Love Your Veggies™ Pizza Pockets

A kid-friendly snack or lunchbox pleaser is an easy-to-pick-up pizza pocket loaded with healthy vegetables. Quick to assemble, these, Love Your Veggies Pizza Pockets are homemade using store-bought pizza dough that is rolled out and spread with Hidden Valley® Original Ranch® Light dressing. Sliced zucchini, sweet onions, red bell peppers and mushrooms are quickly sautéed, cooled slightly, and then mounded on one half of the dough. Healthy and low-fat turkey pepperoni is arranged over the vegetables and then topped with part-skim shredded mozzarella cheese. The dough is folded over, pinched closed at the edges to form a pocket, and then baked to a deep golden crispness. Serve this hot for dinner, warm as a snack, or chill and wrap them for a lunchbox favorite.

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons olive oil
½ medium sweet onion, cut into thin wedges
1 medium red bell pepper, cut into thin strips about 2-inches long
½ pound button mushrooms, sliced
1 medium zucchini, thinly sliced
2 (13.8 ounce) tubes refrigerated pizza dough
½ cup Hidden Valley® Original Ranch® Light dressing
⅓ cup sliced ripe olives (optional)
32 slices (2 ounces) turkey pepperoni
1 ¼ cups (5 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

Instructions:

1. Place an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 400°F.
2. In a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat, warm the olive oil and swirl to coat the pan. Add the onions and sauté just until they begin to soften and color, about 3 minutes. Add the peppers, mushrooms, and zucchini. Sauté just until the vegetables are crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool slightly.
3. Unroll the pizza dough on a clean work surface or cutting board. Press and stretch the dough into a 10 x 15 inch rectangle. Cut the rectangle into quarters to form four 5 x 7 ½ inch rectangles. Repeat with the second tube of pizza dough.
4. Spread each rectangle with 1 tablespoon of Hidden Valley® Original Ranch® Light dressing. For each rectangle of dough, place about ⅓ cup of the vegetables on the right half of the dough. Divide and scatter the olives over top. Arrange 4 slices of pepperoni over the olives. Top with a generous 2 tablespoons of mozzarella.
5. Fold the left half of the dough over the filling to form a rectangular pocket. Pinch together the edges to form a tight seal. Repeat to yield 8 pizza pockets. Arrange about 1-inch apart on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until crisp and deep golden brown, 16 to 18 minutes. Serve warm, or cool on a wire rack, wrap individually, and refrigerate to pack into a lunch box.

Makes 8 pizza pockets; 8 servings
Prep Time:  25 minutes
Cook Time: 16 to 18 minutes

Created by the Makers of Hidden Valley® Salad Dressings