My Spring Montage, The Life of a Pita, and Something Sweet…
Happy Spring! The weather here in Portland today was lovely and sunny, so I went on a walk and took some photographs. The flowers are blooming everywhere and the bees are pollinating, and with that said…
And now…the life of a pita! I made Seitan Gyros (from Vegan Express) for dinner with Rosemary Roasted Potatoes (also from Vegan Express, but without the olives). The pitas and the seitan (recipe for the seitan from Vegan with a Vengeance) were both homemade. What follows, is the life of my pitas, and how they became dinner…
The pita dough rising:
The pita dough divided and shaped into balls:
The pita dough rolled out into a disk:
Unbaked pita on the pizza stone:
Puffed-up pita after baking:
Seitan Gyro with cucumber sauce and lettuce:
Close-up of gyro:
And finally…dessert! The combination of chocolate and peanut butter is a favorite among many, including myself. And since tomorrow is Easter, I wanted to make some peanut butter eggs. Instead of an egg shape I decided on an orb shape. So really, these are peanut butter orbs. Simply peanut butter mixed with some powdered sugar and a little Earth Balance, dipped in melted chocolate. These are difficult to stop eating. I always freeze them hoping that the wait to thaw them will deter me (and my boyfriend, who sneaks these from freezer to mouth without the thawing) from snarfing them all up in minutes. Sometimes that method works, and most of the time it doesn’t.
That’s it. Hopefully I will have some time tomorrow to post whatever ends up on the Easter menu!
Isn’t pita so much fun to make?? I love it!
Your photos are beautiful… but I am kinda preoccpied by those little peanut butter balls. Oh my goodness!!!
Beautiful Spring Photos!! Did you take all of them? Wow! I was in Vancouver this weekend visiting my family.. and our backyard looked like your pics. Now I am back in Montreal–snow everywhere, but still beautful.
Cheers!
Those spring time photos are beautiful.
And how cool that you made your own pita bread!
I’m really hurting now for one of those peanut butter orbs… I used to love eating the ones you buy at easter. But yours look even better.
Wow, you really know what do-it-yourself means! I’m impressed: homemade pitas, homemade seitan, and homemade chocolates! You are inspiring. I really need to make my own pitas sometime, and seitan is already on the to-do list.
I’m sure I’d encounter the same problem with the p.b. orbs. Maybe you could ask your boyfriend to hide them from you? Or if he’s the type who would just eat them all himself, scratch that.
Oh! I just noticed that you’re from Portland! I was just there & I absolutely loved it
Cool!
Homemade pita and chocolate-PB orbs all in one post…yum!
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One Crazy April « vegan addict said this on April 19, 2008 at 9:29 pm |
your pitas look delicious as do the pita sandwiches! yum. btw, are the pb chocolates like buckeyes (the candy kind)?
wow! you make your own pita?! Amazing… I love how the pitas puffed up after baking…tehee!! And the peanut butter orbs …. OH MY GAWD! nom nom nom…. ^^
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A Waffle, All Stacked Up, and a Swap « vegan addict said this on October 19, 2008 at 10:12 am |
today i am making peanut butter buckeyes (pretty much the same as your pretty orbs but the tip of the peanut butter is left out to resemble a buckeye nut) for a halloween party this weekend.
beautiful photos! i just made pita today and was looking for tips…it’s so fun to make!