{"id":79243,"date":"2016-05-02T02:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=79243"},"modified":"2017-01-26T18:43:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T02:43:45","slug":"mediterranean-recipe-greek-salad-pita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/mediterranean-recipe-greek-salad-pita\/","title":{"rendered":"Get All the Mediterranean Feels From This Greek Salad Pita Sandwich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s better than eating a delicious bowl of Greek salad for lunch? Eating that same yummy salad in a toasted pita sandwich! Greek salads are famous for their bright, fresh flavors&#8211; not to mention how healthy the salads are in general.<\/p>\n<p>We felt extra Mediterranean with this recipe; combining not only a Greek salad within a warm pita pocket, but also dressing the salad with a light tzatziki sauce for that extra goodness. (Pita is the perfect type of bread to eat and not feel guilty, due to its low carb content and uh-mazing taste!)<\/p>\n<p>This sandwich is the perfect pre-workout fuel. It&#8217;s light, satisfying, and gives tons of energy thanks to its complex carb content. You get your healthy dose of veggies <i>and<\/i> motivation to hit the gym!<\/p>\n<h3>Greek Salad Pita Sandwich<\/h3>\n<p><b>Ingredients<\/b><br \/>\n2 small-to-medium sized pita pockets<br \/>\n1 large tomato, diced<br \/>\n1\/2 yellow bell pepper, diced<br \/>\n1\/2 cucumber, diced<br \/>\n1 ounce Feta cheese, crumbled<br \/>\n2 tablespoons Greek yogurt<br \/>\n1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon dill, fresh or dried<br \/>\nSalt and pepper<\/p>\n<p><b>Directions<\/b><br \/>\n1. In a small bowl, mix together the lemon juice, Greek yogurt, dill, and salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.<br \/>\n2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the tomato, cucumber, bell pepper, and Feta cheese all together. Salt and pepper to taste.<br \/>\n3. Add the citrus yogurt dressing to the large bowl with the fresh veggies, and stir until everything is well combined.<br \/>\n4. Scoop the Greek salad mixture from bowl into pita pockets, and serve immediately.<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"What's better than eating a delicious bowl of Greek salad for lunch? Eating that same ...","author":1264,"featured_media":79245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[268],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/02082211\/greek-pita-pocket.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/02082211\/greek-pita-pocket.jpg","formated_date":"May 2, 2016","category_name":"Food &amp; Drink","category_icon":"","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#b736e2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79243"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1264"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}