Crescent Rolls - Pesto & Broccoli

As per the name of this blog, simple, easy, and vegetarian is the name of the game when I'm choosing what to make for dinner.  And now that I buy my own food, "budget" is another word I have added to my food vocabulary.  I have always been intrigued by the Pillsbury Crescent Rolls commercials where they get a little creative with the rolls.  Its been a while since I last made stuffed crescents, and with frozen veggies, and crescent rolls, on sale, it was time to get cooking!



What you need:



The best part about these is that you can fill them up with any of your favorite combination of things. I used two tube of crescent rolls, pesto, broccoli and mozzarella cheese.

What to do:
Preheat the oven according to the directions on your crescent rolls.
Lay out the dough and fill them with your favorite things!



Roll them up. I like to wrap the sides in to keep all the ingredients inside the rolls.
Pop them in the oven and bake according to the directions on the rolls.











To me, pesto and broccoli is one of those perfect combinations, like chocolate and peanut butter, or tomato and basil, you just can't go wrong. The cheese was so melty, which is my favorite way to eat cheese. The pesto had lots of great flavor, while the broccoli added a nice crunch. The rolls were nice and crispy on the outside, and soft and flaky inside. Oh crescent rolls, you have produced another winner!

Have you have stuffed crescent rolls? What ingredients should I use next?

Bye from the Veggie Side!

Pillsbury Crescent Rolls - Spinach, Tomato, Mozzarella

Hello everyone!  I hope everyone has enjoyed their February from Valentines to presidents week, and of course all the snow.  During a cold day, I love browsing through Pinterest and saving recipes that look easy to make and delicious.  I also like to find meals that can be easily adaptable for me to fit me, and my boyfriend's diets. He, of course, eats meat and I don't.  On top of that I don't like the veggies he likes, and he doesn't like the ones I like.  So it is really hard to make a meal that we can both enjoy.  Then I was inspired by Pillsbury Crescent Rolls.



I have seen lost of recipes on TV and online, of different ways you can roll and stuff the crescent rolls to make little meals out of them.  I thought that was perfect for us!  That way we could each make our own filled with the foods we like.  We went to the store and agreed on butter garlic flavored crescent rolls, then we each bought the ingredients to fill our own rolls.



I started mine by cutting up mozzarella and tomatoes and making small piles of them at the large side of the triangles   Then I added a couple spinach leaves on top.  Finally I sprinkled some basil and garlic.  Once you have piled on what you'd like, just roll them from the large end down to the small end. Then you bake in the oven according to the directions on the crescent roll package.





What I love about these is that they are completely customizable.  You can literally fill it with ANYTHING you want.  From pizza sauce and cheese, to samosa ingredients, even cream cheese and jelly to make breakfast!





These were so good!  The rolls were warm and flaky, and I loved the hot tomatoes and melty cheese. They were so easy to make and delicious, which are the two most important things to me while cooking.  I am so excited to think of more combinations with make with these!

Have you ever made stuffed crescent rolls?  Which fillings should I try next?

Bye from the Veggie Side!