Great recipes using pita bread

Pita bread has an interesting history. Pita bread originally comes from the Balkans region of Europe is a flat baked bread with no yeast and is low in gluten content. It is very versatile because you can use it a low-calorie pizza kind of thing that is precooked and you can put a variety of things on it and create a flat open-faced kind of sandwich. You can also cut them in half and put the ingredients inside and also roll them up a bit as well. Pita bread is also a staple of many diets as well because of its low calorie content. Its much better for you than bread. You can also use it for lunches and other portable foods which was one of its original purposes. It was great for miners and farmers to carry food into the field. So here are some nice peta recipes. Enjoy!

 Beefy Yoghurts Peta

 1/2 c  dry red wine 2 T  olive oil 2 t  minced garlic 1/2 t  dried oregano 1/2 t  salt 1 ds pepper 1 lb beef flank steak 1 T  butter or margarine 4 ea pitas 3 c  chopped lettuce 1 c  cucumber, diced 1 c  tomato, chopped 1 c  plain yogurt



 Combine wine, oil, garlic, oregano, salt, and pepper in bowl and set aside. Cut steak into strips, 2-inches by 1/4-inch wide, or as thin as possible. Pour wine marinade over beef strips, and let stand for 1 hour at room temperature. Drain meat strips and cook, in two batches, in hot butter, stirring, for 2 to 3 minutes or until brown on all sides. Serve meat in a chafing dish or on a hot tray to keep warm. Open one end of pita to make a pocket. Set out dishes of  lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and yogurt. Allow each person to fill their own pita.



 Cameron’s Peta Pizza

 4-6 Peta Bread pieces

 4 Cups of Pizza Sauce (directions below)

 1 can tomato sauce

 1tsp Oregano

 1 tsp Basil

 1 tsp Tyme

 2 tsp Crushed red peppper

 1 Cup Mozzarella

 1/4 Cup Tomato

<p class="MsoNormal"> 1 Cup Italian sausage, cooked

<p class="MsoNormal"> 2 Tbsp Cream Cheese

<p class="MsoNormal"> Directions for Sauce:

<p class="MsoNormal"> Combine seasonings and sauce and simmer for 20 minutes.

<p class="MsoNormal"> Layer the sauce, cream cheese, cheese tomatoes and sauce over the pitas and bake in the over for 5-10 minutes until cheese is sizzling and brown.