Recipe: Healthy Veggie Pockets

These are especially good if you let them cool so they're just warm but not hot. Also good cold, and a fantastic thing to make ahead and take for lunches.

You can make lots of different kinds of these using the ricotta and mozzarella base with any combo of vegetables you like.

3/4 c warm water (105-115 degrees)
1 tsp sugar
1 package of yeast
2 1/2 c flour
3/4 tsp salt
1 egg

1c mozzarella cheese
3/4 c part-skim ricotta cheese
2 tomatoes, diced
bell pepper, diced
1 T fresh basil (the more the better, but that's all I had left)
pepper
crushed red pepper
salt (optional, I skipped it this time)

*hubby loves em with ranch or hot sauce, I prefer them plain.

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[evilxsugar]

I watched this video and decided to make it! Figured I knew how to make it after watching so much, So I made the dough using the ingredient list below the vid, and only realized after that I forgot the egg!

I saw the space in between the dough and the filling and assumed the egg would be part of the filling part, not the dough part. That one space has misled me so... just a recommendation to separate the ingredients more appropriately. Hopefully it still turns out okay without it!!

[glintzy]

@evilxsugar I'm sorry, it was suppose to be up one line. I've fixed it now, but realize that doesn't help your dough out much. =( Thanks for letting me know, I'll try to be more careful in the future. Silly thing is I read through it like 4 times before I posted it to make sure everything was right and still missed that.

[MissMN2010]

what was the oven temperature? thanks

[glintzy]

@MissMN2010 400

[angelbabyjeb]

What temp did you put the oven on???

[glintzy]

@angelbabyjeb 400

[monitinkerbelle]

yummo!! going to make this tomorrow!!

[hamsterduh]

made this and in the words of rachel ray yummo!

[Franniemac79]

I made these using whole wheat flour and added some herbs to the dough and it was awesome! Love the recipe :) thanks so much!

[Lovemonkeysxox]

that looks delicious!

[bonbonsita21]

thankz for sharing!!!!! great cuz now my son eats veggies with out know and they are super good love them:)

[jamnotjelly702]

Dude this is not healthy.

[klw208]

i made this yesterday... only i substituted cottage cheese for the ricotta... i like the taste of ricotta but i'm not a fan of the texture... weird i know... and i also added some fresh baby spinach and jalapenos... i put jalapenos in everything...

[ibuenros6]

looks great! I wish my oven worked :(

[sljanner]

mmm definitely gonna be making these soon

[abundanceoflindsay]

Making this right now! I used whole wheat flour and the yeast didn't look as foamy and its super sticky. But you weren't lying AT ALL when you said it doubled in size.