Pita Bread?

I buy the whole wheat pita the entire pita is 150 calories. I use it as a crust for bar b que chicken pizza or roasted vegetable pizza. I keep a batch of roasted vegetables in the frig, then its just a matter of adding sauce and low-fat cheese to the pita and baking. I hope this helps.

I usually go for a wholemeal pitta instead of 2 slices of brown bread because its lower calories. Bread is around 90cals per slice and a pitta is around 140cals. Probably not a lot of difference otherwise. x

make it yourself
Homemade pitta bread adapted from Kitchen Simplicity
Makes 8

1 1/8 cup warm water
1.5 tsp. sugar
1.5 tsp. instant yeast
1 Tbsp. olive oil
2 cups plain flour
1 cup whole meal plain flour
1 tsp. salt

Stir sugar into warm water. Sprinkle yeast over top and allow to stand for 10 min. Stir in olive oil, both flours and salt. Knead until soft, pliable and barely sticky (add a bit more flour if needed). Cover with a damp tea towel and leave in a warm area to rise for 1 hour.

On a lightly floured surface roll dough into a 12 inch rope. Cut into 8 pieces. Roll each piece into a ball and place under a damp tea towel (don't skip this step - the ball shape forms the pockets). Taking one piece at a time, roll into about a 7 inch circle or oval (do not make it any larger because if the dough is too thin the pita will not puff in the centre). Place back under the damp tea towel making sure the surface is dusted with flour so it does not stick. Repeat with remaining dough. Allow to rise for 30 minutes until slightly puffed. Meanwhile preheat the oven to 250ºc/500ºF.

Put 1 or 2 pittas onto a wire cooling rack and place it directly on the oven rack. Bake for 4- 5 minutes until puffed in the centre and just starting to brown on the sides. Remove and place back under the damp towel to cool and soften. Repeat with remaining pitas.

Once cool store in an airtight container and refrigerate for a couple days or freeze for 1-2 months.
then you cam play with flours, add herbs and stuff
yum yum
just be careful not to eat them all straight out of the oven!

(p.s. - sorry i'm on a if i want it i've got to make it kick at the moment :-))

I might have to give these a go soon, sounds like fun to make them.

I found Joseph's heart healthy pita. The entire pita has 60 calories. Usually 1/2 pita will suffice for a sandwich. I use them for everything, lunch sandwiches, egg sandwich for breakfast and my favorite is pita calzones. You just stuff the pita with low fat ricotta, mozzie, sauce & turkey peperoni then bake. Yummy!