Heart Healthy Whole Wheat Pita Bread
I was looking for a healthy alternative to buying pre-made pita bread from the store and I found a few recipes I really liked. I ended up kind of taking some of the ideas I found and creating my own little recipe and cooking method. The part that takes the longest is letting the dough rise! Everything else is fun and isn’t too time consuming. Not to mention a couple hours of your time produces plenty of pita bread for the week. Try it! 
Here’s what you’ll need:
1 Packet Yeast (quick rise)
1 cup plus a little more warm water
Pinch of Sugar
2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 Cup All Purpose Flour
1 Tsp Salt
1 Tsp Olive Oil
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Here’s what you’ll need to do:
Mix the warm water, yeast and sugar together and let it sit for about 20 minutes in a warm place.
Mix the flours and salt in a big mixing bowl, then slowly add the liquid while stirring the mixture. Add the oil and mix until it forms a ball (add drops of water until the ball of dough is kneadable). Start kneading the ball until it’s smooth and pliable, then put it in a plastic bag or cover the mixing bowl with plastic wrap and let it sit until it grows about twice in size (consider putting it on top of the TV or your PC… it really helps speed the process along!).
Once the dough is ready, just plop it out on a lightly floured sheet pan size piece of plastic wrap or wax paper, and then pull apart small fists full of the dough, rolling each piece into a small ball.
Fire up your frying pan to medium heat and let it warm up for about 3 minutes. Take your first ball of dough and simply start pushing it out with your hands to make a small, thin mini pizza looking piece of dough.
Throw it on your hot frying pan and cover the pan with a lid or foil (just throw a piece of foil on the top to help keep heat and steam in, no need to fit it on there). After 2 minutes, flip the bread over and put the top/foil back on for another minute or so (until both sides show evidence of browning). Take the bread out of the pan, put it inside a plastic bag or under a towel (to let it rest without getting hard) and repeat until done!
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There you have it… easy, heart healthy pita bread you can use for tons of stuff. We use them for breakfast with scrambled eggs, we use them for dessert with a little smart balance butter and cinammon, we use them for ceaser salad pita sandwiches- the options are limitless which makes them an all around good choice. Enjoy!
A New Page or 2
I’ve added a couple of new pages to the website today- some Internet marketing basics and some information about getting married in Hawaii!
Check out the IM basics page if you have the time, it can help get you started if you’re new to making money online or it will help you get back to basics if you’re not so new
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Videos…
I didn’t post the videos with the previous pictures of Black and White Night and the Veterans’ Parade, but I got a couple good ones:
Thisis the Hilo Men’s Choir at the Palace Theatre on Black and White night… a really loud car came running up the street and set off another car’s alarm, kinda ruined the song a bit!
These are from the Veterans’ Parade:
The Veteran’s Parade in Hilo Hawaii
On Saturday, the veterans’ parade in Hilo kicked off at 10am. There were marching bands, stryker brigades and lots of veterans I think the best way to tell you about it is to show you. Check it out:
