pizza pockets

Trader Joe's-heavy recipe for pizza pocket/calzone:

-a thing of Trader Joe's pizza dough
-a half of a piece of the Trader Joe's "spicy chorizo" (or any pepperoni/italian sausage inspired meat alternative)
-pizza/spaghetti/marinara sauce of choice (1/3-1/2 jar)
-half an onion, chopped
-1/2 c. chopped peppers (i used the rainbow frozen assortment)
-1/2 c. chopped mushrooms
-3/4 c. frozen chopped spinach
-any other ingredients you like on a pizza (pineapple! black olives, whatEVER!)
-one clove chopped garlic
-tsp of olive oil
-oregano/basil/salt to taste

preheat oven to 400 degrees. in a skillet sautee onions and garlic in olive oil. add vegetables. chop up chorizo (peeling it first, which is nasty). warm everything up, mix in the pizza sauce. warm all that up. divide the pizza dough into 4 pieces, and stretch them out the best you can (flour will help here). scoop the filling into the dough and pinch them shut like a little pocket. place on a greased cookie sheet and bake for 20-30 minutes until brown. even my picky non-vegan dad liked this! you won't even miss the cheese!

Olive Hummus

a cooking dialogue with a sort of musician, and that dude who occasionally sings the star spangled banner at the demolition derbys at KilKare Speedway in Xenia, Ohio, the man/myth/legend Jason Anderson on how to make olive hummus:

(jason)
well
boil some garbanzo beans, genius
then mush 'em up and add tahini
toss in some sea salt
squeeze a goddamned lemon
teaspoon in olive oil

and then, here's the kicker kate, ADD OLIVES.

(me)
mashed?
how many?
what color?

(jason)
whatever you want dude
BE FREE
WING IT