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Ingredients
- 1 small red onion
- 1 (12.95 oz) package Italian-style meatless sausages
- 11 oz sliced fresh zucchini and yellow squash
- Cooking spray
- 1 teaspoon Italian everything seasoning
- ¼ cup pitted green olives
- 2 tablespoons lightly dried parsley
- 5 tablespoons lemon vinaigrette, divided
- 6 whole wheat pita pockets
- 1 cup reduced-sodium garbanzo beans
- 5 oz edamame (or avocado) hummus
- 6 leaves red leaf lettuce
- 8 oz fresh carrot sticks
Steps
- Preheat grill (or grill pan) on medium. Cut onion into ½-inch-thick slices. Remove casings from sausages (wash hands).
- Coat zucchini, yellow squash, onions, and sausages with spray, then sprinkle with seasoning and arrange on grill. Cook 4–6 minutes, turning occasionally, until everything is grill-marked and sausages are 165°F. Remove vegetables and sausages and set aside.
- Meanwhile, chop olives finely. Combine olives, parsley, and 2 tablespoons lemon vinaigrette in small bowl. Heat pitas following package directions if desired. Drain and rinse garbanzo beans.
- Cut vegetables and sausages into bite-size pieces. Place vegetables, sausages, garbanzo beans, and remaining 3 tablespoons vinaigrette in large bowl; toss to coat.
- Spread about 1 tablespoon hummus inside each pita. Add 1 lettuce leaf and about ½ cup sausage mixture; top with even amount olive mixture. Serve with carrot sticks and remaining hummus on the side.
Amount per ⅙ recipe serving: Calories 420, Total Fat 18g, Sat Fat 1.5g, Trans Fat 0g, Chol 0mg, Sodium 800mg, Total Carb 39g, Fiber 8g, Total Sugar 5g, (Incl. 0g Added Sugars), Protein 25g, Vitamin D 0%, Calc 10%, Iron 15%, Potassium 6%