Over the weekend, the hubby and I went to The Pita Pit for the first time. We both got hummus pitas, and in what can only be described as a stroke of genius, I asked for some bbq sauce on mine. I have no idea why…hummus and bbq sauce probably isn’t a combination I would have come up with on my own. But I saw the list of sauces and that’s the one that jumped out at me so I went with it.
The resulting pita was delicious and I’ve been thinking about the bbq/hummus combo ever since. I wanted to whip up a little pre-dinner snack last night and since we haven’t been to the grocery store in a while, my options were somewhat limited. As usual, however, we had a ton of sweet potatoes. AND I had just made a fresh batch of hummus on Sunday night. When I saw I also had some tofu in the fridge, the wheels started spinning.
First, I pressed the tofu. After about 30 minutes, I got to work. I sliced the sweet potato, misted the slices with olive oil, sprinkled them with cayenne pepper and paprika and put them in the oven at 425 degrees. I also sliced up 1/2 a block of tofu and cut it into squares. After brushing them with bbq sauce I put them in the oven as well.
After 10 minutes I flipped the potato and tofu slices over and let them cook for 10 more minutes after brushing the other side of the tofu squares with more bbq sauce.
Once everything was out of the oven, I spread some hummus on each potato slice, topped it with a square of tofu and a piece of red pepper.
These are easy to make and a perfect finger food! If you don’t like tofu, you could easily leave it off and just add a drop of bbq sauce on top of the hummus. You could also roast the red peppers and add them to the top, or even top with a little cheese. If you eat meat, you could use a slice of sausage or a little piece of chicken…Lots of possibilities!
What’s your favorite finger food?
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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OK, there is a lot I need to say…but I’ll try to stick with two key points:
1. BBQ + Hummus has been a combo I’ve loved since forever…perhaps because I believe both are good on everything…so why not be delicious together?
2. Pita Pit was my favorite place to eat in college, and I always got the hummus pita, stuffed with so many veggies that it inevitably broke the pita and they’d have to rewrap it. The honey mustard dressing I would get to dip in on the side was like crack in a tub.
Anything with sweet potatoes steals my heart… so i know I would enjoy this! There are 3 different pita pits around campus (I live on a huge on) so I go often 🙂
Pita Pit was my favorite restaurant in college. If you haven’t tried it yet… go for the falafal next time! This quick dinner sounds so delicious.
pita pit!! yeah! so good. it’s my husband’s favorite but he always gets something really meaty and bad for you, haha. i love this take on a pita and hummus. yum!
What a fun little snack! We used to have a Pita Pit on campus where I did my undergrad, it was awesome.
these are just adorable! i could pretty much eat sweet potatoes anytime, any place 🙂
Love. This.
These look so yummy! I love tiny food, it’s so much fun to eat!
Pita Pit is so good. Can’t believe it was your first time there!
i know! but i’ll be back for sure 🙂
This looks super yummy! I love finding new ways to eat tofu. I will have to try this for my next get together.
let me know what you think!