Joi Ito's Cooking

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Notes

Feel free to add more herbs or crushed garlic, if you like! Some like to add about 1 tsp or so pomegranate molasses to the dressing.

Recommended for This Recipe: Early Harvest Extra Virgin Olive Oil; all-natural sumac spice; all-natural allspice.

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Ingredients

  • 2 loaves pita bread
  • Early Harvest Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1/2 tsp sumac, more for later
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 heart of Romaine lettuce, chopped
  • 1 English cucumber, chopped
  • 5 Roma tomatoes, chopped
  • 5 green onions (both white and green parts), chopped
  • 5 radishes, stems removed, thinly sliced
  • 2 cups chopped fresh parsley leaves, stems removed
  • 1 cup chopped fresh mint leaves (optional)
  • Lime-vinaigrette
  • 1 1/2 lime, juice of
  • 1/3 cup Early Harvest Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 tsp ground sumac
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • scant 1/4 tsp ground allspice