Peanut Pitas
by the Editors of Easy Home Cooking Magazine
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Peanut Pitas
Yield: Makes 8 servings
Team up the popular flavors of almost any child–peanut butter, strawberry and banana to make these irresistible bite-size sandwich treats.
Ingredients:
1
package (8 ounces) small pita bread rounds, cut crosswise into halves
16
teaspoons reduced-fat peanut butter
16
teaspoons strawberry fruit spread
1
large banana, peeled and thinly sliced (about 48 slices)
Preparation:
1.
Spread inside of each pita half with 1 teaspoon each peanut butter and spreadable fruit.
2.
Fill pita halves evenly with banana slices. Serve immediately.
Honey Bees:
Substitute honey for spreadable fruit.Jolly Jellies:
Substitute any flavor jelly for spreadable fruit and thin apple slices for banana slices.P. B. Crunchers:
Substitute reduced-fat mayonnaise for spreadable fruit and celery slices for banana slices.
Nutritional Information:
| Serving Size: 2 pita halves | |
| Sodium | 177 mg |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Fiber | <1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 26 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Total Fat | 5 g |
| Calories from Fat | 24 % |
| Calories | 167 |
Dietary Exchange:
| Starch | 2 |
| Fat | 1/2 |
This recipe appears in: Snacks
