Yes, avoiding doing the laundry counts as an activity.
Amongst all of my cooking projects, I also had to come up with a quick lunch idea. I had some adorable patty squash in my refrigerator from a farmers' market trip, red peppers, pita and havarti cheese. I thought I should make something with all of them...and thus came up with the idea for Grilled Vegetable & Havarti Pita-nini.
What's a pita-nini? Well, I just came up with this word...hope it's not as annoying as some of the cutesy words RR invents {y'all know who I'm talking about, right?}. Instead of using bread to make a panini, I used a pita!
You can obviously use any grilled vegetables you like and experiment with different kinds of cheeses. This is just an idea, not an exact recipe.
Grilled Vegetable & Havarti Pita-nini (for 1)
Ingredients
2-3 patty squash, sliced across {of course you can use regular zucchini}
1/2 red pepper, cut into large chunks
salt & pepper
olive oil to drizzle
1/2 lemon, juiced
2 slices Havarti cheese
1 wholewheat pita
1 ripe tomato, sliced
4-6 basil leaves
Directions
1. In a bowl, combine your vegetables with olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Marinade for at least 30 minutes.
2. Grill your vegetables till they have softened and formed gorgeous grill marks. I used my panini maker for this: no need to turn your vegetables since they are being grilled on both sides at once! {about 7 minutes}
3. Using scissors, separate your pita into top and bottom pieces.
4. Build your pita-nini: pita, cheese, grilled vegetables, tomatoes, basil, more cheese, pita.
5. Cook your pita-nini for about 3 minutes on your panini grill just till the cheese melts.
I really liked the flavors in this dish, and it's simple to make and is not only colorful, but is super healhty! You can obviously make the same dish in a pan if you don't have a panini maker: just be careful when flipping the pita to cook it on both sides.
What are some of your ideas for a quick lunch? Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches do not count.
PS: for my other panini grilling adventures, take a look at Caprese Panini.
8 comments:
Perfect cheese, perfect bread and perfect fillings for sandwiches or pitanini. Also amazing photos.
Brilliant and tasty looking :)
I think it's an adorable word, and it sounds like an incredibly tasty dish. Do tomatoes and cheese count as a quick lunch? :)
That picture of the veggies on the grill is stunning..
Your photos are just phenomenal!
Mmm, that looks delicious! Grilling veggies makes them taste so good :) When I need a really fast lunch I usually make myself a green smoothie. They're amazingly tasty :)
What a great new word for this delicious looking sandwich!
I make this kind of stuff all the time in my sandwich grill, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I usually go for the classic turkey/cheese/mustard combo, but grilled vegetables are an awesome idea.
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