Ground Turkey Pita Pockets

 

Ground Turkey Pita Pockets

I had the best intentions for making this as the recipe said to lol. I had planned on just buying a tzatziki sauce because I'm due any day now and even cooking takes it out from me. I bought a pound of ground turkey, and I also had a 1/2 pound of ground beef leftover from making beef stroganoff, so I added that to the ground turkey. Which meant I added more spices too. I normally am not a fan of feta but it really does work with these flavors.

The first issue I had with this dinner is that I could not get the pita's into pockets, probably because I just bought the Walmart brand and they are too thin. So I thought oh well we'll have pita tacos, that's fine. The second issue is when I went to make the pita pockets.....I realized I forgot to order the tzatziki sauce! I was so bummed because I love tzatziki sauce. So instead I spread the pitas with a layer of hummus and a thin layer of garden veggie cream cheese. I also put some ranch on my sons pita pocket. Overall they still were delicious and really fresh tasting, and I'd like to make it again but actual pocket style with tzatziki sauce. Oh yeah and the cucumbers & tomatoes were from Craig's garden!

Click here for the Greek Pita Recipe from Jar of Lemons

Beef Kofta Meatballs with Roasted Veggies and Dill Yogurt Sauce

 

Beef Kofta Meatballs with Roasted Veggies and Dill Yogurt Sauce 

  This dinner was freaking amazing. And I even messed it up lol. I thought I grabbed a pound of ground beef from the freezer, but it was a pound of ground turkey. That said, my 14 year old didn't like it. I'm actually really surprised since we do a lot of worldwide flavors. Oh well, I spent like 2 hours cooking so now he can get cereal or whatever lol.

  Click here for the Beef Kofta Meatball Recipe with Roasted Veggies by BudgetBytes

  There is sooo much flavor in the veggies and meatballs. I did add a lil more seasonings to the veggies then the recipe called for because my veggies were huge and made 2 whole sheet pans full. 

  Click here for the recipe for the Dill Yogurt Sauce from Budget Bytes

   I actually was out of white rice and I only had minute white rice. So what I did was I cooked chopped spinach and garlic in EVOO with some Better Then Bullion vegetable base, then made the white rice in that. 

  This whole meal was an explosion of flavor and I loved it. You could totally add feta to it, but I don't really like feta....I wish I did!