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Pita Jungle's healthy meal options for to-go and catering

Posted at 4:00 PM, Mar 29, 2017
and last updated 2017-03-30 13:34:38-04

Shrimp Tostada
Ingredients:
4 pitas
Hummus Ingredients:
8 servings
 1 cups drained well-cooked or canned chickpeas
 1/4 cup Tahini (sesame paste)
 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus oil for drizzling
 1 garlic clove, peeled
 Salt and freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
 ¼ cup water
 Juice of 1 lemon

Hummus preparation:
1. Add all ingredients to a blender.
2. Emulsify together for 1-2 minutes. An additional ¼ cup of water can be added if needed (hummus should have consistency of a spread)
3. Place in bowl and set aside under refrigeration.

Shrimp mix Ingredients:
4 servings
 Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2 fl. oz.
 Jumbo shrimp 14 ea.
 Minced garlic 1 tbsp.
 Salt 1/2 tsp. (to taste )
 Black pepper 1/4 tsp. (to taste)
 Lemon juice fresh 3 wedges
 Avocado cubes 1 ea.
 Cherry tomatoes halved 15 ea.
 Cucumber Diced 1 ea.
 Cilantro ¼ bunch


 Red onions diced ½ ea.
 Thin sliced red cabbage ¼ ea.
 Drizzle olive oil and 1 squeeze lemon

Shrimp preparation:
1. Clean shrimp, in a sauté pan add extra virgin olive oil, allow to heat and add shrimp.
2. Once shrimp cook for 30 seconds add garlic, salt and pepper.
3. Allow to cook additional 1 minute. Then squeeze fresh lemon wedges. Allow to cool for a bit then chop shrimp and hold.

Mix preparation:
1. In a mixing bowl add avocado cubes, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, cilantro, red onions, cabbage and season with salt and pepper.
2. Squeeze 1 full lemon and a drizzle a little olive oil.
3. Add chopped shrimp, and mix well.

Chipotle Yogurt Sauce Ingredients:
 Greek plain yogurt 1 cup
 Chipotle pepper canned 1 whole piece
 ¼ tsp. Salt (to taste)
 Lime juice, squeeze 1 wedge
 Honey 1/2 tbsp.

Chipotle Yogurt Sauce procedures:
1. Add all ingredients to blender, and emulsify together for 1-2 minutes. Place in squeeze bottle.

Toast 4 pitas in oven until lightly brown and crispy.
Presentation:
On each plate place a tostada then add hummus on top. Add shrimp mix on hummus and drizzle the chipotle yogurt sauce on top. Enjoy!

Pita Jungle
15 Valley wide locations with 1 location in Flagstaff 2 in Tucson and 1 in Newport Beach, California
www.pitajungle.com