Pita Bread Pizza?
 

Trying to figure out dinner tonight. I am low-ish on groceries, will probably need to go tomorrow sometime.

I have plan to make steamed carrots (did salad for lunch and only have salad greens, carrots, and tomatoes left in the veggie drawer), canned soup and something with 3 left over pita breads.

I was thinking Marguerite Pita Pizza (I have olive oil, tomatoes, mozz cheese and feta cheese. And this uses up my tomatoes as well as both those cheeses - which were leftover from other meals. Also, I did sandwiches for lunch so I don't want to use the pitas to make sandwiches)

1. I have never used Pita bread to make pizza - do I just use the whole thing or do you slice them in half. So there is no pocket - you use both halves of the pocket. Not sure if that's too thin or if that just gives me more pizzas. eta: if you do cut them in half, do you put the inside on top with the ingredients or the smooth side? This questions makes me think I shouldn't cut them in half. :think

2. Are there any other ingredients used for Marguerite pizza? I have never made it but one of my favorites when we are out. It seems sometimes it's drizzled with brown something delicious. I mean I can just do it without . . . but just wondering. Also, any herbs you put on there?

TIA!

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I have always had them whole, but if you need to stretch them, you could cut in half and broil rather than bake to avoid overcooking the base. If you do halves, I would put them insides up, brushed with a little oil, sprinkled with S&P, then topped and broiled.

The brown is likely balsamic vinegar. I don't know what's standard, but I feel there's usually basil :think

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I don't think I need to stretch them. I have 3 and then with the carrots and the soup I think we are ok. eta: inlaws sent the kids $5 to go and buy ice cream. So after dinner we are going to walk up to the ice cream place so they will be eating dessert too. Now Im worried its not enough. :think

Oh, I didn't even think broil or bake. So you normally bake at 350 until everything is all yummy?

Yes, that is the taste - balsamic vinegar. I am pretty sure I have no balsamic vinegar though. Ill just, but don't think so. But I think I can do without. Ill check on basil - no fresh basil though.

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I would definitely add basil or pesto if you have it. If you use the pita whole, I wonder if you could pre-bake a little bit so that it won't be soggy after adding tomatoes. I would be afraid that halves might be too thin to hold the tomatoes unless you can get the crust very crispy. :think

ETA: Oops sorry cross posted.

Re: Pita Bread Pizza?
 

Ok, I do have jarred basil, but no balsamic vinegar.

I do have basil, I don't have pesto (though it's already on my grocery list).

Good idea on the pre-bake. I will do that. I was worried about that on the cut in half - too thin.

Now I'm worried this isn't enough food, but not sure what else I can add with it. :think We are excellent leftover eating people, so having too much is never a problem.

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I use gf tortillas for pizzas and they are pretty thin. So if you want to try it in half you could to make it go further. You have to watch it like a hawk. I broil my tortillas until they start to turn slightly brown around the edges and then flip and warm just a little more. Then I sauce and add ingredients and then put back in oven on 450 degrees for a few minutes until toppings are warm and cheese is melted. Sometimes the toppings don't get as warm as I like before the edges of the tortillas get too brown. It seems like such a delicate dance to adjust the oven temp just right. :shifty

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You could also turn the pitas into a calsones and just stuff the pizza inside

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Too late. :giggle

So they were a huge hit.

However, it wasn't enough food. I had extra tomatoes and cheese so top the tomatoes with cheese and cooked them.
Kids had a whole pita pizza each and dh & I split one.
Plus the soup, carrots, and extra tomatoes.
After we ate it all everyone was still hungry. But we went to DQ and got banana sundaes and blizzards and were full after that.