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<\/a>tabouleh, falafel, and hummus mixes<\/p><\/div>\n
It felt sacrilegious to buy these, but I was getting desperate! Greek-style falafel doesn’t do much for me!<\/p>\n
I made up the hummus and tabouleh first and let them sit for a bit.<\/p>\n
<\/a>hummus and tabouleh (with added tomatoes)<\/p><\/div>\n
The first taste of both left me relieved. The hummus is flavourful and smooth. The tabouleh is a bit more ‘parsleyish’ than I like, needing some fresh mint, but for a box mix I am quite impressed!<\/p>\n
I then mixed up the falafel mix, which would have to sit for ten minutes:<\/p>\n
<\/a>very damp falafel mix<\/p><\/div>\n
While that sat for a bit, I cut up my mystery fruit<\/a>. I was right, it’s a melon! It tastes like a canary melon and I’m wondering if this is a miniature version of one. It is VERY sweet.<\/p>\n mystery fruit is a melon!<\/p><\/div>\n The falafel mix was getting thicker, but not quite ready yet:<\/p>\n falafel mix getting thicker<\/p><\/div>\n Pita offerings are slim out west, but these Greek pitas appeared to be anything but and I took a chance on them:<\/p>\n not-so-Greek pitas<\/p><\/div>\n They were stale, of course, so I nuked one for a few seconds with a damp paper towel over top. Took it out and investigated. Sure enough, this was a thin, pocket-style pita, not a thick, pocket-less Greek-style pita. Yay!<\/p>\n stale pocket pita is better than no pita!<\/p><\/div>\n I then heated up some oil and while that was going, I dressed up my pita:<\/p>\n a layer of hummus<\/p><\/div>\n a layer of tabouleh<\/p><\/div>\n Time to check if the oil was hot enough:<\/p>\n that sizzle tells me to get those patties in there!<\/p><\/div>\n I don’t have a falafel baller, so I just rolled balls in my hands and lightly flattened them. One minute of frying on each side and voila!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>