I made Greek chicken pitas for dinner last week and wanted to make the pitas from scratch this time. I was hoping they would puff up and be pocket-pita types… but only one turned out that way. Not quite sure why. But they really were great for being the fold-over-pita type. And I made too many. So I wanted to figure out something fun to do with the leftovers.
Thus, last night we had pita pizza for dinner! It was an amazingly quick and simple meal. I happened to have shredded mozzarella, a little turkey pepperoni, and a gallon bag of garden basil leaves in the freezer. I also had a couple slices of salami and a huge bowl of garden fresh tomatoes in the fridge. Add a little parmesan, a couple garlic cloves, some olive oil, salt & pepper ~ I had everything I needed to throw together a quick and amazing dinner.
This was an excellent meal for letting Gabriel really truly help, too! It was so much fun! I love letting him enter my world and do what I do. And so does he!
Brushing his own pita with olive oil
Spreading on some fresh tomato-parmesan-garlic sauce, after he mixed it for me
Toppings are so much fun, and he was so proud of himself
My finished product
Gabriel’s finished product… while he constantly snitched cheese
After they had been transferred to the pizza stone in the 400 degree oven for just a few minutes, dinner was ready! While they heated up, Gabriel set the table, I made garden salads, and Daddy poured some wine leftover from the Sabbath.
Now I am planning on making pitas again and keeping a stack of them in the freezer (along with some cheese and turkey pepperoni) to have on hand for days when a quick dinner would be a blessing.
Keep those meals from scratch, and get those sweet little hands busy in the kitchen!
Yum! All your posts about food and your garden are making my mouth water. 🙂
Where do you get this turkey pepperoni? I’ve seen you mention it a few times and I’ve only found a REALLY horrific looking option from Hormel (it looked like plastic). I’d love to find it for our homemade pizza…we don’t eat beef or pork and I’ve grown quite bored with turkey bacon and chicken sausage. 🙂
Those look so amazingly delicious, simple and creative! 🙂 I have to try it!
lol, haha Laura! It’s that Hormel turkey-p that we use. I’ve seen it at specialty meat stores/butchers before, but I just can’t afford that. I know it’s out there though, so keep looking: I’m sure SF has a great butcher shop somewhere. But really, the Hormel is very tasty. You know, for a less-fat version of real pepperoni. 🙂
Those pita pizzas look soso good. I’ve been wanting to make pita bread for a while now, and you really made my mouth water… but we just made pizza for us and our boarder-family on Tuesday, so it’s not likely we’ll really be making it again very soon.
Cute pics…