How To Make Pita Bread Salad Pockets

Cooking from scratch is a great way to reduce the impact on the environment and resources reducing waste and energy.  This tutorial is how to make a pita salad sandwich using this fantastic pita bread recipe!  What is great about this pita salad sandwich is it is healthy without all the bread that is in a regular sandwich and no processed meats!  Imagine how convenient placing a salad into a wide opening like this!  

 This is how I converted a pita bread recipe using a bread machine to a recipe using a  food processor or by hand. The results were amazing and delightful! This recipe far exceeded my expectations with showy soft and plump results adding a different approach to a regular salad.   I have been trying to make fresh baked pita bread for a long time.  I could never make the soft version until last night!  I was ecstatic because I use pita bread as a main staple. Now I can make my own fresh and tasty pita bread and so can you!   I hope I took pictures that will motivate you to bake a fresh batch for yourself!

Step 1 Salad Recipe

This is an excellent way to use up left over vegetables!  This is what I used to make my salad but almost any salad will compliment this bread.  

Individual serving:

Wash all vegetables:

1 Handful of washed (fresh) spinach leaves
Tomato chopped
Cucumber chopped
Bell pepper chopped
Onion
Shredded carrot 
Several slices yellow squash
Parmesan cheese
Few Black olives
1 Lemon wedge
1 Slice lime for garnish.

Comments

[kill-a-watt]

Hmmm. we use to serve gyros at the pizza place I use to work at and I always tried to make the pita pockets myself . I could roll out the dough OK, not prick the dough and put it in the pizza stone in the oven and get the pocket effect, but the taste was wrong.

We used flour, corn oil, eggs, water, salt, sugar and yeast in the dough. Not too much different than your recipe. I always though there was some missing ingredient like yogurt, but most of the online recipes agree closely with yours.

[sunshiine]

I read where the secret was to roll it thin. What do you mean the flavor was wrong? I wanted a little more flavor for mine that is why I added the wheat germ. I read where making WW would not be as fluffy but they were good as far as flavor went. I have not tasted any gyros so I would not know what they are suppose to taste like. I would think you could add eggs and it still work with this recipe. You just might have to add a little more flour to the mixture or less milk to make up the difference in the liquid measurements. Please let me know if you make any .

[kill-a-watt]

"taste was wrong" = "did not taste like the pita bread sold by the wholesaler"

Of course, I have no recollection of what was on the ingredient label for that.

I do recall that the meat they sold us had more beef than lamb, and had the consistency of sliced scrapple. The "cucumber sauce" they sold in 1/2 gallon tubs tasted OK to me at the time, but I've since had real tzatziki sauce, and that stuff is a thousand timed better.

Thinking about it further, if we had had real gyro meat and real tzatziki sauce, I would have bet that my pita would have complimented the dish wonderfully.

[sunshiine]

Thanks for your comment. Please let me know if you find your answers. You never know.

[susanrm]

Mmm. I just made a nice batch of delicious homemade hummus. Pita would be yummy with it, but I'm sticking with celery instead. :-)

[sunshiine]

I still have some bread but no hummus! Tear fall to the floor!

[bajablue]

lol... yeast scares me.

You must come live with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sunshiine]

I get offers all the time! I used to have my clients fly me to their town 2x a year for 3 years. I don't do that anymore. I felt very honored though. These are easy enough to make don't let the yeast spook ya! You can do it! I know you can!

[lemonie]

And now I'm hungry...
(nice!)

L

[sunshiine]

I am grateful for your comment! Truly this is a very wonderful recipe. I am wiggling and squiggling because it looks impressive and taste just as good! I added the wheat germ to give the white bread a little more distinctive flavor. Wheat is a little more difficult to make. It is not quite a fluffy! Have a splendorous day! If you like Spam you should try the rice salad it is impressive really!