Just stuff it!

A few weeks ago, Emily from the Health Nut, made this post about tomatoes and cucumbers.  The first thing that came to my mind was Israel salad.  Almost every day when I was in Israel, I was given a tomato and a cucumber in my boxed lunch.  That was years ago, but it still remains vivid in my mind because I was surprised at how often they ate cucumbers and tomatoes.  So, it seems Emily inspired me to make a little Israeli salad for myself.  Actually, I made it just as tomatoes and cucumbers and left out red onion, and the dressing of lemon juice and olive oil.  I just wanted something refreshing to add to my meals, almost like a salsa.

So after dicing up my veggies, I had to decide what to do next.

That is when I decided to stuff it!

I LOVE my whole wheat pita pocket halves.  For lunch over the past week, I have been using my tomatoes and cucumbers as a topping for stuffed sandwiches.  This particular stuff pocket included mustard, soy crumbles, and the tomatoes and cucumbers on top.

This was a pocket with a lite Laughing Cow cheese spread inside, then I added a soy patty and topped with my tomatoes and cucumber.

I also did one filled with cream cheese, surimi "crab", and then the cucumbers and tomatoes, but I have no idea what happened to that picture.

Ryan even wanted to get in on the stuffin' action, so I made him a pita stuffed with eggs and tomato slices.  He said it was really good.

Not only did I have a busy week stuffin' my pitas, but I had a few other good eats too.

I enjoyed a nice bowl of oatmeal with raspberries and peanut butter.  It was really good with raspberries.  I am not sure why I never used them until now.  I always do blueberries or strawberries.

I had this can of Annie's all naural and organic stars, like spaghetti o's.  Now, just because this said all natural and organic does not make it a perfectly healthy meal choice.  It remains high in sodium and is lacking in some other nutrients.  I decided to add some Morning Star Farms soy crumbles to it for protein.  By then, there was too much for me to eat in one sitting, so I was happy that I also had something for lunch the next day all ready to go.

I also added some broccoli to my meal since dinner seemed to be lacking in vegetables, although it does have some lycopene in the tomato sauce.

QUESTIONS:  What do you like to stuff in a pita?  Have you ever fixed up a convenience food to make it a little more healthy?

Check out my post from this day last year: Dinner From the Sea, By the Sea