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Recipe tags: Beef, One dish meal, Stove Top

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Meats and seafood

Beefy Pita Pockets

Recipe provided by DaVita patient, Charlean, and submitted by DaVita renal dietitian, Lisa from California.

Portions: 6

Serving size: one pita pocket, 3/4-cup beef and vegetables

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 1 medium red bell pepper, sliced into 1/4" strips
• 2 cups fresh mushroom pieces
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon Kitchen Bouquet® browning and seasoning sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 cup flat leaf parsley, chopped
• 6 pieces white pita bread warmed

Preparation

1. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
2. Add the onion, bell pepper and mushroom. Sauté until vegetables are tender, about 6 minutes. Remove vegetables to a plate.
3. Add beef to the skillet and cook until no trace of pink remains, 5 to 6 minutes. Spoon off and discard any fat.
4. Add the Worcestershire sauce, Kitchen Bouquet sauce and black pepper; stir and cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
5. Add vegetables to the beef and stir to combine.
6. Stir in the parsley and cook until heated through. Remove from heat
7. Cut a 2" strip off the side of each pita and pull open.
8. Fill each pita with the beef and vegetable mixture.

Nutrients per serving

• Calories:  421
• Protein:  21 g
• Carbohydrates:  37 g
• Fat:  21 g
• Cholesterol:  57 mg
• Sodium:  393 mg
• Potassium:  443 mg
• Phosphorus:  193mg
• Calcium:  102 mg
• Fiber:   3.0 g

Renal and Renal Diabetic Food Choices

• 2 meat
• 2 starch
• 2 vegetable, medium potassium
• 2 fat

Carbohydrate Choices

• 2-1/2

Helpful Hints

• Kitchen Bouquet® browning and seasoning sauce is a low-sodium seasoning that adds extra color and flavor to meat and vegetables.

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  laura l. of Quincy, Fl, says:

This is a wonderful dish. My granddaughters are very picky eaters and they loved it except for the red bell peppers. I fixed the Strawberry and Spinach Salad with it. This was the first completely renal diet meal and it was a HUGE success.

Reviewed: Feb. 21, 2009, 11:34 AM  -  Inappropriate review?   

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