. Stir in the remaining flour. Change your whisk out for a large wooden spoon or the kneading attachment on your mixer. Start up your mixer or start up your muscles and mix. Continue to add flour to the dough until it “cleans” itself away from the side of the bowl. This is usually somewhere between 6 – 7 cups.
• 4. Knead the dough until smooth and elastic (about 6 minutes).
• 5. Let the dough rest for about 10 minutes to rise slightly. Now it’s ready to roll out to make your calzones (or pizza if you’re going to just stick with that).

Now make your spaghetti filling!

• 1. Brown the ground beef and with the onion and garlic over medium-high heat.
• 2. Cook noodles to al dente, drain.
• 3. While the beef and noodles are cooking, add tomatoes to a food processor. Add parsley, basil and oregano (or an Italian seasoning) to your liking – about 1 teaspoon each. Blend until just small chunks of tomato remain.
• 4. Add tomato paste and mix.
• 5. Add meat and tomato sauce to the noodles.
• 6. Preheat oven to 350.
• 7. Combine melted butter and garlic salt.
• 8. Roll out the pizza dough into a rectangle (mine was more circular!) and cut into 4 squares.
• 9. Brush each square with garlic butter.
• 10. Place a heaping spoonful (almost 1/2-2/3 cup) of spaghetti with sauce on one half of each square.
• 11. Add ¼ cup of mozzarella cheese and sprinkle on olives. Love these for a salty taste and for more color!
• 12. Fold dough over the spaghetti forming a triangle or half-moon shape and seal edges together (press together with a fork or twist together).
• 13. Bake for about 20 minutes or until the calzones are golden. Remove from oven and brush with butter. Serve with additional spaghetti sauce.
• If you have extra spaghetti & meat mixture, make a great leftover meal by melting mozz cheese on top and adding a few olives!