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Zesty Stuffed Rainbow Hummus Pittas with Lemon and Cucumber

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Soft pittas filled with hummus, crunchy rainbow vegetables, lemon, and a little herb lift.

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35 min725 kcal2 base servingsNo CookFreshPackable
ContainsGluten, Sesame
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Focus ingredients: hummus, pitta, carrot

Dietary fit: Vegetarian, Vegan, Dairy-free

Serving tip: Refrigerate at0–5°C and eat within24hours of preparation or the earliest ingredient use-by limit. Transport in an insulated bag with an ice pack. Assemble near serving for the best texture. Prepare larger households in separate batches, allowing extra preparation time.

Hummus Rainbow Pitta plated and ready to serve.

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Ingredients

What you need

  • 4 pitta breads
  • 160g hummus
  • 160g carrot
  • 300g cucumber
  • 100g lettuce
  • 150g red pepper
  • 1 lemon

You'll also need

grill and grill tray, knife and board, coarse grater, scales and measuring spoons, large lunchbox per serving

Method

Step by step

Up to 8 clear steps
  1. Hummus Rainbow Pitta cooking step 1: Get prepped.
    Step 1

    Prepare the vegetables

    Wash the vegetables and thoroughly dry the lettuce. Grate all carrot, thinly slice all cucumber and shred the lettuce. Cut the deseeded pepper into thin strips. Set aside half of each vegetable as a side salad.

  2. Hummus Rainbow Pitta cooking step 2: Start cooking.
    Step 2

    Warm the pittas

    Preheat the grill to medium. Heat the pittas following their pack, typically 1–2 minutes turning once, until warm and pliable. Place no more than two side by side on a suitable tray without overlap; repeat for the remaining pittas. Allow additional cycles for extra servings.

    2 min
  3. Hummus Rainbow Pitta cooking step 3: Build the flavour.
    Step 3

    Open the pockets

    Carefully split each warm pitta along one long edge to make a pocket, watching for hot steam. For packed lunches, let the opened pittas cool before filling.

  4. Hummus Rainbow Pitta cooking step 4: Bring it together.
    Step 4

    Mix the hummus

    Measure 15ml lemon juice, saving unused fruit. Mix all measured juice into all hummus, then divide the entire mixture between the pitta pockets.

  5. Hummus Rainbow Pitta cooking step 5: Finish the dish.
    Step 5

    Fill and add the side

    Divide the filling half of the carrot, cucumber, lettuce and pepper evenly between the pockets. Serve the reserved half of every vegetable alongside; do not force all the vegetables into the bread.

  6. Step 6

    Serve or pack

    Serve two filled pittas per person with the side salad, or refrigerate promptly in covered lunchboxes and keep chilled until eating.