A Healthy Greek Pita

Jul 6, 2012 by Ben

I’ve been looking to create a little healthier items in my cooking lately as sometimes the things I make, while super tasty, aren’t always the best for you. So I set out to make a nice light healthy greek pita, and it turned out awesome.

This is a very easy recipe that I modified from this one that can be made very quickly for a nice light weekday lunch or dinner.  Here’s what you’ll need to make it.

There are just a couple parts to this recipe, the marinade, the chicken and the tomato cucumber topping.

For the marinade you will need:

• 1/2 cup yogurt
• 2 tsp lemon juice and 2 tsp lemon zest
• 1 to 2 garlic cloves, minced up
• 2 tsp hot sauce
• 2 tbsp honey
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• pinch of salt

In a bowl add the 1/2 cup yogurt

then add 2 teaspoons of honey

add 2 teaspoons of lemon juice

and 2 teaspoons of lemon zest

add 2 teaspoons of hot sauce.  I just used Tapatio

add 1 teaspoon dried oregano

add 1/2 teaspoon cumin, and then mix it all up.  Pour it all in a large zip lock bag, add your chicken and throw it in the fridge for an hour or so.  For this recipe I used chicken thighs.  While the chicken is marinating, lets make the rest.

For the tomato cucumber topping grab a tomato and yes, you guessed it, a cucumber and chop them up like so

throw them in a bowl with some garlic

add some dill, about a teaspoon or so

and finally drizzle with olive oil.  I did this in a tupperware container so I could put the lid on and shake it up to mix all the flavors together.

Ok, with that made its time to cook up the chicken.  I opted to just throw them on the grill, which turned out really tasty.

The marinade for this is awesome and can be used with a great number of things.  When the chicken is done, simply cut it up, stuff it in a pita and throw on the tomato cucumber mix on top.

very simple, very tasty, very healthy.

enjoy…

Ben…

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This Nogg is good for you

Oct 14, 2010 by Ben

I’m intrigued by the idea of raising chickens in your backyard both for the health and fun aspects of it.  I haven’t committed to the idea yet, but this design makes me want to do it now.  Introducing the Nogg by Matthew Hayward and Nadia Turan.  The Nogg was displayed at the London Design Festival and it did not fail to capture their attention as well.

Shaped like an egg, the Nogg chicken coop houses 2-4 chickens in an aesthetically pleasing and fun way.

If your looking into raising some chickens in your backyard with some style and fun, check out the Nogg.

Ben…

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Truly Memorial Buffalo Chicken Pizza

May 31, 2010 by Ben

Happy Memorial Day everyone!

If you want a Memorial day you will remember, make this pizza.

IT. IS. AMAZING.

My wife gets all the credit for this one.  This was her idea.  She was recently dieting and was dreaming of all the wonderful things she would eat when she was finished.  This was one of those great ideas and it turned out better than we could have imagined.

This is super easy to make, and you simply  must make it.  Trust me on this one.

OK, lets get started.

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