Tzatziki Stuffed Pita Bread

I happen to be a yogurt fanatic (keep your eyes peeled for a post on making your own yogurt... coming soon). One of my favorite breakfasts/ snacks: yogurt and cereal. Just mix for instant heaven. As with everything, it's important to look at ingredients and nutritional information when buying yogurt. Watch out for outrageous amounts of sugar. Even a plain yogurt may have upwards of 30 grams per cup. Try to stay in the 15-17 grams per cup zone.

The tzatziki sauce recipe is adapted from Cooking Light's recipe found here. The pita bread recipe is adapted from this recipe. Don't worry if your dough is particularly wet and sticky. All the better for the final texture. I just knead quickly so that the dough doesn't stick too much to my kneading surface. The time involved in making your own pita bread is worth seeing it puff up in the oven, honest.

Tzatziki Sauce
4 servings

1 cup plain, nonfat yogurt
1 tablespoon fresh mint, chopped
2 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
1/2 lemon, juiced
3 cloves garlic, minced

Place yogurt in a coffee filter and strain for at least an hour (the longer you strain, the thicker the yogurt becomes-- no need to buy expensive Greek yogurt, just strain plain yogurt overnight). Mix all ingredients in a medium sized bowl. Stuff into pita, dress a Greek salad, or spoon directly into your mouth.

Pita Bread
8 pitas

2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose unbleached flour
2 teaspoons yeast
1.5 teaspoons salt
1.5 cups water
2 teaspoons olive oil

In a large bowl, mix the flour and water and let sit for 20 minutes. Then, add the yeast and salt and knead dough for 10 minutes (want a cool way to knead?). Oil the bowl, return the dough to the bowl, cover with a towel and let rise for 45 minutes in a warm area.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Separate the dough into 8 pieces, coating each piece with the olive oil in the bowl. Roll-out each piece of dough into a flat circle of 5 inch diameter. On a baking sheet, bake each pita for 3-4 minutes (watch them puff up!).