In Celebration of Flatbread

Some months back, I was doing my radio show (which is still a thing btw) and my husband came up to me, gestured me to hit the mute button on my mic, and handed me what I thought was the best wheat-flour tortilla I'd had in years.  It was thick and warm and puffy and just lightly touched with butter and was basically perfect.

Turns out Costco has a damn good line of frozen "roti-chapatis", which along with Greek yogurt have basically become the staple of our diet.  You can do anything with these-- they're great for leftover Indian food, of course, but they also work with Lebanese leftovers, Moroccan leftovers, Mexican leftovers, you name it.  

Things to do with roti-chapati!

Breakfast:
Nutella and sliced bananas
Clotted cream, sliced strawberries, balsamic vinegar (the real deal), cracked pepper
Sour cream or Greek yogurt, blackberries, brown or demerara sugar

Lunch:
Greek yogurt, sliced cucumbers, sliced radishes, fresh mint
Spreadable soft cheese, avocado, salsa

Dinner:
Hummus, pine nuts, lebneh or Greek yogurt, sprinkling of paprika
Chicken mole
Any sort of curry
Basically anything good and tasty that's too highly flavored/scented for the workplace

In other words, get a pack of these, and with a good supply of dairy, nut butter, and fresh fruit on hand, you're all set.

This past week we got a little more extreme with the flatbread consumption and picked up some fresh injera from a local restaurant.  Injera is on a totally different spot on the flatbread continuum from tortillas or "roti-chapati"-- it's spongy and soft and deliciously sour.  We had it topped with a fluffy sunflower/pepita spread and sliced bananas and wrapped it around chunks of American-made "lomo" pork and "manchengo" cheese.  The latter is one of the weirdest things I've eaten in a while but it sure was tasty.