Turkey-meatball Pitas – We Love God!

Here's the problem: when every sin is seen as the same, we are less likely to fight any sins at all. Why should I stop sleeping with my girlfriend when there will still be lust in my heart? Why pursue holiness when even one sin in my life means I'm Osama bin Hitler in God's eyes? Again, it seems humble to act as if no sin is worse than another, but we lose the impetus for striving and the ability to hold each other accountable when we tumble down the slip-and-slide of moral equivalence. All of a sudden the elder who battles the temptation to take a second look at the racy section of the Land's End catalog shouldn't dare exercise church discipline on the young man fornicating with reckless abandon. When we can no longer see the different gradations among sins and sinners and sinful nations, we have not succeeded in respecting our own badness; we've cheapened God's goodness. If our own legal system does not treat all infractions in the same way, surely God knows that some sins are more heinous than others. If we can spot the difference, we'll be especially eager to put to death those sins which are most offensive to God.

Kevin DeYoung

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		Mcrecip, Turkey	5	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Ground turkey
2		Low-fat bread, chopped
2	T	Grated onion
1		Egg white
1 1/2	t	Ground cumin
1 1/4	t	Salt
5		Whole-wheat pitas
1/2		Cucumber, peeled and cut
		into 3/4-inch pieces
8	oz	Plain nonfat yogurt
2	T	Chopped fresh cilantro OR
		1-teaspoon dried mint
		leaves
4	c	Romaine lettuce, thinly
		sliced

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Spray 15 1/2" by 10 1/2" jelly-roll  pan
with nonstick cooking spray. In large bowl, with hand, mix ground
turkey, bread, onion, egg white, cumin, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and 3
tablespoons water. Shape turkey mixture into 25 meatballs. (For  easier
shaping, use wet hands.) Place meatballs in jelly-roll pan and  bake 12
to 15 minutes until cooked through (meatballs will not  brown). Cut
about 1 inch from top of each pita; reserve cutoff pieces  for use
another day. Wrap pitas in foil. After meatballs have baked 5  minutes,
warm pitas in oven until meatballs are done. Meanwhile, mix  cucumber,
yogurt, cilantro or mint, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. To serve,  fill pitas
with lettuce and meatballs; top with cucumber sauce.  Each serving:
About 380 calories, 28 g protein, 44 g carbohydrate, 11  g total fat (3
g saturated), 46 mg cholesterol, 1020 mg sodium.  Copyright Â© 1995 The
Hearst Corporation; all rights reserved  Notes: Work Time: 15 minutes;
Total Time: 27 to 30 minutes.  Buster for McRecipe by Pat Hanneman
(kitpath) feb98  Recipe by: Homearts Recipe Archive  Posted to
MC-Recipe Digest by KitPATh <phannema@wizard.ucr.edu> on  Feb 26, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 154 Calories From Fat: 66 Total Fat: 7.3g Cholesterol: 62.6mg Sodium: 651.6mg Potassium: 406.7mg Carbohydrates: 3g Fiber: 1.4g Sugar: 1.2g Protein: 19.5g