I didn't make the falafel from scratch, but used the excellent Tarazi falafel mix. The great thing about it, is that you can easily bake the falafel instead of frying them - it says so on the box! What it doesn't say is how long to bake and at what temperature, which I had to look for online. I found that 375 degrees F and 15 minutes work.
Besides the falafel, there's a simple cucumber-tomato salad (all from our garden!) dressed with some olive oil and lemon juice, homemade hummus*, and tahini.
The pitas were of course made from scratch! They are nothing like the store bought pitas. I'm always amazed at how bad pitas here are. Even when you buy them from middle eastern stores. Pitas in Israel (mostly those made by Palestinians) are so much better!! Well, by baking them yourself**, you can have a taste of real pitas.
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*If you follow the hummus recipe, it's worthwhile reading the first comment, which is actually an update by the recipe author.
**There are a lot of pita recipes online, and they all look pretty much the same. Give one of them a try! Mark just mixed and matched recipes to the point he was comfortable with it. I like the directions in this recipe.
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