Lunch: Cheese and Veggie Pitas

This vegetarian pita sandwich recipe is easy to make for a crowd. It's also easy to pack and take to work so you don't have to eat out at lunch time.

This recipe includes superfoods such as:

Romaine Lettuce, Sunflower Seeds

Health benefits of Cheese and Veggie Pitas

Romaine lettuce contains chromium, which helps maintain normal blood glucose levels by making insulin more efficient. The chromium in romaine lettuce also promotes weight loss due to its ability to help control cravings, reduce hunger, and control fat in the blood. Sunflower seeds are an excellent food for PCOS as they are packed with vitamin B2 (riboflavin) and vitamin B6 (pyridoxine). Just one cup of sunflower seeds provides 30% of the recommended daily intake for vitamin B6. Sunflower seeds are also loaded with two other important of PCOS busting minerals: zinc and magnesium.

Ingredients

4 whole wheat pita pockets
2 tablespoons light mayonnaise
2 ¼ ounces reduced-fat Swiss cheese
½ cup hummus
¼ cup sunflower seeds
4 romaine lettuce leaves
1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
1 large tomato, cut into 4 equal slices
1 medium cucumber

Instructions

Slice one side of each pita to open pocket, but do not cut all the way through. Set aside.
Spread ½ tablespoon of mayonnaise in each pita.
Slice Swiss cheese into 4 even slices. Spread 2 tablespoons of hummus on each cheese slice and sprinkle 1 tablespoon of sunflower seeds on top.
Layer lettuce leaf, onion slices, tomato slices, and cucumber slices on top of hummus.
Stuff each pita with sandwich filling and cut in half.