Boys cook? LIke, a real meal?

Seeing as how I was out of money and out of time, I told Kevin and Adam I would make them dinner.  Little did I know...how LITTLE these boys knew about the kitchen. Which was awesome, seriously, because I got to really refine my own cooking skills.  The chosen meal was the Pioneer Woman's Calzone! This is from her recipe book, and I can't find it on her blog! #frustrated.  Here is another blog with it, though. The recipe calls for making your own pizza crust...I kinda skipped that step and just bought a pillsbury crust.  Tasted marvelous.  

Here is the printable version! 

Cowboy Calzone

1/2 lb. breakfast sausage (I used spicy!)

1 lb. ground beef

1/2 onion, finely diced

1 – 8 oz. can tomatoes and chilies (Rotel brand)

8 oz. whole milk ricotta cheese

1/2 C grated mozzarella cheese

1/2 C grated Monterey Jack cheese

1 egg, beaten

salt and black pepper

1 recipe pizza crust (1/2 of above recipe)

olive oil for brushing

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a large skillet - I prefer the cast iron as usual- combine the sausage and hamburger with the onion.  Brown and drain off extra grease.  Pour in the tomatoes and chilies. Stir to combine, and cook for 2 minutes on medium.  Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly.  While meat is cooling, combine the three cheeses and the egg.  Add a dash of salt and pepper. Add the cooled meat mixture to the cheese mixture and stir to gently combine.  Rub some oil on the pan you plan to cook the calzones on. Spread the pizza crust onto another platter or pan with flour spread on it. This part is really all based on how much dough you want on your calzone. I like a lot of calzone and a medium amount of meat.  So roll the dough onto the floured pan, then put your desired amount of meat onto the dough. Roll like a tootsie roll. No,  but really roll the meat into the calzone like you would roll a crescent roll. Put onto the pan and brush oil onto the top. Pop into the oven until desired brown-ness.  12-15 min is when you should really start to pay attention. 

Kevin, aka, marvelous onion cutter. He didn't even cry!

Mixing the batter for the meat... 

Adam made oreo balls...they were delicious! He was super inent on crushing  

Mixing the ricotta cheese with the meat....FYI, don't eat ricotta cheese by itself. It. is. gross. 

Making the dessert! So proud!

My new favorite drink....gin and tonic with lime. Not just any gin, sapphire gin. 

Kevin approved!