MAKING PITA POCKETS 🥙🥙🥙

Yesterday in Home Economics Kayne, Chloe, Jay and I made Pita Pockets. The biggest nutrient we got in the pockets was carbs because of the bread. I liked the end result but I would have changed a lot of things just to my liking.


INGREDIENTS

(just to clarify this isnt ours but i wish it was)

• Pita casing
• Lettuce
• Cheese 
• Tomato
• Grated carrot
• Green onion
• 1\4 onion
• 1t oil
• Sauces (we used sweet chilli, mayo, and barbecue sauce)
• 1 chicken breast

THE METHOD

We started off by chopping up the veges and chicken on the correct boards-  veges on the green board with the green knife and the chicken on the yellow board with the yellow knife. We had to cut the chicken into small pieces, not chunks, cube the onions and tomato, grate the cheese and carrot, and slice the green onions into small pieces.

The second thing we did was sautee the onion and chicken on the element with oil in a frying pan. The most important thing here was ensuring the chicken was cooked through properly to prevent food poisoning. 

While we cooked the onions and chicken we mixed up the vegetables in a bowl and cut the pita casings with a knife. We had to be precise to make sure we didn't cut too far and pierce the outside layer, but we ended up with a few holes anyway. (Oops!)

When the food was finished cooking, we mixed everything up in a bowl with a spoon, ensuring everything was spread out evenly. We put some grated cheese at the bottom of the pita pocket for flavour and then spooned in the rest of the toppings in. 

For some extra flavour we were able to add our favourite sauces - I used sweet chilli (low in carb and fat) sauce and barbecue sauce (high in sodium and carbs), but I also could have included mayonnaise.

THE RESULT

I think our Pita Pockets ended out tasting delicious but I didn't like the taste of the tomato or the texture of the lettuce. 

CHANGES I WOULD MAKE
If I made these at home I would have used beef, not chicken, and replaced the lettuce with iceberg lettuce and removed the tomato. I would have included corn and bacon in mine too because it's my favourite vegetable, and used extra onion. 

I think we need to work on making sure we clean up our kitchen before eating because we got points deducted from us for that. I also think we could have done better cutting our Pita casings and the ratio of vegetables to chicken - I would have preferred less lettuce because it didn't provide a good texture. 

I also need to learn how to open bags of lettuce properly. 

NUTRITION

Tomatoes

• Good source of Vitamin C
• High in potassium
• Good source of Vitamin A - vision and immune function
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Cheese

• High in calcium
• Good source of Vitamin A and B-12
• High in sodium
• High in cholesterol

Lettuce

• High in Vitamin A - vision and immune function
• High in potassium
• Low in fat
• Low in Vitamin D

Carrots

• High in Vitamin A - vision and immune function
• High in potassium
• Low in fat
• Low in protein

Pita bread

• Source of carbs
• Source of protein

Onions

• Low in fat
• Low in cholesterol
• Good source of fibre

Vegetable oil

• Source of monounsaturated fat

Chicken

• Good source of calories
• Good source of protein
• Low in carbs

BBQ Sauce

• High in potassium
• Very high in sodium

Sweet Chilli Sauce

• Good source of calories
• Low in fat
• Source of carbs