Curry Chicken Pitas

These are delicious and oh so simple. The only thing you have to cook is the chicken, stuff it in some pita bread and you have a healthy, tasty main dish.  I'm missing these right now because I had two wisdom teeth removed this morning, so I've said goodbye to solid food for a while. Aren't you hungry now?!

I can't not recommend cumin-yogurt sauce enough. Seriously, don't skip this step! We'll cook the chicken with curry, lime, garlic, and ginger. Then slice cilantro, red onion, and (not pictured because I live with a cucumber-hater) cucumber. 

Curry Chicken Pitas 
Serves: 4, Total Time: 20 minutes
Adapted from Martha Stewart

• 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
• Salt and Pepper  
• 2 Chicken Breasts or 4 Thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 lime, juiced
• 3 cloves Garlic, minced
• 1-inch Ginger, minced
• 1 tablespoon Curry Powder 
• ½ tablespoon Paprika
• 4 Pitas, sliced in half and coaxed open and lightly toasted (optional)
• 1 handful Cilantro
• 1 Red Onion, sliced thinly
• 1 Cucumber, sliced thinly

For Yogurt Sauce:

• ½ cup Plain Yogurt (Greek or Traditional)
• ½ teaspoon Cumin
• 1 dash Cayenne  
• Salt and Pepper

Combine sauce ingredients and refrigerate until ready to use.

Season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat olive oil in a medium skillet over medium-high. When hot, add chicken and lime juice. Cook, flipping pieces occasionally until cooked through,  about 5-10 minutes. With 2 minutes until finished cooking add garlic, ginger, curry, paprika, garlic and finish cooking.

Assemble pitas by spreading yogurt sauce inside, on both sides of the pita. Add chicken, cilantro, sliced onion, and sliced cucumber. Enjoy!

Buckeye Cookies

Buckeye cookies, creamy peanut butter tucked inside a chocolate cookie. They're perfect. I have a few recipes, but when I looked more carefully they were all exactly the same. 

Here's a recipe: Brown Eyed Baker

Brown Butter Marshmallow Treats

Yesterday I received my first offer of admission to graduate school. 

To celebrate, I made these treats. You should too.

Smitten Kitchen Crispy Treats