The Great Stuffed Meat Pita Experiment That Leads to Better Health (Camp Cooking)

 I’ve been messing around in the kitchen again, and this time I made a meat pie wrapped in homemade pita bread, cooked all together like one big edible hug. If you want to try it, just look up how to make pita bread and then search for Middle Eastern meat-stuffed pitas. 

Mine is basically the same thing—except I don’t cut a premade pita in half and stuff it. I just make the pita, throw the filling in the middle, fold it up, and send it into the oven like a little food package of joy.

You can make your meat mix however you like. I use ground beef, lettuce, tomatoes, cheddar cheese, spices, garlic, olive oil—basically whatever is within arm’s reach in the fridge. I even threw beans in there. Just don’t overload them unless you want a pita blowouts in the oven. 

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Besse the cow 
wonders what's cooking.

I brown the meat to about medium-rare before wrapping it in the rolled out bread so the oven mainly finishes the pita, not the beef. You can brush a little butter or olive oil on top to get that nicely browned, “I am a professional chef” look. Dash with parmesan and say you learned it in France.

Cooking at home really does help you stay healthier. Studies show people who cook at home are generally less obese because they actually know what goes into their food—mostly not buckets of sugar and mystery ingredients designed to keep you hooked like a snack-loving lab rat.

It may not seem convenient at first, but you get faster. And you can batch-cook a bunch and throw the extras in the fridge, so you’ve got actual food around instead of relying on potato chips… which I am absolutely, wholeheartedly addicted to. I better learn how to make a good potato chip. 

Study Suggests Cooking at Home Reduces Obesity

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