Beef / Pork

Meatball Pitas is for Dinner.

Meatball Pitas takes several minutes to prepare.

Meatball Pitas takes several minutes to cook.

Meatball Pitas makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Meatball Pitas are:

1/2 cup low-fat plain yogurt
1 tsp lemon juice
2 cloves garlic, minced
16 oz ground beef
1 tsp dried oregano
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
4 large whole wheat pita bread rounds
shredded lettuce (not calculated)
2 sliced tomatoes (not calculated)

Here is how you make Meatball Pitas:

1. Preheat oven to 350. For sauce, in a small bowl combine yogurt, lemon juice, half of the garlic. Set aside.2. For meatballs, in a medium bowl combine ground beef, oregano, cayenne pepper and remaining garlic; mix well. Form beef mixture into 24 meatballs, each about 1 inch in diameter. Place meatballs in 15x10x1-inch baking pan.3. Bake meatballs, uncovered about 20 minutes or until cooked through.4. Cut pita rounds in half crosswise; open pita halves to make pockets. Line pita pockets with lettuce. Fill pitas with tomato slices & meatballs. Serve with sauce.Serving Size:?Makes 4 servings (1/2 pita)Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user OMALLEYC.

The nutritional information for Meatball Pitas is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 370.0

• Total Fat: 10.1 g
• Cholesterol: 65.6 mg
• Sodium: 409.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 39.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.5 g
• Protein: 30.6 g