Garlic Pita Chips

I just love bread. Bread has received a lot of flak over the past few years. Everyone I know is into some form of a low carbohydrate diet. And bread, especially white bread, is on the to-avoid-eating list. I indulge in my fair share of breads now and then, but I have found a perfect bread that fits my requirement of being healthy, low fat, filling and tasty. That's the wheat pita bread. I love pita bread so much that I need to always have a ready stash of it sitting at home in my freezer.

Pita bread has about 110 calories. I usually fill with it with salads, tuna, lean meats or scrambled eggs to make a lunch or dinner pita sandwich wrap. But I also use pita bread to make tasty homemade snacks. Recently, I noticed that Trader Joes have on their shelves Crunchy Pita chips on the snacks aisle. Now I love shopping at Trader Joes, but I can just as easily make pita chips at home myself.

And so can you. Enjoy this simple and healthy recipe :)

Garlic Pita Chips


Ingredients

Pita Bread
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Dried Rosemary
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Salt

Preparation

Preheat oven to 425°. Cut pita bread into wedges (you can determine the size you want - I usually cut them into 8 wedges). Lightly coat one side of each pita bread with the olive oil using a brush. Sprinkle with garlic powder, dried rosemary, and salt to taste. Arrange pita bread wedges in a single layer on baking tray. Bake at 425° for 6 minutes or until golden.

Eat with hummus, or a low-fat dip of your choice.

This recipe has been inspired by Martha Stewart (with some of modifications).