Take some pizza dough out of the fridge and let it sit while you dice so it gets nice and stretchy (I had some from Trader Joe's). Dice some ham, green and red bell peppers, onion, cheese, and kale (why not?) until you have a pile that is probably equal to one cup and put it in a bowl with two heaping tablespoons of ricotta. Sprinkle some salt and pepper on it and mix it up. Split your dough in half and begin lightly pulling the edge of one chunk around in a circle while the majority of it hangs down and rotate it, letting gravity do the work of creating a nice big circle, like you are making a pizza crust. Plop it onto a baking sheet and spoon half of your filling mixture onto one half of the circle of dough. Pull the half without any filling over the top and pinch/fold the edges until it is sealed. Repeat with the other half of the dough and filling. Then, I like to pat grated parmesan all over the top so when it bakes it gets crispy. Follow the baking directions that came with your dough, mine was 8 minutes in a 450 degree oven.
This got all sorts of oohs and ahhs from the hubby. He dipped his in homemade marinara, I liked mine plain. Buon appetito!

Wow, how creative! :)
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