Healthy Pita Ideas

Someone on one of the eGroups I'm a part of was asking for healthy snack/lunch ideas the other day. I responded with some ideas and received a lot of positive feedback. So, I thought I'd share my response with you guys. Here it is:

We love pitas in our house! Ezekiel makes the best pita out there, in my opinion :-) They call it "Prophet's Pocket Bread". It's primarily whole wheat (organic), but it also has carrots (as the second ingredient!), millet flour, lentil flour, spelt flour, etc. It's not very good cold, but it's really good when you throw it in the toaster over for a couple of minutes. Another reason I like this pita is because it doesn't fall apart like other pitas tend to do. It's a wonderful product! You'll find it in the frozen section with the other frozen Ezekiel breads.

We fill our pitas with everything. Here are a few of our favorite combos:

- hummus, tomatoes, avocado, lettuce, cucumber (or any combo of the four)
- hummus, olives, red onions, tomatoes, jarred or fresh red bell peppers, and feta
- hummus, avocado, shredded carrots, spinach, olives, raisins, peas, walnuts (inspired by the All Raw rap at Spiral Diner)
- hummus, sliced hard boiled eggs, and avocado
- refried beans, avocado/guac, salsa
- kim chi with avocado
- bananas or apples with almond butter, raisins, shredded coconut, cinnamon, and honey

We try to avoid eating cheese most of the time, but every once in a while we'll buy some raw cheese and sprinkle it on a pita with marinara/pizza sauce on top...and pile it with veggies (chopped baby spinach is easy). Throw it in the toaster oven for a few minutes, and you've got a healthy, and very delicious, mini pizza.

If you don't want to make your own hummus, which is super easy, you can buy a big tub of organic hummus at Costco for around $5.

Amy