Using pita breads in the place of pizza crust has become one of my favorite ways to make personal pizzas in a fast, no mess way. I decided to extend the same substitutionary principle to tostadas and I can confirm pitas make just as yummy bases there too.
Sometimes I get in a rut on my mexican cuisine, so we loved this mix up of flavors. (Butternut squash! Greek yogurt sauce! Yes.)
BUTTERNUT SQUASH PITA TOSTADAS
Serves 6
1 butternut squash, halved
1/2 teaspoon honey
1/2 teaspoon taco seasoning
6 pitas
15 ounces black beans
2 tablespoons lime juice, divided
A dash of salt
1/4 cup greek yogurt
1 avocado, sliced
Cilantro
1/2 pound chicken, cooked and shredded (optional)
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place squash face down on a lined baking sheet. Roast for 45 minutes. Remove squash from peel. In a bowl mix stir honey and mexican seasoning into squash. Toast pitas in oven for 10 minutes. Stir together black beans with 1 tablespoon lime juice and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together 1 tablespoon lime juice and greek yogurt.
Assemble tostadas by spreading butternut squash across pita. Top with black beans, avocado, cilantro, shredded chicken (optional), and yogurt sauce.
- 1 butternut squash, halved
- ½ teaspoon honey
- ½ teaspoon taco seasoning
- 6 pitas
- 15 ounces black beans
- 2 tablespoons lime juice, divided
- A dash of salt
- ¼ cup greek yogurt
- 1 avocado, sliced
- Cilantro
- ½ pound chicken, cooked and shredded (optional)
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Place squash face down on a lined baking sheet. Roast for 45 minutes.
- Remove squash from peel. In a bowl mix stir honey and mexican seasoning into squash.
- Toast pitas in oven for 10 minutes. Stir together black beans with 1 tablespoon lime juice and salt.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together 1 tablespoon lime juice and greek yogurt.
- Assemble tostadas by spreading butternut squash across pita.
- Top with black beans, avocado, cilantro, shredded chicken (optional), and yogurt sauce.
Adapted from Camille Styles.