Grilled Vegetable Pita Pizza

You need:

Olive oilGarlic
Basil
Salt & pepper
Zucchini
Tomato
Green Onion
Goat cheese
Pita






 
Make a nice soup of oil, garlic, basil and salt & pepper.  You should probably do this in a giant bowl, but I only have large bowls, so I had to cut my green onion in half to douse it.  Slice zucchini thickly and on an angle (ideally too large to fit through the grill, since those suckers get slippery when using metal tongs and covered in oil.)  I always use grape/cherry tomatoes because I am not in love with sliced tomatoes, but if you use a regular size tomato, just slice it up thick.



Here’s where my pictures start to suck, because my camera said the battery was too low for flash but it still had half the bar?  Stupid phone.  Anyway, I bring the bowl of oil-soaked vegetables out to the grill with me and put on the zucchini, then the tomatoes, then the onion; close the lid and use your little brush to paint the rest of the lovely oil mix over your bare pita.  Turn everything over, and you should have some lovely grill marks on your zucchini and onion by now, tomatoes should be getting kind of orange-r as they cook.


Once your vegetables are cooked, put them on your plate or in that bowl again (a little extra olive oil never hurt anyone), then grill your pita for just a minute on each side.  IT IS VERY EASY TO BURN A PITA BREAD ON A BBQ SO NOT TOO LONG.  I mean, it still tastes good and I have always used it anyway, but today I got the perfect cook - crispy, sizzly, smoky but not burnt.
 

 Bring everything inside and start assembling:
1. slice zucchinis into quarters or whatever.  They’re really quite large pieces.
2. cut up your green onions with scissors (or a knife, but they get a little soggy)
3. I slice my tomatoes in half because I am a nut, but do what you want.
4. throw it all on top of that pita
5. top with goat cheese
6. cut in as many pieces as you want




Eat that shit up, what are you, nuts?  (Bring a paper towel, experience talking)

Donairs

Everyone from Canada (and Lebanon, probably) knows that donairs are delicious, but they are super bad for you. Well, the home made version is probably a lot better, especially if you use ground round, like we do :) Enjoy!

1 lb ground beef or 1 pkg ground round
1 heaping tbsp cayenne
4 tbsp garlic
salt & pepper, to taste
1 1/2 tbsp Italian seasoning or oregano
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup white sugar
OR 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp white vinegar
1 tsp garlic or 1/2 tsp garlic powder
lettuce, chopped
tomato, chopped
onion, chopped
cheese, shredded
pitas

Mix beef, garlic, salt, pepper and oregano and cook 1 1/2 hours on 350, or cook ground round for 1/2 hour on 350.












Chop up your onion, lettuce, tomato and cheese













Mix milk, sugar, garlic and vinegar with an electric mixer until thickened. This takes forever but makes an excellent sauce.

I usually am lazy and use sweetened condensed milk but once you mix it with vinegar, it thickens almost immediately and you have to use it up before it becomes glue.







I found that the pitas wanted to tear when I put the stuff in them, so I made a hilarious steamer of a sieve and a pot of boiling water, then throw them in there for about a minute with the lid on and -wallah- easy to work with.


Anyway, throw beef, cheese, onion, lettuce, tomato and a lot of sweet sauce in the middle of the pita and wrap up. Eat. Yum.